Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
So, where am I takin this thing to get sighted???
Picked up a new toy
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hambone
web wheeler
- Location
- the chitty part of magna
lee kay center will do it i think it costs somwheres around ten or twenty bucks
muleskinner
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Enoch, UT
Closed on Mon. And Tues.
V-DAWG
someday
- Location
- Taylorsville
but it is only $4......unless you pay someone to do it for you.
hambone
web wheeler
- Location
- the chitty part of magna
ya i paid someone to do it they put it in a fancey little machine shot a round and adjusted the scope shot a second round and it was perfect
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Sounds good....I'll have to go pick some cleaner up. So, wha the difference in this grain stuff you speak of? I've got about 20 rounds of 180 gr rounds and 7 rounds of 150 gr....these good? Bad? Heavy?
Tell what I should know! lol
Tell what I should know! lol
The "grain" is how heavy the bullet is. The factory ammo you can buy from the store will usually be 125, 150, 165, and 180 grain options. Heavy is usually slower, but does more damage on the other end, light is usually faster and will not drop as much (ie more accurate). But that is not always true. With one of my guns I found that the 180 grain seems to always shoot more accurate and consistant than anything else. In another gun I find that a mid-weight may work better.
You should go buy 1 or 2 boxes of a few different kinds and see what seems to shoot better.
Or really for now, since this is new, go buy some of the cheaper stuff, and just start shooting, so you can get use to in, comfortable with it, and learn how to shoot it well before you get too worried about the hair splitting details of what ammo to shoot.
If the scope is not adjusted yet, maybe take a large piece of cardboard with you, so you can have a better chance of hitting that, and just spend the first time trying to get the scope adjusted.
You should go buy 1 or 2 boxes of a few different kinds and see what seems to shoot better.
Or really for now, since this is new, go buy some of the cheaper stuff, and just start shooting, so you can get use to in, comfortable with it, and learn how to shoot it well before you get too worried about the hair splitting details of what ammo to shoot.
If the scope is not adjusted yet, maybe take a large piece of cardboard with you, so you can have a better chance of hitting that, and just spend the first time trying to get the scope adjusted.
In general a 165gr (especially in .308 Winchester) is the sweet spot in .30 cal for accuracy, velocity and energy. A .308 (in it's stock form) really isn't enough gun for Elk so a 180gr bullet is just doing more damage to your shoulder (more recoil).
If you plan to hunt deer with it you should do most of your practicing with 165gr bullets so you know where it shoots, if you plan to hunt coyotes or rabbits with it you should choose which bullet weight you can shoot the best with and use that. If you plan to shoot paper and rocks with it, shoot whatever you can get the best deal on. A word of warning though, if you buy military surplus rounds you need to find out if the primers are corrosive or not. I would suggest not getting any that are corrosive, but if you buy some and they are corrosive you have to clean your gun after you get back from shooting it (this would not be as important if your gun was stainless steel instead of Chromoly)
If you plan to hunt deer with it you should do most of your practicing with 165gr bullets so you know where it shoots, if you plan to hunt coyotes or rabbits with it you should choose which bullet weight you can shoot the best with and use that. If you plan to shoot paper and rocks with it, shoot whatever you can get the best deal on. A word of warning though, if you buy military surplus rounds you need to find out if the primers are corrosive or not. I would suggest not getting any that are corrosive, but if you buy some and they are corrosive you have to clean your gun after you get back from shooting it (this would not be as important if your gun was stainless steel instead of Chromoly)
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
So, I was trying to find a number for Lee Kay Center, and nothing comes up....where's this place at? Anyone got a number?
I've used the gun club up above wasatch off of 6200s, but someone told me that place is gone now.......?
I've used the gun club up above wasatch off of 6200s, but someone told me that place is gone now.......?
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Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Is this the place that you can see off to the right of 201?