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Gongs At 50 & 100 Yards Today - Prone / Iron Sight

JoeMartin

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Decided to hang up some of my new gongs today and take some shots at them from the prone position at 50 and 100 yards using two Marlin rifles.

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The 5" & 4" gongs on the left I shot at with my Marlin 80DL with open iron sights from 50 yards prone,,, and the 3 gongs on the right (7", 8", 6") I shot at with my Marlin 925 with the Williams Receiver Peep Sight from 100 yards prone.

I decided to make a little game out of the 100 yard prone shooting today, with the 7, 8, & 6 inch gongs. Here's the results of that. I think it's pretty self explanitory;

Round 1:
Set 1 - 5 Shots Prone 8" Gong.....H H H H H - 5pts + 1 BP
Set 2 - 5 Shots Prone 7" Gong.....H H M H H - 4pts
Set 3 - 5 Shots Prone 6" Gong.....H H M M H - 3pts
Set 4 - 5 Shots Prone 8" Gong.....H H H H H - 5pts + 1BP
Set 5 - 5 Shots Prone 7" Gong.....H H H H M - 4pts
Set 6 - 5 Shots Prone 6" Gong.....H H H H H - 5pts + 1BP
Score.....[26 of 30 + 3BP]

Round 2:
Set 1 - 5 Shots Prone 8" Gong.....H H H H H - 5pts + 1BP
Set 2 - 5 Shots Prone 7" Gong.....H H H H H - 5pts + 1BP
Set 3 - 5 Shots Prone 6" Gong.....H H H M H - 4pts
Set 4 - 5 Shots Prone 8" Gong.....H H H M H - 4pts
Set 5 - 5 Shots Prone 7" Gong.....H H H H M - 4pts
Set 6 - 5 Shots Prone 6" Gong.....H M H H H - 4pts
Score.....[26 of 30 + 2BP]

Final Score.....[52 of 60 x 5BP]

"BP" = Bonus Points And Is Used For First Tie-Breaker

You Recieve 1 Bonus Point Each Time You Hit A Gong
Five Times In A Row During A Single Set.

I might just introduce this match to our local .22lr Rifle club this summer. I think for a scoped rifle we would go 5, 4, & 3" gongs from Quality Targets.

Before I knew it I had fire 150 rounds all total from 50 and 100 yards this morning on both paper and metal from the prone position. I'll be sore tomorrow!

It was sure fun!
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Re: Gongs At 50 & 100 Yards Today - Prone / Iron Sight

Yes it was. And I'm feeling it now as my shoulders are sore. I shot off my elbows with a sling, and forgot to mention that I used Federal 510B Champion ammo. I didn't want to use my good ammo on gongs, but looking at the overall results I don't feel the 510B performed to bad.
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