Went up to the panhandle with the girlfriend to see her parents this weekend. To me, her dad is a pretty awesome guy, we like all the same stuff.
Well, her dad has gotten me caught up on predator and varmint hunting. Saturday we stopped by a few prairie dog towns, but to no avail. There's no cover up in beaver county, and these damn prairie rats are used to being shot at. After mass today, while the women were getting some food prepped for the potluck we were supposed to go to, we snuck off and went to our most promising area yet to see if we could pop a few prairie dogs. We were in luck, and after making a bit of a scene, I managed to get a perfect 150 yard headshot on the lookout, who had the top half of his head poking out of his home. He didn't have much head left, looks like a solid shot through his eye sockets, taking most of his head with it. Most fun I've had with .223 since I was in the Marines.
With the painful lesson, I have to start off by saying that I at the moment shoot a S&W M&P 15 sport. While it is cheap and not too attractive I love it, and is rather accurate, feels nice, and dead reliable to me so far. Way better than the beat up rifles we had in the Corps. I did a couple things to make it feel nicer to me, as I despise the standard issue 6 position stock. I have a Nikon p223 bdc600 scope on it with 1 piece Nikon m233 rings. Not the best quality, but good enough for me, I love it. I did however put a new muzzle break on it, rather than the birdcage, and while it does a wonderful job of eliminating muzzle rise, it turns this little rifle into a cannon. I had someone complain that they felt like it was gonna knock a filling out, as they were standing to my side. Just about blew my ear drum out today, being up against the side of a hump, my left side caught the brunt of my blast. Can't stress hearing protection enough!
My muzzle brake is similar to this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Model-Competi...=1428289189&sr=8-1&keywords=ar15+muzzle+brake
Just thought I would share!
Well, her dad has gotten me caught up on predator and varmint hunting. Saturday we stopped by a few prairie dog towns, but to no avail. There's no cover up in beaver county, and these damn prairie rats are used to being shot at. After mass today, while the women were getting some food prepped for the potluck we were supposed to go to, we snuck off and went to our most promising area yet to see if we could pop a few prairie dogs. We were in luck, and after making a bit of a scene, I managed to get a perfect 150 yard headshot on the lookout, who had the top half of his head poking out of his home. He didn't have much head left, looks like a solid shot through his eye sockets, taking most of his head with it. Most fun I've had with .223 since I was in the Marines.
With the painful lesson, I have to start off by saying that I at the moment shoot a S&W M&P 15 sport. While it is cheap and not too attractive I love it, and is rather accurate, feels nice, and dead reliable to me so far. Way better than the beat up rifles we had in the Corps. I did a couple things to make it feel nicer to me, as I despise the standard issue 6 position stock. I have a Nikon p223 bdc600 scope on it with 1 piece Nikon m233 rings. Not the best quality, but good enough for me, I love it. I did however put a new muzzle break on it, rather than the birdcage, and while it does a wonderful job of eliminating muzzle rise, it turns this little rifle into a cannon. I had someone complain that they felt like it was gonna knock a filling out, as they were standing to my side. Just about blew my ear drum out today, being up against the side of a hump, my left side caught the brunt of my blast. Can't stress hearing protection enough!
My muzzle brake is similar to this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Model-Competi...=1428289189&sr=8-1&keywords=ar15+muzzle+brake
Just thought I would share!
