with this better grade Bushnell glass. However, upon returning home, some brainless baggage handler must have sent my armored and metal gun case flying down the runway with the plane, as the upper turret cap had been pushed (crushed) well into the adjustment turret when I opened the well-made box back in the states. Testing the scope for zero before returning it for a replacement by Bushnell resulted in nothing less than a completely retained zero setting despite the obvious turret damage. I guess even bad things can end in good in some ways as Bushnell sent out a replacement scope. But this time a set of mil dots had been installed in place of the Duplex style cross hair, making it field ready for grass rats, coyotes, or anything else that got in the way of a bullet. Currently the scope is mounted and zeroed on a new Ruger Hawkeye in 22-250 Rem. for an upcoming coyote hunt with FoxPro. Equipped with the Bushnell Rain Guard HD system, side parallax adjustment, and multicoated optics, this glass sight should work out well for this winter’s song dog hunt. NEW 5.56 NATO 223 REMINGTON SUBSONIC AMMO FIELD TESTED As offered by Right To Bear Ammo,
RTBA LTD., Texas, this subsonic 223 Remington (5.56mm NATO) is as close to dead silent as you will ever find when matched to a suppressed AR platform. Testing indicates that Right To Bear will produce 42 Db in terms of perceived sound. That is just about totally silent. Snap your fingers and that’s what the return is with this 1,090 f.p.s., 53-grain bullet at the muzzle. I shot 10-round strings of this new ammo using my S&W M&P-T that’s suppressed by Gem- Tech’s system and I could hear the bullet bouncing off the pine trees and rocks
several hundred yards downrange. With a current rancher’s problem regarding night coyotes killing everything from pet cats to chickens, this system coupled with the outstanding and deadly Pala- din generation one night scope, I have the cure for his problem. Coyotes will never hear the shot that kills them. Stand by for more in the future on this element of the dead of night “black out” varmint hunting. Double Tap 223 Rem. Ammunition
is offered by a new Utah-based manu- facturer. Loaded with a 55-gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet, the 2,331 f.p.s. 223 Rem. as fired from a 22" barrel is clearly cut out for coyote work. Testing this ammunition was accomplished with my Mossberg MMR Tactical, fitted with a GemTech suppressor and my Dead Down Range night sighting system by ATI, the Paladin Aries Model 390. Ac- curacy and general performance of this system demonstrates a high degree of dependability. The Mossberg platform AR-15 shot one moa at 100 yards and showed no stringing or any evidence of a keyhole effect. The new fodder passed my basic down-range testing with flying colors and I consider it dependable for both varmints and smaller close range game.
The third and final introduction in
223 ammo is the HPR (High Precision Range) cartridges manufactured by HPR Clean. Shooting a 60-grain bullet in the V-Max design, this cartridge as loaded for testing was right on the edge between the need for the 1 in 8 twist barrel and the standard light bullet 1 in 9 or 10. I found that the 60-grain bul- lets did stabilize well in my Rock River EHIDE AR at a 1 in 9 twist during ac- curacy work. Move to the 70-grain bullet and you’re definitely in need of the fast
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twist ARs unless you want that bullet to roll off target and fly end over end. During the fall I bagged a turkey
with the new cartridge at medium distance (235 yards) as ranged with the new Swarovski “ranging” binocular, another product that will see field time under test conditions during future expeditions. With a bullet of 60 grains I didn’t want to take a close range bird, but preferred to burn a bit of speed off the bullet before it made target contact. Again shooting my GemTec suppressed system with the Rock River EHIDE, the round popped a bit and then sent a rush of air toward the bird. The bullet met it at the base of the wing butt and dropped it like a sack of wet cement. At the time I wrapped up this list
of guns, loads and other stuff I was al- ready taking a hard look at additional new tools for varmint hunters, and at the same time packing for the 2013 SHOT Show. This would be the start of still another adventure in the search for the perfect tools of the trade, and meet all the unknowns regarding the year ahead.
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Remington Firearms
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Timney Triggers
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Mini Mauser 7.62x39, & Walther P-1, Century Arms Inc.
www.centuryarms.com
Bushnell Scopes
www.bushnell.com Winchester SXP
www.winchesterarms.com Right To Bear Ammo
www.right2bearammo.com Hyper Clean
www.HPRammo.com
Double Tap Ammunition
www.doubletapammo.com
Rock River Arms
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CCI
www.cci-ammunition.com
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