On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:10:44 -0600, "Karl Townsend"
wrote:

"The Kid" came out today to help with my new toy, a .308 semi auto rifle.
DPMS LR308 for those that know their rifle models. He brought his Glock 9MM
and I also got the Mini-14 (.223 semi auto) out too.

We spent more than an hour sighting in the new gun on the bull bag. Its a
regular tack driver at 100 yards. Even better than my bolt action .270.

Every time we walked up close to check our shots. we'd each shoot a 1/2 clip
of glock 9MM. Used up 200 rounds. I kicked "the kid's" ass here. He needs
more practice. He'll be better than me next time - he's just had the gun a
week and never really shot a hand gun before.

Then for off hand rifle shooting. I'm very used to the mini-14 and held
about a six inch diameter on the target if I shot slowly. More like a foot
for rapid fire. "The kid" is considerably better than me on the mini-14.
Used up over 100 rounds.

We also shot the DPMS-308 off hand. I am just plain TERRBILE with this heavy
gun off hand. Any tips on learning to shoot a heavy rifle? I could tell I
quickly tired and couldn't make nice little tight aim circles to shoot on
the down stroke (my mini 14 method) We stopped after two boxes of ammo, its
a buck a shot.

Go to
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/car...hooting+Sticks

Scroll down to the Vanguard Bipod 2. This particular one has a very
wide range of heights suitable for positions from sitting to offhand.
The legs are like on a tripod with cam locks that are quick to adjust.
It's quite surprising how much a bipod can help. Fitch punched a
groundhog right thru the boiler room at 170 yards shooting offhand
with one of these. Said GH was DRT (dead right there), dropped in
place. The bipod weighs about 1 lb.

Ammo: once-fired .308 brass is about 20 cents ea if/when you can find
it. I hope you kept your brass from today.

Primer, about 3 cents recently in St. Cloud
Powder, about 20 cents worth
Bullet, about 10 cents for Meister lead, 20 to 30 cents for FMJ e.g.
Nosler, Hornady, etc

Total per round, about 60 cents plus or minus for first lot, about 40
cents to reload brass you already have. New Winchester brass is about
40 cents ea in lots of 50 or about 34 cents ea in lots of 500,
currently in stock at MidwayUSA. Remington brass is cheaper but it
doesn't last as long.