Sarah Brady Cries! Film at Eleven!

December 26, 2007 on 8:23 pm | In 22/45, mosin, range day, ruger, sarah brady, sks |

Last Friday I went up to my range to practice for the monthly Plate Match which was held the next day. I was unable to go to the match because of a family emergency, but still it was good to get some trigger time in anyway.

Thanks to Robb at Sharp as a Marble, I had a fresh supply of “Every time you hit a bullseye, Sarah Brady cries!” targets with me. Thanks Robb! They’re great targets and the guys at the range loved them. :-)

Here’s the scoop on the Plate Match. The .22lr division shoots a 6″ plate from about 15 - 17 yards, roughly the same distance as the pistol range. Robb’s targets have one big 10″ target and two 6″ targets. First I’d warm up on the large target and then shoot the lower targets rapid fire to simulate the Plate Match. Rapid fire meaning 3-4 shots a second until I’d emptied the magazine (10 rounds). In this case, hitting anywhere within the 6″ circle is considered a hit, as it would certainly knock down the steel plate at the match. Having the targets the same size as the plates worked out great too!

Here we have an example of the target I was using:

And here are a selection of smaller targets in no particular order. I should point out that most of the “misses” on the smaller targets can be traced to screw-ups in shooting the larger target. Usually when I got a little too fast for my own good. *blush*





Next Friday, my birthday oddly enough, I intend to make another range trip to re-sight-in my SKS. Seems last time I shot it, the recoil was harsh enough to loosen the set screws on the scout mount. I took it down and applied lock-tite to them and put everything back together. When I did I noticed that the red dot was no longer anywhere near where the rifle was pointing. I’ve bore sighted it down the hall, but it definitely needs to be re-sighted before I trust it to 100 yards again. And yes, I’ll be shooting more Sarah Brady targets too. :-) Time willing I’ll try and get more hand gun practice in and perhaps try out some of my newly minted Mosin rounds. We’ll see…

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  1. I own a nice scope that mounts to the carry handle of my A2M4 rifle. I noticed just the clacking of the bolt causes the lower nut to unset itself from the mounting screw, good thing the mount is well mounted it does not budge, but the scope screws loosen up everytime you fire until the scope itself unsets. Needless to say this kills all accuracy after the first shot.
    Does lock-tite work? Are there other methods for getting the screws to stay locked? My carry case prevents me from keeping the rifle with the scope mounted at the same time inside. If I use this material would I still be able to take the scope off and put it back on? Sorry for writing so much, I thought I was the only one.

    Comment by Jennersen — December 27, 2007 #

  2. Lock-Tite does work, but be sure and get the kind that doesn’t dry too hard or it’ll be hell getting the screws loosened up again.

    My Scout Mount allows me to remove the scope and put it back on and still be zeroed in. I can also get additional bases for it and use more than one scope with the same rifle, and they all stay zeroed.

    I found a rifle case that’s big enough for me to keep the red dot mounted on the rifle, but I do need to remove it for cleaning as it overhangs the gas tube.

    Comment by Yuri Orlov — December 27, 2007 #

  3. Thanks for the info. Happy shooting!

    Comment by Jennersen — December 27, 2007 #

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