Are you shooting with open sights or scoped?
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Open sights (Dioptric sights) on the rifles. I think thats the logical choice, if one wants to compete in Targetshooting. Basic open sights on the duty pistol (a nice P220).
I also have the actual service rifle from my grandfather, also a K31 and this one has the original âiron sightsâ, and back when Russia attacked the Ukraine, a few buddies and I formed a group of K31 shooters with iron sights and competed for a season that way. We were surprisingly successful. At the end of that year I could hold most shots inside the 9 ring, so about 2MOA at 300m. But of course there were a lot of âFehlschĂźsseâ, shot that were fired by âmistakeâ (Optical problems with the trench/post set-up).
I also was a DMR (C4 sniper, if that says anything to someone 
) in my military service, with a scoped rifle and me and a friend from my 300m Club just built a K11 into a scoutrifle with a long-eye-reliefe scope. I made the leather cheekrest for it. There are also people, who try out scoped rifles on the 300m range from time to time. And as the tech guy, I usually help with boresighting and setting up the scope. Which always gives me a chance to try out some scopes and rifles.
So I have likings in all directions, but I feel most confident with dioptric sights.
But the one thing I do not get is reflex sights on pistols or rifles. There is that too.
Whatâs your take on your question?
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Mine is scout scoped. I used to occasionally shoot for fun at the range but mostly to practice and keep my hunting rifle accurate. Which is the scout scoped Mauser. A funny range story. There was a guy there who had an AR10 .223 that had been converted to an M60 style belt fed system. It was pretty cool. He was shooting at pumpkins and asked if I wanted to try. Of course I did. As .223s are⌠thereâs very little kick, thereâs no real indication that you hit the pumpkin. Itâs neat and all⌠so I asked the guy if he wanted to try my 8mm Mauser. Of course he did. 
So he takes one shot⌠the pumpkin just explodes⌠this guy is just on top of himself with joy and gratitude for the experience. Itâs a good memory.
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I still have a dream of competing in a Long Range Precision competition.
I was at a range once. Witnessed a gentlemen shooting his rifle with the barrel at about a 30 degree angle up. Asked him what he was shooting at. He showed me on the spotting scope the target at 1000 yards. I only thought the range went to 500 yards.
At that point, I made it a mission to hit that target. Needed a rifle though.
So I went down to Big 5 and bought one.
Savage Modle 110 in 308.
Over the next several years, I bought and stockpiled parts. Until one day I had everything I needed. Disassembled the stock rifle and started building.
The only thing remaining from the stock rifle is the Receiver, Bolt Housing and Trigger Group. It is also in a new caliber; 6.5 Creedmore.
This rifle now has 821 shots through it. I document every shot; Distance, Bullet speed, Shooting direction, angle, Temperature, humidity, scope setting, hit or miss and where the round impacted.
I have hit that 1000 yard target Once, a bunch of times now. Like I said, the goal will be to eventually compete in a LRP Match. Most likely Las Vegas.
I also had the honor of Mr. Mark McBride using this system to Merica the Yonomicon version 2.
Another Competition rifle I built is a Ruger 10/22. The only thing Ruger in this firearm is the 10 round magazine. Looking to do a Test your limits match with this on at 100 and 200 yards.
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Awesome. 
I donât now much about ARs: Is an AR10 in .223 not ust an AR15? Or is there an actual difference in the lower?
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Very cool. That Savage looks like serious business.
Would you be willing to share some results from your shooting?
Here are some pics from the before montioned cheekpiece I made for the scout K11. Itâs a frankenstein-piece. We missed the whole bolt-part of boltaction, even though we both shot mostly boltguns. So I had to modify the first design, with some leftover pieces. Which gives it itâs steampunk look.
Version 2.0 is in planning and will be much more streamline.
I apologize, I got them mixed up. AR15 is what I meant.
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No problem. You could have told me anything.
But do you know if there is a size difference between the 10 and 15 in the meassurement to the lower? Or is it just a differen upper today?
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I think that the AR10 takes longer cartridges like .308 and possibly 6.5 Creedmore
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Of course 
The magazine âhousingâ, âshaftâ will be bigger for ex.
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And the bolt travels further.
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AR10 is commonly used synonymously for an AR that uses a medium length cartridge, most commonly the 308win and the 6.5creed. The receiver has a specific contour for the upper receiver and it utilizes modified M14 mags. The SR25 and DPMS patterns are more common for AR308 builds today. Another older one is the LAR who used to make Bushmaster 308âs back in the day. Those use FAL mags. The AR10 is not standardized and there is no military pattern as it is a commercial firearm. All these have different bolt and receiver extensions too. This is why the success rate of purchasing an large frame AR or building one with the same manufacturerâs parts is advisable.
There are other companies doing long action and magnum actioned AR style long guns as well.
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I donât mean to place a shameless plug here, but since weâre enthusiasts here please check out my channel. I donât talk, itâs just good sounds of cleaning guns. Headphones are highely recommended as you wonât hear much without them. You can listen and see a bunch of different guns. Thereâs knife sharpening, cigars, beer, I just put up a yoyo video with the installation of the Freshly Dirty Stem Kit in an old Cold Fusion. Thereâs a few shooting clips on there too.
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I will pull my shooting log when I get home. I donât have pictures of or the targets. I have been mainly shooting steel targets.
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Down here in Los Angeles, everyone is into shooting. They are not exactly all good sports, but everybody pretty much has a gun
The competitions are held daily. There are no judges necessary. And nobody really follows rules anyway. But the contests are very simple.
To start the match, you only need to wear a certain color and or wave an extended hand with the focus on a certain finger or make face and mouth movements without saying a word, but the people looking at you can read your lips.
Then, the competition begins.
The shooting continues until everyone runs out of ammo. Once all the guns are empty and itâs so quiet you can hear a pin drop or just maybe a few people screaming in pain, You look around.
At that point, anyone still standing is considered a winner.
Some contestants have been around like what seems forever. Others sadly, retire horizontally after just one competition.
There are three primary body positions at the beginning of any shooting event: Standing, kneeling, lying down.
Most contestants start in the standing or kneeling positions. Many shift to the kneeling position as the festivities continue. As the competition comes to a close for the day, a good majority of the contestants are seen in the lying position. They seldom stand up for group photos, or high-fives or head butts. They just seem quietly happy to lay down forever.
Yupđ
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Thanks for your poetry, Moe.
Another intellectual exercise on the subject of ambivalence, when it comes to firearms.
I have something more light hearted:
A Keyvisual I made for a historic competition, that is part of the festivities to the 750 year history of the town I life in. Enoy the image, the text is in german.
The figure is based on the swiss athlete and current olympic champion, Chiara Leone.
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Here are the two main Inspirations for the poster. They were both awarded national and international prices for their designs. The upper one, with the crossbow-shooter was made by Ernst Ruprecht, a famous graphic designer, who lived in the same town as I do now. So there is that connection through history too.
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