TODAY'S GUN TIME

[mike0000]

Me 3, I also have the M&P 15-22, I agree with Sigarms, action is fairly loud while shooting suppressed. I probably shoot .22 more than any other round. I really enjoy bolt action .22 shooting. First suppressor was a Silencer Co Sparrow, but after shooting with my brother who bought a Dead air Mask .22 I had to order one. It’s noticeable quieter than the Sparrow, also doesn’t suffer the first round pop like the Sparrow.

 

[Peter 315]

That Walther looks pretty neat. Do they make it with a threaded barrel? I sort of went on a .22 kick the last few years - really like shooting them with subsonic suppressed as it does not annoy anyone, don't need hearing protection, and is still cheap to shoot.

If your looking for a nice M4-22 check out Tippmann Arms.

 

[sandman2234]

If your looking for a nice M4-22 check out Tippmann Arms.

When I think of Tippmann Arms, I think of stopping in Little Rock, AR and browsing thru a store that had a miniature 1919 belt fed automatic gun, made by Tippmann in .22 caliber with a cloth belt. Now that was one sweet auto! Price back then was a lot more than my budget would allow!
David from jax

 

[mike69440]

Finally made a proper Shooting Bench. Then before I moved bench to my humble range, I leveled an out of whack Scope. You can see level sitting on tractor forks in one photo.

 

[gsganzer]

I'm at my deer camp to try to get a turkey, before the season ends. I'll shoot some pigs too, hopefully. I got to camp late yesterday, this morning it was fogged in so bad; I couldn't see 20 yards.

So, I worked on repairing and filling feeders, then spent some time at the range. I zeroed my older thermal on my .300 BO ruger american ranch with Hornady Amax sub-sonics, suppressed. I zeroed it at exactly 85 yds, which is the exact distance from my blind to feeder. Those sub-sonics grouped at a very respectable 5/8" out of that gun and it was moderately windy too, I was really impressed.

My plan is to sit out tonight until about midnight with my Thermal on the AR-308 and the .300 BO. If coons come in (I'm eaten up with coons at my feeder), I'll dispatch with the .300 and if pigs come in, I'll take them with the .308

I might try a pig with the .300 if I have a good clear neck/head shot. The .300 BO sub-sonics just feel so anemic though.

 

[gsganzer]

Finally made a proper Shooting Bench, then Leveled an out of whack Scope, b efore I moved bench to my humble range.

Nice job on the bench. Will it sit out in the weather or do you plan to move it in/out as needed?

I welded up one using 2" x 6" C-purlins and 2" square tube with runners, so we can drag it to different distances at our deer lease range. It has 2 ammo cans mounted to it that house the shooting bags, targets, stapler etc. It stays out in the elements year-round. I've posted pictures of it on this forum a few times. It's worked out incredibly well.

I also made a target holder that sits against the pond dam berm. It has a place to slide in a 16" x 24" board to staple targets too and then has a 4", 6" and 8" AR500 plate round targets on flat-bar swing rods. We tried using chains, but found the chains get shot up. So now I use 1.5" x 3/8" flat bar welded to the back of the plate and they suspend down and the narrow edge facing the shooter. No issues with those, even if they get hit.

 

[mike69440]

Nice job on the bench. Will it sit out in the weather or do you plan to move it in/out as needed?

I welded up one using 2" x 6" C-purlins and 2" square tube with runners, so we can drag it to different distances at our deer lease range. It has 2 ammo cans mounted to it that house the shooting bags, targets, stapler etc. It stays out in the elements year-round. I've posted pictures of it on this forum a few times. It's worked out incredibly well.

I also made a target holder that sits against the pond dam berm. It has a place to slide in a 16" x 24" board to staple targets too and then has a 4", 6" and 8" AR500 plate round targets on flat-bar swing rods. We tried using chains, but found the chains get shot up. So now I use 1.5" x 3/8" flat bar welded to the back of the plate and they suspend down and the narrow edge facing the shooter. No issues with those, even if they get hit.

It will stay out in the elements year-round. Will move it around with forks

 

[shooterdon]

Finally made a proper Shooting Bench. Then before I moved bench to my humble range, I leveled an out of whack Scope. You can see level sitting on tractor forks in one photo.

Staple some landscape cloth or window screen to the bottom to avoid wasp nests. I learned the hard way.

 

[gsganzer]

Well, I learned what I pretty much already knew. The .300BO is pretty much a waste of a chambering, shooting suppressed. I didn't have any pigs come in, but I shot 5 coons, and should have had probably 3 more.

I have 3 problems with it:
First, it has the trajectory of a thrown stone. I'll need to hone up on the ballistic holds, but you pretty much need to be a long-range computational wizard to deal with the arc of that sucker. 15 yards longer or shorter than your zero and you better get factoring that in.

Second, even though it's quiet and I'm using a Dead Air Nomad 30 can with an e-brake, it still makes enough noise that the game runs from it. Not quite the same as unsuppressed, but they still know to get out of Dodge. I find this with full speed calibers too, when hunting hogs, that they hear it, but they're just a little slower in figuring out what direction to run.

Third, anemic. I'd be hesitant to shoot a large hog unless I had the perfect shot.

The bottom line (and I surmised this already), the .300 BO sub-sonic is a novelty with no real practical hunting use IMO. I'd rather blast away with a .223, .260, 6.5 or .308 and be sure of my ballistics and terminal performance.

It's fun as heck to shoot, but I like performance for hunting, and it lacks in that cartridge. Once again, I was reminded of how/why I landed on the chamberings I already shoot for most game.

 

[Sigarms]

The bottom line (and I surmised this already), the .300 BO sub-sonic is a novelty with no real practical hunting use IMO. I'd rather blast away with a .223, .260, 6.5 or .308 and be sure of my ballistics and terminal performance.

I was very excited when I got my first 300 blackout bolt rifle (Ruger ranch).

A very short time later, I came to the exact same conclusion as you have.

Thing that I'm somewhat still ticked about is I didn't follow a cardinal rule I try to live by and I bought new the early production rifle with the sorry butt plastic rotary magazine, and those early rifles had issues with their bolts as I had to send mine back to be replaced. I thought I was safe with Ruger by breaking that one cardinal rule, but I wasn't.