04-07-2011, 08:11 PM
The 6.8 guy did have trouble, now that you mention it, but only at the longest distances & then only when the wind got up pretty good. He just knew when to quit. It was sort of strange as he had a forward mounted handle. Used that to monopod off of. Did pretty well considering the wind & the instability of doing it that way. He had a bipod but didn't want to put it on for some reason???????
The 223 guy empted a mag at the 500yd target. You could have numbered a clock with his hits. I bet he shot 12rds & each one hit a different spot around that target. It was weird. Then when he was out of rounds, he still had one target left he didn't engage. Big penalties! He was shooting factory 55gr. by the way. He actually thought it was a bench rest type of match & he had his F class single shot "artillery piece" with him but when he saw what we were doing, he grabbed his AR from the backseat & just went ahead & stayed to play. He knew he wasn't equipped right but he made a great showing on everything from @350 on in. He was beating me, by the way.
I had a couple of what I think were adjustable gas block issues along with everything else. Seemed it was closing by itself?????? I would open it up between stages, start the next stage works great, then a few shots in, started having feed issues. Opened it again next stage, same thing. I assume it was turning by itself as the screw was REALLY easy to turn. You could put your thumb on it & press & turn it. When I got home, I took it out & put some teflon tape on it which firmed it up some. We'll see if that works.
Mark
The 223 guy empted a mag at the 500yd target. You could have numbered a clock with his hits. I bet he shot 12rds & each one hit a different spot around that target. It was weird. Then when he was out of rounds, he still had one target left he didn't engage. Big penalties! He was shooting factory 55gr. by the way. He actually thought it was a bench rest type of match & he had his F class single shot "artillery piece" with him but when he saw what we were doing, he grabbed his AR from the backseat & just went ahead & stayed to play. He knew he wasn't equipped right but he made a great showing on everything from @350 on in. He was beating me, by the way.
I had a couple of what I think were adjustable gas block issues along with everything else. Seemed it was closing by itself?????? I would open it up between stages, start the next stage works great, then a few shots in, started having feed issues. Opened it again next stage, same thing. I assume it was turning by itself as the screw was REALLY easy to turn. You could put your thumb on it & press & turn it. When I got home, I took it out & put some teflon tape on it which firmed it up some. We'll see if that works.
Mark