What did you do at the range today?

[Q_Sertorius]

The last time I was out here at the farm, I lay down about 423 yards from my 12” steel and took five shots at it with my .223. At the time, I couldn’t really see or hear if I was hitting it, but it appears that I did alright. This is my view looking down from the target.

This is the 12” target. Need to work on the windage and elevation a bit, but otherwise happy.

 

[BLJ]

Nice place.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Let’s try this again from 464 yards.

Cold day.

Cold “shooting mat.”

Cold bore.

Hot sun coming up to provide warmth?
Or just glare?

60% of the time it works all the time!

 

[BLJ]

Any wind??
Vertical looks good.

ETA.

That wasn’t a criticism about the shot.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Any wind??
Vertical looks good.

ETA.

That wasn’t a criticism about the shot.

I did not perceive any wind. That usually starts whipping around after the sun comes over the mountain.

I think I should have used my Quick Drop number (1.5) for elevation instead of what the app gave me. That would have been dialing 3.1 or 3 instead of 3.2. That would have put it a couple of inches lower. One of those shots hit the mining belt.

I would like to figure out why I am about four inches off center on those shots.

 

[Chris in TN]

Shot my 6.8spc at 440 yards. First shot was insufficient windage, low and left.
I held another minute windage and sent nine more shots.

But that’s not ten impacts. It’s nine.

My 6.8 still has a holdover scope with elevation hashes. In a hurry I held the wrong dot on one shot and I’m pretty sure I put that one low into the ground. Which is why I hate holdovers. One hash mark is fine. Two is ok. Beyond that it’s hard to count in a hurry.

Either way - not terrible for a gas gun:



Painted the plate and went back to shoot again.

Switched to the kids 6.5cm.

Two shots at 440.
Two at 500
Two at 550. I knew one of the high shots was high - I was aware that I’d crawled the stock (prone w/compact stock, not ideal).

The last paint I bought is terrible but there’s two shots at the 4 o’clock splotch, one at 9, 10, 1, and 2.

Not terrible. The compact tikka stock really isn’t ideal for prone. But I’m at least enjoying having access to 550 yards now.

 

[43.6N]

Shot my 6.8spc at 440 yards. First shot was insufficient windage, low and left.
I held another minute windage and sent nine more shots.

But that’s not ten impacts. It’s nine.

My 6.8 still has a holdover scope with elevation hashes. In a hurry I held the wrong dot on one shot and I’m pretty sure I put that one low into the ground. Which is why I hate holdovers. One hash mark is fine. Two is ok. Beyond that it’s hard to count in a hurry.

Either way - not terrible for a gas gun:

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Painted the plate and went back to shoot again.

Switched to the kids 6.5cm.

Two shots at 440.
Two at 500
Two at 550. I knew one of the high shots was high - I was aware that I’d crawled the stock (prone w/compact stock, not ideal).

The last paint I bought is terrible but there’s two shots at the 4 o’clock splotch, one at 9, 10, 1, and 2.

Not terrible. The compact tikka stock really isn’t ideal for prone. But I’m at least enjoying having access to 550 yards now.

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Not bad for holdovers.
I like your measuring plank.

 

[Chris in TN]

Not bad for holdovers.
I like your measuring plank.

lol. That used to be a 2x6, so it’s ~5.5” wide. Only measuring device I had handy. I keep meaning to either stick a tape in the SxS or measure the height of a paint can and use that for a reference.

That dropped shot is a great object lesson in why holdovers and mildots and BDCs work better on paper than in reality.

 

[43.6N]

lol. That used to be a 2x6, so it’s ~5.5” wide. Only measuring device I had handy. I keep meaning to either stick a tape in the SxS or measure the height of a paint can and use that for a reference.

That dropped shot is a great object lesson in why holdovers and mildots and BDCs work better on paper than in reality.

So on your 550yd target that’s your 1moa calibration tool?

And I agree completely about your sentiment on bdc and holdovers

 

[MD97756]

ruger American gen II 6 creed. Adjusted zero, dialed and shot 277yds to 941yds. Lots of first round impacts. 941 first round was high and left. Next 2 were good

 

[BLJ]

measure the height of a paint can and use that for a reference.

Measure the bottom of the paint can.
Gotta have goals.

 

[Chris in TN]

So on your 550yd target that’s your 1moa calibration tool?

lol. No. That’s just for measuring groups. Held wind in the reticle.

(I don’t shoot this rifle often. I never intended it to be a long range rifle. Long story…)

 

[justinspicher]

Did a bullet comparison today. Used my 16” KAC with a NF NX8 1-8x. Shot off a bench using a bipod and rear bag.

Left is Freedom Munitions 77gr OTM in 556.

Right is Fiocchi 77gr SMK in 223.

I waited 10 minutes between groups.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Load development day with the 20” .308 Tikka Roughtech Ember.

Starting to figure out which loads I want to take to Africa. 155 and 175 TMK still to come but using small rifle primer Peterson brass is providing quite impressive velocities. I also plan to try out some of the NAS3 cases as well just for comparison.

 

[43.6N]

Load development day with the 20” .308 Tikka Roughtech Ember.

Starting to figure out which loads I want to take to Africa. 155 and 175 TMK still to come but using small rifle primer Peterson brass is providing quite impressive velocities. I also plan to try out some of the NAS3 cases as well just for comparison.

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Holly holy!
That’s legit 20” 300wm velocity with each of those bullets.
How’s the recoil?

 

[Tanner]

The oldest is getting pretty good with the 17.

 

[Austin Kaufman]

Shot a PRS match yesterday. Winds were 20-30 mph with a few gusts to 40 mph. Brutal day. Shot pretty well and ended up 13th. I was happy with the results for my second match, shot a few spots better than my first match.


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[easternoregonballistics]

Broke in my new tikka t3x lite 7 prc with slem handloads in a 175 eledx and then factory 170 terminal ascent ammo

 

[Mike D Texas]

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The oldest is getting pretty good with the 17.

EDIT: Quoted the wrong person.


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[tstowater]

Screwed a can on the Tikka 223 and shot a 12 shot group at 100 yards. Except for one slight stray, the rest could have been pretty well covered with a quarter. Not bad for a stock 3X Lite. Just the finish of the first 20 rounds through the gun. From a box of 50 grain VMAX from Fiocchi. Probably 20 some years old. Would kill prairie dogs pretty well. Dipped into some 55 grain soft points but the mirage started to show up. Was shooting inside a heated building into cold (20 degrees) outside. Was doing ok until FIL came out and turned up the heat.

Sighted in a 22 Mag that I bought last weekend. Marlin 925M with scope on the cheap. It shoots pretty good with Hornady 30 grain VMAX.

Switched to Tikka 243. Mirage was in full force. Horizontal was a couple inches. Vertical was about level. After five shots called it a day.

Suppressor dropped zero about 1 1/2 to 2 inches. Looking forward to more time behind the suppressors.