80rds of white box(2) Winchester
60rds of South African 89’ surplus.
Issues = 4 failures to feed/Cause IMHO it was simply dirty
Total rounds to date = 410
I ended up not being able to go to the range last weekend do to an unexpected visit from grandma…She’s almost 80 now so taking her to the range is not high on her list.
Well it started out a foggy day good luck just barely seeing @ the 40yard tin can range…let alone the 50yard and 100 yard rifle range. (This sessions main goal) . Plus everything kept getting wet!
So my buddy and I headed for the pistol range to sight in our 99’s. He has a Walther P-99 .40, and I have a SW99 .45. We both put about 100rds through them and lets just say now that we are all dialed in I would not want to be a “bad guy” in front of me with the SW99 in my hands! Hey wait this is about the SU-16…
Ok fog cleared…a little. We can now just barely see the targets @ 50yards, so I say lets wait a bit more and shoot some clays. (Bright orange ones, good luck with the white ones) went through 100rds. I tell ya doing this in the fog is a bit more of a challenge, but I was blast’n 80%, my buddy about 70%. If ya did not pick’um off early and fast they would be out of view quick like. Hey wait we are here for the SU-16…(A side note: I picked up my Franchi 620 the same day as my SU-16)
Still foggy at 100 yards nothing to be seen except fog. 50 yards is ok not great, but ok. So we head to the 40yard tin can range load up some water bottles and have a wee bit more fun waiting for the sun. I do break out the SU-16 and put almost both boxes of the Surplus crap through it, sending a few bottles fly’n. Mostly though I was using my 77/22, to blast the caps of the bottles and then to make those caps dance. I was not having as much fun with the SU-16 mainly because I had re-mounted the Scope and it was off, shooting low and to the right. I dropped down to the plastic sight, but I must admit I have a wee bit of trouble focusing through the Leopuld see through mounts. I can hit just not EXACTLY where I want to. That’s what practice is for. This was my first chance to test out the new pad though. I REALLY like it! It felt great! I think I felt wee bit less recoil, but it hard to compare with out a stock rifle to switch back and forth to. I did really like the little bit of extra length it gave me. The rifle simply feels more comfortable to me now. Standing at the shoulder was “per-fit”. With the bi-pod deployed it was also a nice fit. Part of the reason I had re-mounted my scope…On the first set-up I am
to say I had it just a wee bit to far back. This caused my shooting glasses to um make contact once and a while with the scope after the trigger was pulled. DOH! With the new length to the stock and a slight re-positioning of the scope no more issues! Around 2:00pm the sun finally came out so off to the 100 yard range we went.
100yards:
We spent about 50rds working on the scope at 100yards, we were getting pinched on time do to the fog. I had a small window, before we need to switch over to my buddies 22-250. He is doing some load development for this rifle and needed some help. So he spotted for me while I used the SU-16 and I then did the same for him while he used his Remington. After all was said and done I was getting groups of 1.5 – 2 inches. This was done while using his rifle bench rest system. To be honest I found the Bi-pod more stable on my previous session. His rifle bench rest was set-up more for traditional hunting rifles and there was a bit of play mostly on the vertical. The stock did not work very well with the slot in the leather stock rest. The cut outs for the magazines would cause the rifle to lean one way or the other while using this. After the first magazine I removed the stock rest. It was more hassle than it was worth to me. Now that I think about this whole set up never came back to rest in the same spot…as “
60rds of South African 89’ surplus.
Issues = 4 failures to feed/Cause IMHO it was simply dirty
Total rounds to date = 410
I ended up not being able to go to the range last weekend do to an unexpected visit from grandma…She’s almost 80 now so taking her to the range is not high on her list.
Well it started out a foggy day good luck just barely seeing @ the 40yard tin can range…let alone the 50yard and 100 yard rifle range. (This sessions main goal) . Plus everything kept getting wet!
So my buddy and I headed for the pistol range to sight in our 99’s. He has a Walther P-99 .40, and I have a SW99 .45. We both put about 100rds through them and lets just say now that we are all dialed in I would not want to be a “bad guy” in front of me with the SW99 in my hands! Hey wait this is about the SU-16…
Ok fog cleared…a little. We can now just barely see the targets @ 50yards, so I say lets wait a bit more and shoot some clays. (Bright orange ones, good luck with the white ones) went through 100rds. I tell ya doing this in the fog is a bit more of a challenge, but I was blast’n 80%, my buddy about 70%. If ya did not pick’um off early and fast they would be out of view quick like. Hey wait we are here for the SU-16…(A side note: I picked up my Franchi 620 the same day as my SU-16)
Still foggy at 100 yards nothing to be seen except fog. 50 yards is ok not great, but ok. So we head to the 40yard tin can range load up some water bottles and have a wee bit more fun waiting for the sun. I do break out the SU-16 and put almost both boxes of the Surplus crap through it, sending a few bottles fly’n. Mostly though I was using my 77/22, to blast the caps of the bottles and then to make those caps dance. I was not having as much fun with the SU-16 mainly because I had re-mounted the Scope and it was off, shooting low and to the right. I dropped down to the plastic sight, but I must admit I have a wee bit of trouble focusing through the Leopuld see through mounts. I can hit just not EXACTLY where I want to. That’s what practice is for. This was my first chance to test out the new pad though. I REALLY like it! It felt great! I think I felt wee bit less recoil, but it hard to compare with out a stock rifle to switch back and forth to. I did really like the little bit of extra length it gave me. The rifle simply feels more comfortable to me now. Standing at the shoulder was “per-fit”. With the bi-pod deployed it was also a nice fit. Part of the reason I had re-mounted my scope…On the first set-up I am
to say I had it just a wee bit to far back. This caused my shooting glasses to um make contact once and a while with the scope after the trigger was pulled. DOH! With the new length to the stock and a slight re-positioning of the scope no more issues! Around 2:00pm the sun finally came out so off to the 100 yard range we went.100yards:
We spent about 50rds working on the scope at 100yards, we were getting pinched on time do to the fog. I had a small window, before we need to switch over to my buddies 22-250. He is doing some load development for this rifle and needed some help. So he spotted for me while I used the SU-16 and I then did the same for him while he used his Remington. After all was said and done I was getting groups of 1.5 – 2 inches. This was done while using his rifle bench rest system. To be honest I found the Bi-pod more stable on my previous session. His rifle bench rest was set-up more for traditional hunting rifles and there was a bit of play mostly on the vertical. The stock did not work very well with the slot in the leather stock rest. The cut outs for the magazines would cause the rifle to lean one way or the other while using this. After the first magazine I removed the stock rest. It was more hassle than it was worth to me. Now that I think about this whole set up never came back to rest in the same spot…as “
