Well looking at the groups, the 300yrd makes no sense. To me something is loose, brake, scope , scope base or shooter error. That’s where I would start looking. Also as someone else mentioned get off the bench and on your belly. If you are going to running that in matches always zero from the...
looking at your chamber face i see some deep pitting. That should not be there. With out looking into the bore I would have to assume that the inside has some similar pitting. Something very corrosive has been introduced to that barrel. Get yourself a borescope off amazon, Lyman makes a pretty...
For shooting those kinds of distances you want something super sturdy. Not only the tripod but the ballhead as well. I use RRS and love it. My setup come in t 5.5 lbs and it never stays behind. All my rifles, binos and scopes are set up for ARCA. My tripod, which I bought when RRS first got into...
This is a prefect example of the mystery of ES. Not my theory but another young man, Ian Klemm, vortex pod cast? I have experienced this myself and fellow shooting buddies. Loads that have ES’s that are not what you would think is a good load but groups better than a load with a tighter ES at...
For that rifle I would look at the Berger 135 classic hunter. Fantastic accuracy! Good speed. That being said I have killed deer with the 142 SMK and the Hammer hunter 125. The 142 SMK was an old match load with H4350 running right around 2800fps. I shot that load for matches for many years and...
Have you tried varget? CFE 223? Those would be my go to powders. Bullets 69gr SMK 8twist barrel. And you can try 77SMK. BRASS Lapua or Alpha. Out of a bolt gun they should stack at 100 yards.
I’m going up this year, three of us. We are taking 3 Kuiu storm star tents and a SO Redcliff. This is a float hunt so weight is not super critical. The Redcliff will be for cooking and hanging out. Personally in that environment and for comfort I prefer a two man tent, per person, with a floor...
That’s is exactly how I run mine. It doesn’t feel tipsy to me. I find the forager very comfortable and controllable. The only time I sit on the floor is drifting and napping. 😁 Now if I were to configure a seat and back support I would strap down a bag on the stern and jam a light shooting bag...
I will be float hunting the Sag and Ivishak this Sept. and was curious about the fishing up there? Anyone have some good advice on flys and lures? I‘m putting together my box and want to keep it to reliable, GoTo choices.
A plane wall will work but the sky is better. You just want a neutral back ground so you are just focusing on the reticle. Be sure the scope is set to infinity on the parallax yes you don’t want to stare at the reticle while focusing the ocular lens adjustment. You don’t necessarily have to...