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I recently got my Tikka M695 and Sauer 100 9.3x62s cut down to 18”.
Today, I took the them to the range and abused myself through almost two boxes of Hornady 286-grain factory seconds.
The ammo is straight garbage. Inconsistent seating depths, two duds, dents, wild flyers out of nowhere. Some of the bullets seem to be so deep they appear to create some compressed loads. I definitely got pressure signs from a couple of the shots. But I got the two rifles sighted in and it was a productive day.
I forgot my chronograph, so I decided not to shoot any of the Prvi Partisan ammo. I’ll probably go back tomorrow with the chronograph and shoot a bit more.
This is basically exactly how Sauer shot before I had it cut down from 22” to 18”. Always a stack of bullets right on top of each other with a random flyer. I’m very curious to see what I can do with proper ammunition. This was the best group, but the other was quite good.
The Tikka shot pretty well too. My best group with it was 2.1” for 10 shots. I attribute this to a couple of extra flyers in its group. It weighs a pound more and is a lot more pleasant to shoot than the Sauer.
At the moment, however, it is having ejection problems due to brass hitting the windage knob. I think that is funny, because I was just saying I haven’t had those problems before… and the windage knob on the 1-6x isn’t nearly as large as on the 6x42. I don’t know whether the best solution is to get medium rings or try shifting the scope a bit.
The .375 caliber AB Raptor 10 was very nice as well. With the big bore, the rifle still sounds pretty loud, but the cranium-crushing blast is totally gone and the sound is muffled. Shortening the barrels to 18” makes the 7” of suppressor a lot more manageable.
When I go back with the chronograph, I will see how much velocity I lost.
In between sets, I shot my normal offhand and seated unsupported routine with the T1X.
After finishing up on the rifle range, I took my P365 over to the steel range and shot some of the game targets. That was good fun and I felt pretty good about my shooting. From now on, I’m going to make that a normal part of my range routine.
Today, I took the them to the range and abused myself through almost two boxes of Hornady 286-grain factory seconds.
The ammo is straight garbage. Inconsistent seating depths, two duds, dents, wild flyers out of nowhere. Some of the bullets seem to be so deep they appear to create some compressed loads. I definitely got pressure signs from a couple of the shots. But I got the two rifles sighted in and it was a productive day.
I forgot my chronograph, so I decided not to shoot any of the Prvi Partisan ammo. I’ll probably go back tomorrow with the chronograph and shoot a bit more.
This is basically exactly how Sauer shot before I had it cut down from 22” to 18”. Always a stack of bullets right on top of each other with a random flyer. I’m very curious to see what I can do with proper ammunition. This was the best group, but the other was quite good.
The Tikka shot pretty well too. My best group with it was 2.1” for 10 shots. I attribute this to a couple of extra flyers in its group. It weighs a pound more and is a lot more pleasant to shoot than the Sauer.
At the moment, however, it is having ejection problems due to brass hitting the windage knob. I think that is funny, because I was just saying I haven’t had those problems before… and the windage knob on the 1-6x isn’t nearly as large as on the 6x42. I don’t know whether the best solution is to get medium rings or try shifting the scope a bit.
The .375 caliber AB Raptor 10 was very nice as well. With the big bore, the rifle still sounds pretty loud, but the cranium-crushing blast is totally gone and the sound is muffled. Shortening the barrels to 18” makes the 7” of suppressor a lot more manageable.
When I go back with the chronograph, I will see how much velocity I lost.
In between sets, I shot my normal offhand and seated unsupported routine with the T1X.
After finishing up on the rifle range, I took my P365 over to the steel range and shot some of the game targets. That was good fun and I felt pretty good about my shooting. From now on, I’m going to make that a normal part of my range routine.
