Picture Thread: Battle Rifles and Iron Sight Targets

[rjinga]

Here’s the place to post photos of your rifle(s), and the targets that you’ve shot with the rifle’s IRON SIGHTS. No scopes or optics please; we’re going “old school” on this thread. If you haven’t used your rifle’s standard sights in a while, here’s your excuse/opportunity.

My first civilian version of a battle rifle was a Century Arms C308 - Black Betty (bam-ba-lam). Here’s a photo of the rifle and a few of my better targets. Unless it’s stated otherwise, I was shooting off of a table with a gun rest in every photo.
http://i.imgur.com/EwW8UXQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/n1hNb4n.jpg

Scaled target at 25 yds is supposed to simulate a full-sized target at 100 yds.
http://i.imgur.com/uf706Ap.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/StgJ7Dc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/n1FNSaS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uSLXvHx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xNm0LZ7.jpg

My current rifle is a PTR 91 GI – Triple B.
http://i.imgur.com/ZZo5FA3.jpg

I shot this target while seated, resting my elbows on the table. The scaled target at 75 yds is supposed to simulate the full-size target at 300 yds.
http://i.imgur.com/EEDJP6k.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/u6zT9ww.jpg

The target is 11x8.5".
http://i.imgur.com/MrKU8Hd.jpg

And this was at 50 yds.
http://i.imgur.com/oexRMhw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/BbCzzv0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/stZEFwV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/p6x5VKY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Xp1IvMa.jpg

25 yds; 1” squares, 1” bulls-eye, 2” and 4” circles. I was standing, but leaning over and resting my elbows on the counter. (With Wolf steel-cased ammo too!)
http://i.imgur.com/GgG1mdV.jpg

The scaled target at 50 yds is supposed to simulate the full-size target at 200 yds. I shot this target while sitting on a pad with the rifle resting on the railing.
http://i.imgur.com/QJV5EW3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/p8vULqY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QbB8c60.jpg

Scaled target at 25 yds is supposed to simulate a full-sized target at 100 yds.
http://i.imgur.com/RB5FkuL.jpg

[scottz63]

Nice thread!

Here is my Spanish M43, very first time firing at 50 yards, bench rest, 73 year old surplus Turkish ammo. :)

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[rjinga]

Here is my Spanish M43...

Cool!

[scottz63]

Cool!

Thanks. :)

My M1 Carbine first time at 100 yards. First 4 shots low, rear aperture set at 100. Last shot center, rear aperture set at 200.

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Flier to the right was the guy next to me lighting off a 50 BMG causing me to flinch a little. Lol!

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[rjinga]

Flier to the right was the guy next to me lighting off a 50 BMG causing me to flinch a little. Lol!

I understand. On my last trip to the outdoor range, the guy two tables down from me was sighting in a .445 rifle with a muzzle brake for an upcoming bison hunt. I tried to wait and shoot in between the concussion of his shots.

[scottz63]

Lol! It tends to break your concentration a bit.

My M16A2, initial 25 yard sight-in, from bench rest (cobbled together bench rest!).

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1. First group of 3
2. Second group - up 4 and right 1
3. Third group - right 2
4. Fourth group - up 2 and right 1

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[rjinga]

:kewl:

[rjinga]

I was shooting Wolf Polyformance steel-cased ammunition out of my PTR 91 GI. I shot off of a table with a gun rest.

http://i.imgur.com/vsjgQMy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0KcDg7a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/R3JPbx0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ujvhIJx.jpg