Range Report (Locust Fork you want to read)

BaseJumper

This post is about guns, shooting guns, blood and having fun blowing stuff up. If you were expecting other General Forum Topics stop here now. [:D]

So, I finally got to the the range with that nice little .300 Savage Remington Model 81 I got from Locust Fork. Niiice!!! I have a nice bruise on my shoulder to prove I put 20 rounds through it! You were right about the recoil. Mighty fun to shoot though. It did turn some heads at the range. Let 3 people shoot it and more than that admired it. Thanks again for listing that one.

Also fired my carry gun, as always at that range and I did manage to get wounded. Not like you think. I got a puncture would on my trigger finger, of all places, from the staples I used on my silhouette. Felt pretty damn stupid. I managed to bleed all over my target as I was trying to get it back in place. Looked like I really killed the poor thing.

Now for the most fun part: I broke down and got a GSG-5 a few days ago. I gotta tell ya, that thing is some serious fun. I put about 500 rounds through it and I was ready to go back and buy more ammo (range was closing though). Speaking of 22LR ammo, as I was buying that box of 550 rounds, they were marking the $19 boxes up by $10 a box! Even shooting .22 is going to get expensive!

minitruck83

So where's the pic of the gory target?


[}:)]


Allen

savage170

Them 81 are great guns

BaseJumper

Allen,

Yeah I shoulda taken a picture. That would have meant going back to the truck and getting the phone.

Sorry, no blood pictures on this one. [:)]

xstuntman

Staples, yep. Bleeding, check.
Sounds like a typical day at the range. [^] BTW, I switched over to duct tape because people were starting to wonder about the bloody prints on the ranges cardboard backings. X

Locust Fork

VERY COOL! I know that is one rifle people don't see at the range every day.

redneckandy

I never thought my 81 kicked very hard. In fact I kind of like the recoil of it. Alot different than everything else.

savage170

I never thought the recoil was bad either but you can feel the barrel cycle

SCOUT5

The model 81 is a good woods rifle, I had one in 35 rem and wish I still had it. I think the 300 savage would be even better.

SCOUT5

quote:Originally posted by SCOUT5
The model 81 is a good woods rifle, I had one in 35 rem and wish I still had it. I think the 300 savage would be even better.

Spartacus

I like that gsg-5!! did you have to wait long for it?

BaseJumper

No, it was an impulse buy. It was on the shelf. I actually got the GSG-5 SD 1st anniversary edition.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=129354589

and according to these auctions listed I stole it!

Very fun to shoot. I need to set up or find a tactical range to really have some fun with. Shooting from the line at a target is cool, but would be fun to clear a room of targets with [:D]


Savage170, not sure what caliber 81 you had but I can tell ya that the 300 savage was bumping my shoulder harder than my 30-30. Comparable with a 308 maybe? Not quite a 30-06. I really though it would be lighter with the whole barrel cycle thing and the weight of the rifle.

Locust Fork

That 81 was the hardest hitting rifle we ever had in THIS house....and we have had a large selection come through here. It isn't so bad that it makes you not like the gun....but you think about it after you shoot it. Things like "am I getting old" and "maybe if I snug it up to my shoulder it won't be that hard" (which doesn't work).. go through your head.

Those GSG-5's are super fun!