I have taken this to the range 2x, but never had in the woods. My son wanted to go back to his laminate stock. Alas, $600 TYD. Details: Privateer, Right Handed, Short Action for Rem 700 BDL, Bbl channel is Remington Factory Sporter, Mossy Rock Carbon Fiber, texturized forend and palm swell, 26 oz.
ONE YEAR UPDATE...
Just some quick thoughts about what I have learned in year 2 of this rabbit hole:
1. Most - if not all - of my striving to improve accuracy now falls into the **diminishing returns** category.
2. I'm now a 3 rifle guy.
3. I'm further convinced that for my situation...
I hunted with this one season. Glass is perfect. Three pictures show the only imperfections I can find: 1) there is a small nick on the windage cap, 2) there is a small nick on the bell, 3) there are faint ring marks on the backside of the tube. $350 TYD.
Dingle - I might suggest a Burris FF2 w/ the BDC, or a used Nikon. I have had both, a Leupold LR, and Vortex - but the Burris was the best in low light for me.
I have the same 700 and have done the same thing. I put a Burris FF2 on first with the Ballistic Plex. I then put an older Buckmaster on with Nikon's BDC. Neither the Burris or Nikon calculator got exact with the drops out to 500 - but I was surprised that they were not off by more than an...
After posting here this week, I thought I should go shoot another group w/ my latest load tweaks. I set my accubonds a few thou lower and got .18 MOA yesterday at 200 yards. I'm officially done tweaking.
And since this is a rifle forum, here's a pic of what I have been working on:
And as...
As for groups - I have only been working with heavy loads. (Context - my 7mm-08 shoots 140's great, and I got the 7mmRM so I could use .284 bullets in both my rifles when reloading.) 175g Partitions replicate .7" - .8" every time. I have attached my best group in a pic here. 160g Accubonds a...
I have always been a one rifle guy. First a 308 in 700 (long story as to why I had to sell), then a 7mm-08 in 700. I would find ammo off the shelf and dial in my Redfield, then my Bushnell. This year I decided to buy a used rifle and do all these things I read about, including getting into...