I made my first trip to the range this year. My cousin belongs to the St Joesph County Restoration Society, he took me as a guest. It's a nice range. We shot at 100 yards. We took his Winchester Model 70. Its a bull barreled 308. The scope is a 2-8 Tasco. This was my first time shooting a 308.
Here is a pic of the range. If you look way in the back on the left you can barely see our targets.
Here is a shot of the shooting benches. Taken from down range.
The targets. The white sheet was for checking zero.
The white sheet on the right is my first 3 shots. The gun is sighted 2 inches high at 100 and a inch high at 200. I shot fairly well. The middle target is Bobby's. He's a better shot then me. The target on the right is my second time behind the gun. I shot pretty much the same as my first shot. We put about 40 rounds down range. We had a great time!
Here's Bobby with his gun.
The money shot. I got lucky!
We shot pretty close to MOA. I think a much better scope would help me a lot. Not my gun though. Although it could be :-) If I do get it, it will get new glass.
What are my over all thoughts on a 308? It's a nice round. My only complaint is price. It's around the same cost as 30-06. And when SHTF it's harder to get then 30-06. I can shoot better groups with my 30-06 but that's not a fair comparison. i have a lot more trigger time on my 700 and better glass. I think (know is more like it) I can tighten the groups a lot with some practice. Another issue is the 70's things trigger is lighter then I am use to. I like a 3.5lb trigger. This thing is closer to 2.5 or maybe even lighter. I didn't bring a pull gauge with me. The recoil on 308 isn't even noticeable. .
Thoughts on the Model 70, sweet rifle. I don't think I could go wrong with this one!
I had a great day!!
Here is a pic of the range. If you look way in the back on the left you can barely see our targets.
Here is a shot of the shooting benches. Taken from down range.
The targets. The white sheet was for checking zero.
The white sheet on the right is my first 3 shots. The gun is sighted 2 inches high at 100 and a inch high at 200. I shot fairly well. The middle target is Bobby's. He's a better shot then me. The target on the right is my second time behind the gun. I shot pretty much the same as my first shot. We put about 40 rounds down range. We had a great time!
Here's Bobby with his gun.
The money shot. I got lucky!
We shot pretty close to MOA. I think a much better scope would help me a lot. Not my gun though. Although it could be :-) If I do get it, it will get new glass.
What are my over all thoughts on a 308? It's a nice round. My only complaint is price. It's around the same cost as 30-06. And when SHTF it's harder to get then 30-06. I can shoot better groups with my 30-06 but that's not a fair comparison. i have a lot more trigger time on my 700 and better glass. I think (know is more like it) I can tighten the groups a lot with some practice. Another issue is the 70's things trigger is lighter then I am use to. I like a 3.5lb trigger. This thing is closer to 2.5 or maybe even lighter. I didn't bring a pull gauge with me. The recoil on 308 isn't even noticeable. .
Thoughts on the Model 70, sweet rifle. I don't think I could go wrong with this one!
I had a great day!!