Good day to hit the Range

It's probably just how the paper is made that makes it tear like that. I've had paper targets that make it look like the bullets are tumbling.
My guess is the thicker paper stock combined with the wax(?) coating that gives the visual feedback is not letting them cleanly punch holes.
 
No pics, but took my 26yo son to the range for the first time in years. Spent about 3hrs having a great time. AR15, 10/22, full size and sub-compact 9mm. Tight groups on paper with sandbags and making steel ring standing up on our hind legs. Also helped a guy with a brand new bolt gun in 6.5-manbun find the paper. At 100y he was about 4 feet off in both directions, so we watched the dirt splashes and guided him in.
It was great father-son time.
 
More testing off the bench with custom dial on my scope. 330 yards. Seems dead on so far. That Tikka 308 with Leupold vx5 is a deadly combo. 440 yards is next.

I'm learning a lot regarding wind. Getting out to 300 and beyond it really starts to matter. Probably blowing 7mph left to right. Holding four inches or so makes a difference. Learning to look at the heat waves, not just grass. Fun stuff.
 
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More testing off the bench with custom dial on my scope. 330 yards. Seems dead on so far. That Tikka 308 with Leupold vx5 is a deadly combo. 440 yards is next.

I'm learning a lot regarding wind. Getting out to 300 and beyond it really starts to matter. Probably blowing 7mph left to right. Holding four inches or so makes a difference. Learning to look at the heat waves, not just grass. Fun stuff.
Past 400y it's ALL about reading the wind and doing the math to convert a wind to it's 90deg crosswind component.

A very accurate rule of thumb for doing mental crosswind trig is:

15deg, 30deg, 45deg, 90deg
equals
25%, 50%, 75%, 100% of a 90deg crosswind

That means a 20mph wind from 30 degrees (5:00 o'clock) is a "50% value" wind, so treat it like a 10mph crosswind.
Yes, a wind from just 15deg off your nose (12:30 for example) is a 25% value wind, so treat that 20mph wind like a 5mph crosswind.

I memorized these two number sequences, and after some practice can do the mental math pretty easily.
15, 30, 45, 90 (degrees)
and
25, 50, 75, 100 (percent of 90deg crosswind)

(Yes, 15deg is actually 26% and 45deg is actually 71%, but round numbers are easier to remember)
 
Past 400y it's ALL about reading the wind and doing the math to convert a wind to it's 90deg crosswind component.

A very accurate rule of thumb for doing mental crosswind trig is:

15deg, 30deg, 45deg, 90deg
equals
25%, 50%, 75%, 100% of a 90deg crosswind

That means a 20mph wind from 30 degrees (5:00 o'clock) is a "50% value" wind, so treat it like a 10mph crosswind.
Yes, a wind from just 15deg off your nose (12:30 for example) is a 25% value wind, so treat that 20mph wind like a 5mph crosswind.

I memorized these two number sequences, and after some practice can do the mental math pretty easily.
15, 30, 45, 90 (degrees)
and
25, 50, 75, 100 (percent of 90deg crosswind)

(Yes, 15deg is actually 26% and 45deg is actually 71%, but round numbers are easier to remember)
Good stuff right there. Thanks!
 
After skirting around the bullseye on another target because of an 8 to 10mph cross breeze, missing it by an inch or two to the left and to the right, I set my sights on target number two. 440 yards, and the breeze finally let up for a few seconds.

So now the bench shooting is done. The CDS dial is dead nuts on. Also letting the barrel cool for several minutes made a huge difference.

Time to shoot off the pack.
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After skirting around the bullseye on another target because of an 8 to 10mph cross breeze, missing it by an inch or two to the left and to the right, I set my sights on target number two. 440 yards, and the breeze finally let up for a few seconds.

So now the bench shooting is done. The CDS dial is dead nuts on. Also letting the barrel cool for several minutes made a huge difference.

Time to shoot off the pack.
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Best 5 shot group on NES
 
We got the range today and shot lollipops at 75 yards with the 22 rifles. It's been years since we have done that. The guys next to us are walking back from setting their targets and they were like, "you guys are actually shooting lollipops! What a great idea!"

I set them up on a saw horse. The top has little holes where you stick the lollipops. I should have taken a pic. Next time.
 
Missed our practical steel shoot this am. Popped in around 2 and still here. Only one on the property.

Trying the six dollar pinty special on the bog. So far so good lol. The bog is calling me for a brace. Bought a Zhukov stock but with new law changes here in the commonwealth I’ll forgo the tax stamp and likely just brace it.
 

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Hit the range with the M&P 2.0 Metal today. I added an Ed Brown threaded barrel and a Harrington Arms comp.
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That's 50 rounds to the head, 50 to the chest at a distance of a smidge over 6 yards using stock irons.
Still seeing some red. Didn't we talk about this the last time? 😁

Great shooting!
 
Still seeing some red. Didn't we talk about this the last time? 😁

Great shooting!
LOL, yeah, I think it still needs breaking in, or I have to risk the Apex kit even though they say it's not "certified" in the Metal M&P. But damn, the first ten in the mag went right in the 10 ring. Then I started shooting faster, guess which two were too fast. 🤣
 
That will be one super fun gun to hunt with.
Scratches will probably drive me crazy 😂
The Henry all weather 44 mag I had was very durable with the hard chrome finish. But I wanted the lightest and shortest 44 mag lever gun I could get
 
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