What did you do at the range today?

[NorthIdahoDude]

Yeah, I would say this will absolutely bleeping work! And I called the "flyer" to boot! (Was the last round of the group, got excited and rushed it).

48 grains of N555, 2675 FPS. That's 2k FPS to 540, north of 1800 to 720, and inside the Hornady claimed expansion window to a bit past 900 (at my elevation). With no more recoil than a 308. Sweetness!

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So, the 7x57 has liked 162 and 175 ELD-X's, so I wondered what it would think of the 150's? Turns out, it likes those a lot too (but not quite as much as the 175's and 162s). This is a composited group of 10 rounds. 150 ELD-X, 49.5 grains of N555, stupid-good ES/SD (4.1 SD, 10 FPS ES), 2768 FPS average. That's north of 2K FPS to 560 yards, north of 1800 to 720, and in Hornady's published expansion window to 900 (super similar to the 162).



I also ran 5 more 162 ELD-X's (my last 5, sadly - I'ma have to buy more of those), and then composited that group with the one from yesterday. Dayum - it bumped up the MR a touch (0.18 to 0.25), but that's 10 rounds into 0.65 MOA, off a kind of half-ass bench built out of 2x4's, in my back yard, from two 5 round groups shot a day apart. I can't believe I was the guy behind the trigger; who knew I could shoot this well? LOL To say I'm over the moon would be an understatement.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Drug a couple AR's and a 243 up the hill today.

Have not really shot that 243 in quite some time, been even longer since I shot paper with it. Accuracy is not what it should be. Everything is tight, might swap out the scope just for fun. Thinkin it might be barrel time though.

Still a nice day..

 

[Steve300xcw]

Have an elk shoot coming up and very few rifles that are large enough to be legal that are also ready to go. Kinda an odd problem to have

243 is back in timeout. I picked up a 6.5x55 a while back. Bandsawed the barrel down to 18" and then forgot about the thing. So I pulled that out and gave it a go.




Crown pics to make @BLJ jealous




Tried staball 6.5 and 147elds. 3 different charges just seeing wtf. It liked 48gr, but I'm goona lean on it a bit more and see what happens.




Swfa 5-20 needs to go elsewhere. Damn nice scope, but not for this gun. Unsure if I'll slap a 6x or a 3-9 on it.