Shooting a 223 to a Mile Accurately By Jerry Teo

[Mysticplayer]

Originally Posted by archdlx

cdn shooter....

Jerry is an awesome dealer! I bought some Berger bullets from him, and plan on buying a bbl or two, in 2010.

He is also a fountain of knowledge on all things long range!!!

Later.......

appreciate the kind words.

Jerry

[marrandy]

Originally Posted by Mysticplayer

appreciate the kind words.

Jerry

Ref: "PS, that weekend, I also sent some 139gr Lapua Scenars out of my 6.5 Mystic (260improved variant) to 2400yds. But that is another story...."

Can you elaborate on this.

[Mysticplayer]

If you look at Gun of the week #75 on 6mmBR.com, you will see the rig that I shoot for F class. Paint job and a few parts have since changed but it pretty much looks the same. Will get a new stock this year if I can get some time.

I had a mechanical scope base made to really get the up I needed - approx 150mins of up.

Then it was simply a process of going further in steps to make sure the bullet was behaving. Eventually, I ran out of up at 2400yds.

At this distance, the Scenar was bounced around as badly as the 80gr Amax at 1 mile.

This season, I will be pushing 180gr Berger VLD's out of a 7RM Shilen at over 3000fps and see what it will do.

The bullet should go transonic somewhere around a mile. If it does well here, then it is all about cranking up the scope and seeing what happens further out.

On paper, the 7mm VLD bullet should be much easier to drive over 2000yds vs the 6.5 Scenar. We shall see.

I will also test the 6.5 140gr VLD berger and see what happens. I am now using Bergers in my F class rifles.

Jerry

[marrandy]

I see you like Shilen barrels.

What is your opinion of Bartlein barrels ?

What makes Shilen better, in your opinion than Hart, LW etc.

Thanks for responding.

Regards...Martin

[Mysticplayer]

Bartlein makes a very good barrel. If you get a barrel from a top quality maker, you will get a good shooter.

I have tried barrels from several top makers and they all shot similarly.

Boils down to preference, availability and cost.

I use Shilens cause they make prefits for the Savages. The performance has been excellent so I keep using them.

Most other barrel makers do not produce prefits.

Jerry

[WTFC]

[QUOTE=royinidaho;221071]Really well done and well written. As is said, the proof is in the puddin'

Questions: F(TR) - whatzat stand for:confused:

Found the answer on benchrestcentral.com:

F-Class Target (F-T/R) - A rifle restricted to the chambers of unmodified .308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO or unmodified .223 Remington/5/56mm x 45 NATO cartridge cases. The rifle must be fired off a bipod, rigidly attached to the rifle’s forend, and/or a sling. Any bipod, meeting the definition of a bipod, may be used but its weight must be included in the rifle’s overall weight. Any safe, manually operated trigger is permitted. Any sighting system is permitted , but it must be included in the rifle’s overall weight.
The provisions of Rules 3.16 and 3.16.1 apply to the definition.
(1) The rifle’s overall weight, including all attachments such as sights, sling and bipod, must not exceed 8.25 kilograms (approximately 18.15 pounds). An “attachment” also includes any external object, other than the competitor and apparel, which recoils or partially recoils with the rifle, or which is clamped, held, or joined in any way to the rifle for each shot, or which even slightly raises with the lifting of the rifle from its rest/firing point.
(2) The rifle must be fired in the prone position from the shoulder of the competitor using rifle rests as defined 3.4.1(b).

[g5m]

Re-reading this article is just as much fun as reading it the first time. Although I see little opportunity in the future to try mile shooting it certainly does sound like fun.
Thanks, again.