MER 420 yards.
I picked my MER because it is 70 yards further than I have ever shot a deer. I have never fired my CZ 527 in 6.5 Grendel at any target further than 200 yards away. Using the Scythe Ti, Harris Bipod, Pac-Nor 18" barrel, and Bausch & Lomb Scope Chief 3-9x40 scope. No rear bag because I didn’t own one until late last week.
My nephew didn’t catch the whole thing, but I was supposed to be simulating coming up over the hill and seeing the deer in the pasture. It would not have been a speed drill, but a reasonably quick shot.
Ammo is Hornady 123-grain SST. Chronograph says 2509 FPS. The scope only has a standard reticle, so I was using Kentucky windage. The wind was swirling a bit, some trees at the 200 appeared to be blowing a bit from left to right, but further up, I thought there might be a stronger right to left wind. If I had looked down the valley (to my right), I would have seen a thundercloud barreling towards me and probably made a better wind call. As it was, I ended up holding about 40" high and roughly dead center. My shot ended up a finger length outside the 10" ring. Maybe tomorrow morning there will be less wind. Or I can make a better wind call.
Edit - day 2 - another miss:
This time the wind was blowing from left to right and I felt like it was a pretty good value. But, once again, the semi-protected position from which I was shooting caused me to underestimate how hard it was blowing closer to the target. I held roughly the same elevation and about a foot left (still Kentucky windage). I missed just a little outside the 10” ring and a little low.
Here’s the rifle (sans bipod):
Day 1 and Day 2:
