Had a chance to do some pest elimination over Labor Day weekend.

RRA Elite Operator with a bunch of crap updated:

MI handguard
Magpul MIAD
Larue w/Leupold VXII 6x18
Harris bipod
Larue 2pt sling
Magpul BUPS (backup polymer sights)
Magpul CTR

sorry for the pic quality - smartphone:




All I had with was my Rock River Elite Operator that I "customized" to what I like. Despite its 16 inch barrel, it performed very well...much better than expected. In fact, I think it almost makes my 26 inch barrel White Oak upper unnecessary for the "walkabout" style of pdog zapping this time of year; given their education throughout the year.

I put down about 80 rounds throughout the day. My brother-in-law and his co-worker also fired it and really liked it. Highlights were a shot I took at 399 yds, range finder verfied and witnessed by both brother-in-law and his co-worker. I was using 52 grain JHP Federal White box ammo for that shot...nothing special and it still had a "dynamic" affect on the dog. Another highlight was when I got 3 dogs at around 320 yds in 4 shots in about 5 seconds. Most were in the 250-300 yd range.

I'm really starting to see the value of the AR platform for pdogs (holdout, I know). It is certainly accurate enough and the fast follow-up shot was very nice. I also like the throw lever scope mounts from Larue. I used my Lepuold VXII 6x18 from my heavy LMT/WOA for this pdog trip and took off the Mark AR 3x9...simply for a bit more glass for the long shots. I simply threw the levers, rezeroed and was ready to go in 6 rounds for zeroing. Pretty slick.

Brother-in-law was using my old Remington 700 .223 that he bought from me and had a hard time keeping up. But when it did connect, it did just fine.

I ended up using 3 types of ammo and all peformed well. The aforementioned 52 grain JHP, 40 grain Fiochi v-max and the biggest surprise, 55 grain FMJ Wolf. It really did quite well out to 300.

The weather was absolutely perfect. The skies were a bit cloudy which helped cut the sun and the temp was about 80 at the most, which kept the mirage down. Very pleasant and with a slight breeze but not your typical ND winds.

Granted, 399 wasn't that impressive when compared against what the guys from the Varmint Hunters Clubs are doing with their wildcats and 1000 yd kills but I was using a mat and going prone. No silly table or RV to shoot from. Overall, a good time with a second tier beater