I stared at the guns and they stared at me. Impasse. "Well, we're not going to clean ourselves," and I had to admit the dirty beasts had a point so I set to. First up? An old Remington 700 ADL with a Redfield Lo Pro Accu-Trac scope, the reticle comes with a rangefinder of sorts and looks like this:
Hey, it shoots more than well enough. I call it "Shoulder Breaker" and I think the scope it came with from the pawn was issued in Vietnam. Glass is way better now but I've kept this optic because it fits with the gun's vintage and works.
Next stop, a "Desmond" or "TuTu," in the States it's known as a Twenty Two. This one's a Ruger American bolt with a fixed 4 power Hawke scope. I hadn't heard of "Hawke" until I bought the gun and the scope at Gebo's, now sadly shut. Whatever, an inexpensive solution, totally capable of shooting a shotgun shell off its perch at 50 yards.
Last but not least, a simple, lightweight AR with a cheap Primary Arms red dot, Fortis hand guard (light and easy), Hyper Touch trigger, Ballistic Advantage barrel, ancient CMMG BCG and Magpul this and that. Pretty much my go-to AR. Just a lot of fun to shoot, swift to target, light, and well accurate enough.
And now they're clean. Unlike, say, our First Family.
Shoot straight,
LSP
I like scoped rifles. The only ones with iron sights are a Marlin 1894CB in 357, and a CMP M-1 Garand. I can ring steel at 100yds with the Marlin all...day...long. Excellent shooting little rife.
ReplyDeleteThe Garand? Eh...it punches holes in steel plates.....
A worthy stable of long guns indeed, LSP.
ReplyDeleteOlde scopes. I have an old Leatherwood sitting on a shelf. In fact it came with my M1-A that you shot. As you note, today's glass is much improved. I keep it because of history--
https://hi-luxoptics.com/pages/50-years-of-the-art-scope
I replaced it with a Redfield 2-7X. It has the Redfield name, but came off the Leupold production line as Leupold bought out Redfield in 2009. Obviously it has no range finding, but it is better glass, only weighs 11 oz., and is perfectly adequate for my purposes.
Shame about the boating accident, though.
ReplyDeleteThat's a VERY nice old Remington 700, fairly early by the rear sight. One of those early ones was my first serious rifle, built in 1966 by the date code and I've owned it since 1969. I'll probably die with that rifle. Which reminds me I need to get it out more.
I like Primary Arms optics. With my aging eyes I like a bit of magnification and the PA prism scopes do well there.
ReplyDeleteI may have missed it, but what caliber is the ADL?
ReplyDeleteDrjim, I've always enjoyed shooting Garands, what a great 30-06 solution. Don't own one though, oddly. Must put that right. Marlins aren't shabby either.
ReplyDeleteModern Redfields seem like a great inexpensive scope solution to me, RHT.
ReplyDeleteBut it's all hypothetical since my firearms went over the side into Lake Whitney.
Yes, Wild, it's an old 'un. Tell you what though, shoots like a right champ, shoulder notwithstanding.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a lot more guns, then the canoe capsized. Dammit.
You know what, Jim, that cheap little Primary Arms red dot has performed really well over the years. No complaints whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteIt's 30-06, DOS, dialed in for 150 grain, not that I'm some kind of ballistics expert. Right shoulder thumper.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever manage to magnet fish that rifle out of the lake, a slip-on recoil pad will assist with the thumping. And, if you or a buddy reloads, the little Speer 125-grain TNT bullets will also help big time. They're a relatively economical hollow-point varmint bullet and fly real well out thru at least 300-yards. Probably not the best choice for deer but for fun at the range, pretty good.
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