What did you do at the range today?

[NorthIdahoDude]

Experiment with 160 Accubonds in my 7mm-08 that has been unsatisfying with 140 grain anything.

44 grains of H4350 at 2.855 OAL (.100 off the lands). Accuracy looking pretty good, but velocity with this particular load is waaay low (2500 FPS). Gonna heat that up to a about 2660 and see if the accuracy remains.

 

[Chris in TN]

My dad is visiting today so I didn't want to spend a ton of time shooting, but we all went on a SxS ride and I told my daughter I'd give her one shot to show off for her grandpa.

490 yards, prone, cold bore. 16" plate. I guess it'll do.

 

[sandhillhunter]

Today at the range I shot a hole in my brother’s steel.

Working on a new load.

300 WM
210 grain Accubond
75.5 gr H1000
91 degree ambient temp
2908 avg fps

150 yards

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[thinhorn_AK]

I shit steel out to 400yds with my Kimber 308, loaded some 165g partitions. I was getting just a hair over 2700fps, shot a few good groups on paper too before moving to steel.

 

[dreadi]

I shit steel out to 400yds with my Kimber 308, loaded some 165g partitions. I was getting just a hair over 2700fps, shot a few good groups on paper too before moving to steel.

That had to hurt.

 

[huntsman22]

diet high in iron.....

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I’ve heard of explosive shits, but never one that went 400 yards. Nice work.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I hate auto correct but sometimes I wish it worked a bit better.

 

[Dan Carey]

Sertorius, I notice a lot of your groups have vertical stringing. That is usually caused by shoulder pressure along with thumb pressure on the stock. Try pulling the stock to your shoulder with your fingers only the same each time.

 

[mtnbound]

Confirmed my new training load using Hornadys 75BTHP, been using the 73ELDM but these are cheaper and my rifle likes them even better.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Confirmed my new training load using Hornadys 75BTHP, been using the 73ELDM but these are cheaper and my rifle likes them even better.

Very nice.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I had an abbreviated day at the range, but a fun one.

I started off shooting a new-to-me Mauser .22-250 that I accidentally bought off GunBroker. I put in what I thought would be a low bid and no one outbid me. It had an old 6-24x scope on it when I got it, but I sold that right away and made a good bit of my money back on it. Then I put on an SWFA 12x I acquired in a trade on Rokslide. She’s got a 24” barrel and weighs 11# in the current configuration. I haven’t measured the twist rate, but my assumption is 1:12.

In the past, I have had respectable results from the Sellier & Bellot 55-grain SP ammunition. It’s also very cheap ($14.22/20). The box velocity is 3478 FPS. I got 3555.8 with a STD Dev of 22.3 (40 rounds total). I recommend this ammo for anyone who doesn’t want to reload their own, but I am confident that I could halve the groups with reloads. Here are a couple of representative groups (corrections made between groups).

PS - I have too many rifles, so this one is going up for sale soon.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

After shooting the .22-250, I did some offhand and seated/unsupported rimfire drills. Only 25 of each today, but I was happy with how I shot.

Then I shot a group from my new batch of ADI 69-grain ammo. This batch appears to shoot a bit higher than the first batch, but the groups are still pretty good.

I finished up by shooting a 17/20 Carl Ross drill with the .223. My best score on that drill so far, with plenty of room for improvement since two of the misses were prone.

 

[Chris in TN]

I had an abbreviated day at the range, but a fun one.

I started off shooting a new-to-me Mauser .22-250 that I accidentally bought off GunBroker. I put in what I thought would be a low bid and no one outbid me. It had an old 6-24x scope on it when I got it, but I sold that right away and made a good bit of my money back on it. Then I put on an SWFA 12x I acquired in a trade on Rokslide. She’s got a 24” barrel and weighs 11# in the current configuration. I haven’t measured the twist rate, but my assumption is 1:12.

In the past, I have had respectable results from the Sellier & Bellot 55-grain SP ammunition. It’s also very cheap ($14.22/20). The box velocity is 3478 FPS. I got 3555.8 with a STD Dev of 22.3 (40 rounds total). I recommend this ammo for anyone who doesn’t want to reload their own, but I am confident that I could halve the groups with reloads. Here are a couple of representative groups (corrections made between groups).

PS - I have too many rifles, so this one is going up for sale soon.

I'm a sucker for old sporterized Mausers.

I guess that betrays my age.