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Post by 72camaro on Jul 8, 2015 20:17:35 GMT -7
That is pretty cool looking. It is different than the standard AR's in shape of the magazine. I like it.
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Post by broper on Jul 9, 2015 5:11:08 GMT -7
Good article and video.
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Post by 72camaro on Jul 10, 2015 11:55:13 GMT -7
That was a great article. I'm interested on how the bench shooting went.
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Post by Eric Mayer on Jul 13, 2015 16:48:29 GMT -7
It went well. I spent most of my time breaking in the new barrel, but I shot a five-shot group before I called it a day and it was around .6" at 100 yards. Like most rimfires, that can only get better with more shots down the barrel.
I spent most of the time shooting the new Ruger 17WSM, but when I hit the prairie dog fields in a month, or so, I'll have the Franklin Armory!
Eric
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Post by 72camaro on Jul 13, 2015 19:39:01 GMT -7
Not bad. Does not get much better than hitting the prairie dog fields. That is some good times.
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Post by broper on Jul 14, 2015 11:02:50 GMT -7
Yep, shooting prarie dogs is tons of fun. The only time I've ever shot them I was using my .218 Bee. My uncle and went to Wyoming to hunt antelope, took along my .218 and he took his .22 Hornet. We weren't really expecting to see many prarie dogs, we had hunted in the same area before and never seen any. But when we got there the "dogs" were all over. So, we forgot about antelope and shot "dogs" for three days. Both guns did real good on them. We'd shoot a town for awhile then drive around and find another spot. I managed to put down a coyote at 176 yds. with my Bee too. I was shooting 35 gr. V=Max.
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Post by 72camaro on Jul 14, 2015 19:41:22 GMT -7
Lots of action is always good. But, I still appreciate the long hunts like Elk where you just observe and have an awesome view.
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Post by broper on Jul 15, 2015 4:45:21 GMT -7
Oh yeah, I enjoy that too. We went elk hunting one time on the North Fork Clearwater River and were were in the woods for three weeks, that was great fun. Beautiful country, saw bear and mt.goats. We drew big buck tags this year for area 40 which is a sought after tag and area here. This was our fifth year of applying. We've been turned down for antelope tags here 14 times now. I enjoy all types of hunting.
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Post by Eric Mayer on Jul 19, 2015 14:14:29 GMT -7
So far I've only put about 10-15 rounds through it, while I am breaking the new barrel in. I did shoot one group and it was a group around .6" at 100 yards:  I'll have more on this once I get the barrel completely broken in! Eric  |
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Post by 72camaro on Jul 19, 2015 17:08:34 GMT -7
For a rimfire that is looking more than respectable.
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Post by broper on Jul 20, 2015 4:30:37 GMT -7
Yes, that is real good. Shouldn't have any problems hitting the varmints with that.
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