Elm Fork Rifle Range is Open
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:15 pm
I shot there with my son today. It's a pretty nice facility, and the RSOs were friendly and helpful. I didn't count the number of lanes, but I was in lane 9, and I was about half way down the firing line. They've gotten rid of those pipes you used to have to shoot through. I'll definitely go back there again.
We each brought along a heavy barreled bolt rifle in .308, and a heavy barreled AR varmint rifle in 5.56/.223. My AR is a Bushmaster Varminter with a 24" fluted heavy barrel. My son's AR, which is brand new and was fired for the first time today, is a Rock River Arms Varminter with an enormous 24" bull barrel. Both ARs are topped with a Burris XTR Tactical 3-12x50mm mil-dot scope. Both have a 2 stage match trigger. Both are very accurate... but my son's is like a darn laser beam. On one go round, he put 6 rounds into one ragged hole. I was impressed. He pronounced it a good day, and I agree.
For a little gun lust, here are a few pics comparing the two rifles to one another. The Bushmaster is the black rifle, the RRA is green:
Ignore the copper fouling in the above barrel. It's getting scrubbed out thoroughly tomorrow.
That RRA barrel is .92" at the muzzle. That's bigger than the muzzle of my Remington 700 VSF in .308, which is a heavy contour fluted barrel; and the extra stiffness pays off. It's crazy how accurate that rifle is.
I finally tried the Black Hills .308 Match with the 175 gr SMK, and I got pretty good results with it, so I've found another cartridge that works well in that rifle.
Like my son said, it was a good day.
We each brought along a heavy barreled bolt rifle in .308, and a heavy barreled AR varmint rifle in 5.56/.223. My AR is a Bushmaster Varminter with a 24" fluted heavy barrel. My son's AR, which is brand new and was fired for the first time today, is a Rock River Arms Varminter with an enormous 24" bull barrel. Both ARs are topped with a Burris XTR Tactical 3-12x50mm mil-dot scope. Both have a 2 stage match trigger. Both are very accurate... but my son's is like a darn laser beam. On one go round, he put 6 rounds into one ragged hole. I was impressed. He pronounced it a good day, and I agree.
For a little gun lust, here are a few pics comparing the two rifles to one another. The Bushmaster is the black rifle, the RRA is green:
Ignore the copper fouling in the above barrel. It's getting scrubbed out thoroughly tomorrow.
That RRA barrel is .92" at the muzzle. That's bigger than the muzzle of my Remington 700 VSF in .308, which is a heavy contour fluted barrel; and the extra stiffness pays off. It's crazy how accurate that rifle is.
I finally tried the Black Hills .308 Match with the 175 gr SMK, and I got pretty good results with it, so I've found another cartridge that works well in that rifle.
Like my son said, it was a good day.