300 to 500 Yard Carbine Shoot

Today we headed to the range to shoot some steel with our 16 inch AR-15 carbines.  I was shooting my Colt 6920 and my son was running his LMT Defender.  Today was a perfect time to use our new shooting platform that is almost finished.

20150127_162930_resizedThe weather was perfect,  77 degrees and very little wind.  The wind was coming from 7 o’clock and was between 0 and 1.4 MPH.  We shot 8″ AR500 steel plates from 300 to 500 yards.

20150127_163638_resizedMy rifle is equipped with a Steiner 1-4 power optic and my sons Defender is topped off with a Vortex Viper PST 1-4.  We were shooting Sierra 69gr match projectiles.  If you have never shot steel targets be sure and visit our training schedule and sign up for a class!

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