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Fox Farm Road Gravel Pit - Photo Gallery
Saturday, March 15, 2003 - This is the gravel pit that I
have been shooting at since 1984. It has been growing in
size every year as they remove gravel. It is 600 yards
from the gate to the far tree line now. Great place for
long-range work, and it seems that nobody really uses it
for shooting besides me. I have talked to one of the
equipment operators that works there and he said they
are hip to it being used as a shooting pit, as long as
the Caterpillars are not shot at (duh!) and don't leave
a bunch of shot-up crap when you are done. Ben and I
have cleaned up various shit that scabs have left
before, and it stays pretty clean. Sweet little place. |
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Set up for 300 meters.
The target measures 4 feet x 4 feet and the top of it is
8 feet off the ground.
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The ground was seeping melted frost.
Quite a few 2-4" wide fault cracks across the pit
surface from the ground melting and losing volume.
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This is at 6-power magnification taken
from right behind my shooting mat.
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I built this cool target stand with
2" PVC. All joints are unglued for disassembly for
their permanent ride in my Pontiac trunk.
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I drilled and bolted the 1" wood
strips on the uprights for using a staple gun to attach
the target. The whole thing cost $12, believe it or not.
Build one, seriously. They are handy.
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Close-up of the 10 ring. I ended up
with 4 10s and 1 X. This was a 30 shot string, firing 15
shots from prone and 15 standing.
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Looking pretty much like my 300m shots
down at the MRRA club site in Elk River.
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At least they are all inside the 7
ring.
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This is the barrel of the new Rock River
Arms A2 National Match upper.
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It is a Rock River Arms National Match
A2 Pre-Ban Upper with a .223" Double-Chromed Wylde
Chamber, 1:8" twist 20" Air-Gauged Wilson
Stainless Steel National Match Barrel, National Match
Free Floated Barrel Sleeve, 1/2 minute x 1/2 minute
National Match Windage and Elevation Rear Sights with a
.040" hooded aperture and a .050" bladed
National Match Front Sight Post, and a JP Enterprises
National Match Single-Stage Fire Control Trigger System
with Speed Hammer and DPMS Titanium Firing Pin.
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The rear aperture is a
screw-in 0.040" competition hooded setup.
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The elevation and windage
systems are both adjustable to 0.5 minute of angle. That
translates to 1 click=1.5 inches at 300 yards. Windage
is one click=3 inches at 600 yards. Elevation is quite a
few clicks up at 600 yards and 2 clicks from maxed out
with a 75gr. Match HP bullet at 1000 yards.
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This is a cool sand rivulet sculpture
that was worth taking a photo of just for the texture.
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Same thing. It is cool, huh? If any
graphic designers want this for a texture stock photo,
send me an e-mail and I'll give you a high res 2832 x
2128 pixel 17.4MB TIFF version of it for free. tony@tonyrogers.com
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Here is one of those contrails I have
been talking about. When I examine the original high res
TIFF file, this looks like it is an Air Force C32A
(modified Boeing 757-200) with the bottom painted white.
This aircraft only has two engines, one on each wing.
But a contrail is being created down the centerline of
the plane's draft. Why? Is this a sighting of one of
those pesky "chemtrails" that are bugging me?
It this plane spraying chemicals? I'll try to get to the
bottom of it from any experts on aviation that I can
find.
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