Hello. I recently picked up a 10/22TD and discovered that my 68 year old eyes don't work the same as they used to, despite cataract surgery last year. I used the iron sights on my first visit to the range and didn't do that bad other than having to keep the target closer than anyone else and seeing a fuzzy target even at close range. I'll probably continue indoor range use so bought a Simmons scope and they put it on and bore sighted it. 2nd range visit today and couldn't hit any target I aimed for. Stopped the fun and went into the store area and the asked the kid that sold me the scope for help. He did some major adjustments to the scope and shot about a dozen rounds. His last two shots were bulls eyes. Mine after the adjustments were very straight but at least 6 inches low. Made an appointment to get some training next Tuesday, my next range day.
I shot a Mossberg .22 almost every weekend as a kid; target and varmints and M14 M16 and M60s as a Crew Chief/ Door Gunner in RVN. Now I've regressed to trainee! Anyone else have trouble learning to use a scope? Thanks.
Dealers are the only ones permitted to own black assault type rifles here. Rental rates go from $40-$60 an hour and you have to buy ammo there. Rapid fire isn't permitted on the range but does happen and is a major distraction and overwhelms the air filters.
Hopefully I'll get there tomorrow and use the Ruger bag as a rest.
I'm a long way from Cuomo Country, but has something changed this year that recaptures the NY-Safe Compliant AR-15/10 under your state's anti-gun umbrella? I'm sure that if the goons in charge passed the original Safe Act of 2013 in an eye blink without public input or hearing they could mod it to trap workarounds - but compliance changes that I thought de-assualt the AR and make it legal to purchase and possess in NY sound relatively simple and should not drastically change the firearm's function unless of course the operator is going to try to defend his homestead with a bayonet. Then there is the AR-pistol option but that is certainly is not for everyone.
Sound nuts to me too, soldier. If I lived where you live I would not make a move on anything that the enigmatic powers-that-be insisted on classifying an assault weapon without doing more than a little due diligence before taking possession. In a real sense, the moronic Safe Act law might only be truly understood by morons. In that context I'll take my best shot not with intent to give advice but to better understand the infinite shades of grey that you good folks are suffering under from the distant safety of far away Looziana bayou country.
It would appear that the removable magazine restriction only applies to rifles that include discrete physical parts that the brainiacs in Albany set down (listed) in their legal definition of what an assault rifle was. Presumably, it is defined as a semiautomatic rifle that CAN accept a detachable magazine and which also has AT LEAST TWO of the following parts (that the governor's advisory boldly proclaims as "Military Characteristics"): a folding or telescoping stock, a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon, a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor while not say anything about compensators or muzzle breaks, and of course your run-of-the-mill assaultive bayonet mounts and grenade launchers. Removal of enough of these objectionable items appears to mysteriously result in the rifles's transformation to a kinder and more gentle device in which a removable magazine could legally be used. As far as I can tell, the most practical limitation is that you would not be able to exceed ten rounds of mag capacity.
It's interesting to note that the Governor's notice of Banned Features in the context of Assault Weapons curiously does not accurately reflect the wording of the official legislation itself starting at line 39 S. 2230 18 A. 2388.
Regardless of the headache that just reading through this legal gibberish is producing, it's hard to imagine that the NY compliant ARs that are built for and shipped to NY by reputable manufacturers such as Stag Arms and Black Rain Ordnance would be in volition of NY state law because they appear to have removed every prohibited item from their NY compliant builds.
And the saga continues. Not only did I realize that my eyes have aged but now find that straining my neck causes my old eyes to see two sets of cross hairs! I stopped at the Buffalo Gun Center as a last resort and explained my dilemmas with the 10/22s original sights and the scope. The gentleman said "I'll be right back" and disappeared into the back storage room. He came back with a new 10/22 carbine and said " check out this one's sights". Their store is 25 yards wide and I sighted in on a small Beretta sign with the 10/22's fiber optic sights. Clear as day!
I know there will be adjustments needed due to bullet drop and the fact that every time I buy ammo it's a different brand and velocity. That's fine because none of the weapons I fired in the Army had scopes. The first couple shots allowed me to adjust my aim and that worked pretty good. I will never be a competitive shooter but do find range shooting relaxing and I do enjoy it.
While they installed the new sights, they readjusted the take down mechanism, it's much tighter now. I also mentioned that the trigger was very heavy. He said it was a safety feature designed to stop accidental firing.
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