menhadenman
Senior Member
We headed east of Raleigh so the kids could see their family for the 4th. I found a neat range about 50 minutes north of mom’s place and decided it was well worth a trip after talking to the owner last week.
I packed up my 7 RM (Browning X Bolt with 1/8 twist and 28” barrel… it’ll run circles around the new PRC) and my T3X light in 6.5 that is a dandy for toting in the backcountry.
I brought 40 rounds of handloads for the 7 RM (168 VLDs in Peterson brass, LRM primers, and a healthy dose of IMR 4350, the old brown mule). Also had nearly 100 rounds of my go to 41.5 grains of H 4350/143 ELD-X for the manbun.
They allow guests on the weekend. Not on the 1k range but the 200-500 yard range is available for $26/hour. They have a great shooting deck that’s shaded with benches and spots to lay prone. Steel targets at 200, 300, 350, 400, 450, and 500.
It was ENC hot yesterday (with a thick humid crosswind) so I didn’t get as much down range as I wanted. But I squeezed off 20 from my 7 RM, dialing out and back between shots and nailing the targets without a miss. The SWFA 3-15 really does it’s job. This scope is in MIL and I can get to 500 and back in less than 2.4 MIL of dialing at ~2900 fps.
Now my 0.284 180 ELD-M loads are barking at 3100 fps over Retumbo and have an insane BC of 0.796… pretty sure they’d shoot in a hurricane. Maybe next time.
Also had a great time with the manbun. I’ve got the SWFA ultralight with the BDC reticle designed for 223… which nearly matches the Creed. I was able to easily bang steel using holdovers at each distance. I spanked close to 50 shots.
Now this won’t be as accurate as dialing with the 7 RM, but I still have some old school MPBR and “set it and forget it” mentality that’s yet to be drained. This scope is MOA and 500 yards is about 8 MOA from a 200 yard zero at ~2700 fps.
Both rifles had barrels that were curling irons in that heat, plus a few more shooters were showing up. I decided to pull the plug and go seek a cold beer.
I’d like to stretch these two rifles (and my 308) a few more times before my Wyoming hunt this fall but was very happy with the time I spent yesterday. Almost GON be ready to hang with @Jester896 and @BriarPatch99 in south GA
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The range is really impressive and worth the trip if anyone is out this way. The owner is a combat veteran and really knows his stuff. A surprising shelf of ammo and goodies in their shop too. It’s in the country for real and surrounded by government land. A sweet setup on about 100 acres.
If I was within 90 minutes they’d have another full time member.
www.frontlinedefenseusa.com
I packed up my 7 RM (Browning X Bolt with 1/8 twist and 28” barrel… it’ll run circles around the new PRC) and my T3X light in 6.5 that is a dandy for toting in the backcountry.
I brought 40 rounds of handloads for the 7 RM (168 VLDs in Peterson brass, LRM primers, and a healthy dose of IMR 4350, the old brown mule). Also had nearly 100 rounds of my go to 41.5 grains of H 4350/143 ELD-X for the manbun.
They allow guests on the weekend. Not on the 1k range but the 200-500 yard range is available for $26/hour. They have a great shooting deck that’s shaded with benches and spots to lay prone. Steel targets at 200, 300, 350, 400, 450, and 500.
It was ENC hot yesterday (with a thick humid crosswind) so I didn’t get as much down range as I wanted. But I squeezed off 20 from my 7 RM, dialing out and back between shots and nailing the targets without a miss. The SWFA 3-15 really does it’s job. This scope is in MIL and I can get to 500 and back in less than 2.4 MIL of dialing at ~2900 fps.
Now my 0.284 180 ELD-M loads are barking at 3100 fps over Retumbo and have an insane BC of 0.796… pretty sure they’d shoot in a hurricane. Maybe next time.
Also had a great time with the manbun. I’ve got the SWFA ultralight with the BDC reticle designed for 223… which nearly matches the Creed. I was able to easily bang steel using holdovers at each distance. I spanked close to 50 shots.
Now this won’t be as accurate as dialing with the 7 RM, but I still have some old school MPBR and “set it and forget it” mentality that’s yet to be drained. This scope is MOA and 500 yards is about 8 MOA from a 200 yard zero at ~2700 fps.
Both rifles had barrels that were curling irons in that heat, plus a few more shooters were showing up. I decided to pull the plug and go seek a cold beer.
I’d like to stretch these two rifles (and my 308) a few more times before my Wyoming hunt this fall but was very happy with the time I spent yesterday. Almost GON be ready to hang with @Jester896 and @BriarPatch99 in south GA
.The range is really impressive and worth the trip if anyone is out this way. The owner is a combat veteran and really knows his stuff. A surprising shelf of ammo and goodies in their shop too. It’s in the country for real and surrounded by government land. A sweet setup on about 100 acres.
If I was within 90 minutes they’d have another full time member.
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