Hermit wrote a great post on building a rural home - go read it!

I got out to the range again on Sunday along with one of my regular training partners. Primary goal was to get some optics sighted in, and generally have a good time. Mission accomplished.

I re-zeroed the match AR after re-mounting the scope on risers and Leupold rings. It was absolutely dialed in, and I'm not concerned about the rings coming loose like the Weaver rings did. I also re-zeroed the EOTech that I moved back to my Stag homebuild. I think that will be my "primary" rifle, and I like the EOTech much better than the Aimpoint.

I got the opportunity to try out my buddy's TA11, which is an absolutely awesome optic.

I did learn that swinging steel rated for rimfire doesn't hold up well to 10mm rounds.

I hope you all enjoyed the holiday with family and friends, as I did.

I decided to use my vacation time today to venture to the rifle range. I spent 3 hours shooting in 32 degree weather, with snow falling most of the time. The range was covered with snow about 3 inches deep, which caused me no issues. For the most part, I had the place to myself - a couple of guys spent about 30 minutes playing with muzzleloaders before leaving.

I finally got around to sighting in the scope I purchased in July. It's mounted on my PBR, and is a damn nice piece of glass. I sighted in at 100 yards, so now I need to go print off a ballistic drop chart, and figure out the finer points of MilDot sighting.

I also ran a couple through the match AR, which ran like a top. The groups weren't as tight as I would have liked, but more than accurate enough for any sort of practical shooting. I did notice that the scope is mounted WAY too low to be comfortable. I needed to lay my head sideways to see anything. I've got a set of risers around here somewhere, along with the original Leupold rings the scope was mounted in, although an ARMS mount might be a better (if not more expensive) option. I'll get that re-mounted and hope for better luck next time.

Then I pulled out the 10/22 and some swinging steel targets and went to town at 50 yards. That is such a blast. I put about 100 rounds into the thing just running the swingers. Great fun. I was also impressed with how quiet the Ruger is. I decided to shoot it with just ear plugs, and all I heard was the click of the firing pin and the bullet impact. No significant muzzle blast to speak of.

More cold weather shooting planned for next week!

I've actually got a couple of posts banging around in draft, but in the meantime... Here's the dog enjoying 15 inches of Global Warming.

Stolen from ARFCOM because it kicked over my gigglebox: