Today was just an awesome day, I surpassed my greatest challenge thus far and that was to take vintage military iron sights out to 600 yds. My eyes are HORRIBLY near sighted and shooting irons is a serious challenge for me. I've shot my Garand many times at 200 yds and do reasonably well (not great). I'm handloading a 150gr fmjbt and 48.5 gr of 4064 and this seems to be a great load for my Criterion barrel. I wanted to mimic the M2 ball velocities so my rear sights will work correctly. Today was cold and the wind was blowing hard at full value. Where I shoot at Pelham F&G , our 600 yd range is well known for a brutal multi-directional windy range. The very low sun angle right in your face this time of year in the mornings is an issue , but most of the morning the sun was hidden behind clouds. I dialed "6" on my elevation and my first nervous shot was a miss at 4:00 just outside the 5 ring . actually I was very happy as I was at least well on paper. I was struggling to maintain the target as I wear glasses and I need to work on the exact placement of my glasses relative to my eye distance. I basically need to get a sport retaining strap that goes around your head and help pull my glasses up higher on my nose. This greatly helps me with my long distance acuity. I took another 4 shots and mostly scored 6's and 7's but my last shot I actually scored a 9 at 9:00 ! At the end of the day considering I was shooting irons for the first time , and a rifle know for just "OK" accuracy, and shooting a 150 gr bullet (very light) at 600 yds in the heavy dense wind and shooting old skool military style sling prone , I think I did very respectable. Can't wait to get back out and try and fine tune my sighting so as to feel more comfortable at 600 yds.
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