I bought out an estate today, bunch of reloading stuff, black powder, old shotgun shells and ammo of various sorts. Among the treasure was a single loaded AR mag. I popped the 1st round out and it was a WCC 83 so I figured screw it, I’m just gonna step over to the range and burn this through one of my carbines. My 16” Radical carbine was in the truck, so I dropped the mag of 62gn varmit grenades and loaded in the estate mag. Figured I’d just burn it on some fast and sweet close range action, and started at about 18 yards. Cleared the plate rack, and then the dualing tree, and then started in on some alternating double taps on my 2 AR500 full size silhouette targets. Ran a few fast double taps, and when I swung back to the first target I noticed a VERY shiny spot, and halted firing to inspect.
Turns out the mag was loaded with 3 rounds of FMJ and then a green tip, repeated all the way to the bottom.
Luckily I didn’t hit too many of my plates with those, and they didn’t do too much damage, but still, I guess that’s what I get for not checking the whole mag.
This article from the shooter's apprentice caused me to remember when I routinely stopped along the road and shot a bit. https://www.patreon.com/posts/good-shots...=join_link
25 years or so ago I carried my series 70 commander. It was a graduation present from my brother when I finished blet in the academy and had always been my favorite. It's gone now, economic circumstances got in the way of gun ownership. I'd like another one but colts are outrageously expensive today.
Anyway, I would frequently stop a little nw of Phoenix and plink. It's probably not a quiet back road now. I figured out sight pictures to 200 yards, with the base of the front sight even with the top of the rear one at 200, completely obscuring the soda can I was shooting at. I can't claim I hit it very often but I was always close.
As they say, practice makes perfect, even if it's just informal plinking. The old 1911s with fairly loose barrel bushings weren't ideal for accuracy but being intimately familiar with your firearm helps out a lot.
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