http://www.liveoakssportingclays.com/
Here is a link to the shooting range. Live Oaks is a Sportsman Club located about 40 mile out in the country from my house. About 10 years ago some fellow got the bright idea to open up a shooting range so he spent some bucks sitting up a pistol range and rifle range.
Later on a local construction company owner and two partners decided they wanted to build a clubhouse, corporate outing facility, a 5 Stand Wobble Trap/Sporting Clay shooting facility. You can also get guided tours for hunting qual. The 300 Yard Rifle Range and an adjacent pistol range are just a small part of the operation. Let us just say there were some Big Bucks spent building this facility.
This is one of those range trips that takes some work and preparation to get ready for. It’s an International thing in that three of the weapons were foreign manufactured.
The first is the H&R Partner Protector Pump 12 Gauge. Originally build by New England Firearms, they later got bought out by H&R who in turn is now owned by Remington. They are in fact manufactured in China. They define it as their home defense model. It’s got an 18 ½ inch cylinder bore barrel for quick maneuvering in tight quarters. I’m running some 7 ½ birdshot through her today. It’s a clone of the Remington 870 but a lot cheaper.
Second is a rifle made in 1939, in Russia. It’s the Mosin Nagant 7.62m x 54 R M91/30 rifles. I’ve got a couple of boxes of PPU and Winchester ammunition. There’s also some copper washed ammo stamped 60 -45. That’s military surplus from the Frunze Armory in Kyrgyzstan (Former USSR). 1945 was a long time ago. But we shall see.
Third is the Argentine Mauser Model 1891, made in 1894. She was originally produced in Germany and went to Argentina as a contract sale. She’s the early 1960’s “Sporterized” Version of the German Mauser sold by Montgomery Ward. With no Spanish Proof marks, I’d say she was brought in before 1968. Imports after that date had to be proofed. Graf & Son sells the 7.66 Argentine 150 grain Sp rounds (Made by Hornady). I’ve also got 24 rounds of surplus ammo made in 1941 by a armory in Argentina.
Fourth, the American made Savage Arms Axis SP (308 Winchester Round). She’s the youngster of the crowd. It holds a 7.62 MM (NATO Round) but today is getting some American Eagle (Federal) 150 grain FMJs ran through her initial shooting.
Everything gets loaded into back of the SUV. All the weapons are socked or padded, there’s ammo boxes, tool boxes, a first aid kit and loads of extras for literally a field trip out in the boonies.
By 4:00 p.m. we are set up on the range. It’s a rather strange looking range. The high berms at the sides and back offer some assurance that shots fired aren’t going astray. The first target is a 50 Yards and way off at the back of the berm is a mere 300 yards.
I started with the Argentine Mauser. The first 6 magazines she did well at 100 and 200 yards. Then it started failing to fire. The firing pin was penetrating but no bang. It was some of the old surplus ammunition, so that’s the suspected culprit. I checked the misfiled rounds and compared them to the ones that fired. Firing pin penetration was the same depth.
We switched over to the Mosin Nagant. First half dozen magazines, no problems but then she started having bolt action and magazine problems. It was 85 Degrees outside, on a hot day. Under the tin roof it was over 100 plus. So since these old gals have a 192 years on the planet between them and hadn’t been fired for decades they did rather well. With some more cleanup and attention, next time out they should do better.
We then took the H&R Shotguns down range and busted off a couple dozen rounds each. My fellow Range Rat has a 20 Gauge that’s all “Tactalized Out”. There’s no sense to keep a shotgun around for home defense that hasn’t had a few rounds put through her. The local In Door Ranges don’t allow them, so this was their first outing. They work.
Then we had at the Savage arms 308. At 100 and 200 Yards things worked just fine. The Bushnell scope brings things up close. We were getting rushed, so I put a few downrange to 300 yards and got on paper. That’s neat for an out of the box rifle that came out of the box, sighted from the factory. I bore sighted the scope at 50 yards and it was on the money.
A rather long post but, I was fielding a various range of weapons and thought a few folks might appreciate it. Although I’m mainly into historic weapons, I do get modern on occasion and these excursions are folks of fun. It just takes some time and expense to set it all up.
Here is a link to the shooting range. Live Oaks is a Sportsman Club located about 40 mile out in the country from my house. About 10 years ago some fellow got the bright idea to open up a shooting range so he spent some bucks sitting up a pistol range and rifle range.
Later on a local construction company owner and two partners decided they wanted to build a clubhouse, corporate outing facility, a 5 Stand Wobble Trap/Sporting Clay shooting facility. You can also get guided tours for hunting qual. The 300 Yard Rifle Range and an adjacent pistol range are just a small part of the operation. Let us just say there were some Big Bucks spent building this facility.
This is one of those range trips that takes some work and preparation to get ready for. It’s an International thing in that three of the weapons were foreign manufactured.
The first is the H&R Partner Protector Pump 12 Gauge. Originally build by New England Firearms, they later got bought out by H&R who in turn is now owned by Remington. They are in fact manufactured in China. They define it as their home defense model. It’s got an 18 ½ inch cylinder bore barrel for quick maneuvering in tight quarters. I’m running some 7 ½ birdshot through her today. It’s a clone of the Remington 870 but a lot cheaper.
Second is a rifle made in 1939, in Russia. It’s the Mosin Nagant 7.62m x 54 R M91/30 rifles. I’ve got a couple of boxes of PPU and Winchester ammunition. There’s also some copper washed ammo stamped 60 -45. That’s military surplus from the Frunze Armory in Kyrgyzstan (Former USSR). 1945 was a long time ago. But we shall see.
Third is the Argentine Mauser Model 1891, made in 1894. She was originally produced in Germany and went to Argentina as a contract sale. She’s the early 1960’s “Sporterized” Version of the German Mauser sold by Montgomery Ward. With no Spanish Proof marks, I’d say she was brought in before 1968. Imports after that date had to be proofed. Graf & Son sells the 7.66 Argentine 150 grain Sp rounds (Made by Hornady). I’ve also got 24 rounds of surplus ammo made in 1941 by a armory in Argentina.
Fourth, the American made Savage Arms Axis SP (308 Winchester Round). She’s the youngster of the crowd. It holds a 7.62 MM (NATO Round) but today is getting some American Eagle (Federal) 150 grain FMJs ran through her initial shooting.
Everything gets loaded into back of the SUV. All the weapons are socked or padded, there’s ammo boxes, tool boxes, a first aid kit and loads of extras for literally a field trip out in the boonies.
By 4:00 p.m. we are set up on the range. It’s a rather strange looking range. The high berms at the sides and back offer some assurance that shots fired aren’t going astray. The first target is a 50 Yards and way off at the back of the berm is a mere 300 yards.
I started with the Argentine Mauser. The first 6 magazines she did well at 100 and 200 yards. Then it started failing to fire. The firing pin was penetrating but no bang. It was some of the old surplus ammunition, so that’s the suspected culprit. I checked the misfiled rounds and compared them to the ones that fired. Firing pin penetration was the same depth.
We switched over to the Mosin Nagant. First half dozen magazines, no problems but then she started having bolt action and magazine problems. It was 85 Degrees outside, on a hot day. Under the tin roof it was over 100 plus. So since these old gals have a 192 years on the planet between them and hadn’t been fired for decades they did rather well. With some more cleanup and attention, next time out they should do better.
We then took the H&R Shotguns down range and busted off a couple dozen rounds each. My fellow Range Rat has a 20 Gauge that’s all “Tactalized Out”. There’s no sense to keep a shotgun around for home defense that hasn’t had a few rounds put through her. The local In Door Ranges don’t allow them, so this was their first outing. They work.
Then we had at the Savage arms 308. At 100 and 200 Yards things worked just fine. The Bushnell scope brings things up close. We were getting rushed, so I put a few downrange to 300 yards and got on paper. That’s neat for an out of the box rifle that came out of the box, sighted from the factory. I bore sighted the scope at 50 yards and it was on the money.
A rather long post but, I was fielding a various range of weapons and thought a few folks might appreciate it. Although I’m mainly into historic weapons, I do get modern on occasion and these excursions are folks of fun. It just takes some time and expense to set it all up.
