I received some TriMags that I ordered for my Ruger 10/22 Compact rifle. These make it possible to fasten three 10-round magazines together. With the two Alangator LLC TriMags, 3 more magazines and the OEM magazine I’ll have 70 rounds of ammo close and ready to shoot. This saves time when on the range and plinking away. I may get 3 more magazines and another TriMag so that I can have a full 100 rounds without having to stop and reload a magazine. This is especially beneficial if you are shooting in colder weather.
Another tip, which I’ve heard about, is to get some magazine covers, and with the two exposed that have covers, while the other is inserted in the rifle, use them as a type of short bipod stand. It sounds good, but haven’t tried it as well, plus don’t have the covers.
Until next time, shoot safe and have a great day of plinking.
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Recently I purchased a bore sighting kit, and one of the attachments is for a .177. I though this would be great for my airguns.
My Gamo Outdoor USA Swarm Maxxim seemed to be slightly off on the scope, so thought I would give the new kit a try. One problem – the Swarm, as some other airguns, had a suppressor type feature bullet into the unit. With that the opening is different. I was able to find a larger caliber that fit this opening, so gave it a try.
The new kit says that it is only to get you on paper, and that the fine tuning should be done at the range.
My next experiment was to see how well the Swarm would function in cold weather. Certainly it was not below zero, although felt like it. The actual temperature was between 15 and 20 degrees, with a much lower windchill. In fact, my hands got so cold that I couldn’t feel the trigger when trying to pull it.
I used my Sportsman’s Guide benchrest so that the experiment would be somewhat controlled on the firing.
The pellets used were Crosman wadcutters.
The black center area of the target is 2 inches, and the dead center white dot is 3/8-inch.
All shots were taken from the same setting, so I’m not sure if it was the cold weather, pellets, rifle or combination of any of these that made somewhat of a scattering of the 20 rounds fired. I know that cold is a definite factor on any type of gun, and in warmer weather I was able to place most of the shots on the white center.
The cold definitely had an impact on me, as 20 rounds was enough. This was just an experiment anyway, which makes up a lot of my shooting. To me that is part of the fun of it.
Until next time, shoot safe and have a great day of plinking.