Never been out here by myself. I've gone to the shooting range alone bunch of times, but not out here in the woods of Timber. Everything went smooth though, so all good.
I had two testing to run on my rifle today. 1) Magpul AFG, that funny triangular looking fore grip. 2) I moved the rear flip-sight(backup sight) forward, to the front of the scope.
Test 1 - AFG was okay, but I think I prefer the vertical grip both functionally & aesthetically, so that's gonna get swapped back before I go shooting next time.
Test 2 - I've never seen anybody put the rear backup flip sight forward, to the front of the scope. Due to shorter distance between two sights, I'd imagine it'll affect the accuracy. The reason why I did something so strange(and probably dumb) is the long eye relief affecting my sight picture. Basically, when I'm looking through the scope, too much of the sight picture is blacked out. Backup sight is a backup anyways. I test fired it at 50 yards, it's not hitting bulleyes, but it's hitting the paper, and I'm fine with that. Eye relief issue with the scope is totally gone. Perfect.
It looks kinda odd with the backup sight in the front, but that's how it's going to stay. :p
Also shot the Glock 19 + Remington 597 .22 rifle with my old Redfield Revenge(2~7x) on it. Had to sight it in for the .22LR rifle. It was shooting great, minus the failure to feed from the 597 just about every mag or so & I just cleaned & lubed it just couple days ago. Was it the crap Remington rifle, or crap Remington Golden Bullet ammo, who knows. This 597 was my first firearm & I've been skeptical of anything Remington ever since. :(
All. By. Myself.
Ran into bunch of cyclists at the foothill today. They are riding the bikes uphill into the mountain. They must be in crazy good shape!
