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Hey all,
A few of you replied to an earlier post re: some help with my Dad's Remington 511 that he handed me last week.
The short story is we got to digging around in his attic and he asked me to find the rifle my grandfather had given him when he was a high school kid in 1947. The gun looks like a 1945 production date and my Dad hasn't shot it in over 50 years.
It's been put away, uncased amongst some old golf clubs and other stuff over the years. It's well used but certainly not abused.
Short story...I cleaned it up, lubed the bolt and oiled up the stock and we took it to the range. My Dad and I had an absolute blast.
Following that I ordered up a couple 10 rounds mags from Brownell's and a box of CCI from Cabela's. The original 6 round mag wouldn't feed the tube properly but the new ones work perfectly.
The new mags and ammo came this week and I couldn't stand waiting any longer to test it all so yesterday I made a quick after work trip to the range for a test run.
Here's the result. Shooting at 25 yards, indoors with no rests or bags, 3 inch targets. I basically just emptied the mags on each target. The results below are my last two targets of the day.
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Not great but I can't complain. I had never even shot a rifle before a couple weeks ago...and this thing shoots great. I shot 100 rounds in the short time I was there. I'm slowly but surely getting more comfortable with those old sights.
I'd love to hear from any other 511 shooters out there. Gotta say as well, I'm totally hooked, this is so much fun to shoot. Heading to our local outdoor range soon for the 50 and 100 yard targets. Can't wait to see how we roll.
A few of you replied to an earlier post re: some help with my Dad's Remington 511 that he handed me last week.
The short story is we got to digging around in his attic and he asked me to find the rifle my grandfather had given him when he was a high school kid in 1947. The gun looks like a 1945 production date and my Dad hasn't shot it in over 50 years.
It's been put away, uncased amongst some old golf clubs and other stuff over the years. It's well used but certainly not abused.
Short story...I cleaned it up, lubed the bolt and oiled up the stock and we took it to the range. My Dad and I had an absolute blast.
Following that I ordered up a couple 10 rounds mags from Brownell's and a box of CCI from Cabela's. The original 6 round mag wouldn't feed the tube properly but the new ones work perfectly.
The new mags and ammo came this week and I couldn't stand waiting any longer to test it all so yesterday I made a quick after work trip to the range for a test run.
Here's the result. Shooting at 25 yards, indoors with no rests or bags, 3 inch targets. I basically just emptied the mags on each target. The results below are my last two targets of the day.
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[/IMG]Not great but I can't complain. I had never even shot a rifle before a couple weeks ago...and this thing shoots great. I shot 100 rounds in the short time I was there. I'm slowly but surely getting more comfortable with those old sights.
I'd love to hear from any other 511 shooters out there. Gotta say as well, I'm totally hooked, this is so much fun to shoot. Heading to our local outdoor range soon for the 50 and 100 yard targets. Can't wait to see how we roll.
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