Sounds like you are off to a good start. Next I'd float it, install pillars, bed it, and you should get it down to 1MOA or better with decent ammo.
I would not waste my time or ammo on shooting it before doing the above because you'll need to do all three to get it to shoot right. You will not really know the accuracy potential of the rifle until you do so.
Well in his defense, if he was Army the "sniper" "back in the day" was the guy who shot the best in the unit and was given a scoped rifle. There wasn't even such a thing as a US Army Sniper School for decades.that is what i am planning to do. for the most part its floated now, there is a spot about 2 inches from the end of the stock that catches a dollar bill but other than that its good. im lovin the trigger as of now. im fairly inclined to do things myself if i can, is bedding something i could do or would it be best to take it to a smith??? same goes for the pillars? im trying to teach an older guy the things to do in order to shoot long range. its hard for me to get it into his head that even if we find factory loads that shoot great in our guns that we still might not get the groups that we want at 800 yards.... he is having trouble understanding MOA as well. but im drillin it into his head. it surprises me that he doesnt know this stuff as he was a military sniper back in the day.... he bought himself a browning X-Bolt chambered in .300, he says the reviews are sayin sub-MOA. i guess we will see when he gets it out to the range. ill burn it into his head abotu pillars and bedding too. Thank you all for the help!!!! any other advice is very much appreciated.
Can't comment on the strelock program but it sounds to me like you're ready to start shooting, congrats on getting it all together and not busting the budget to get it all done.ok so here is an update fellas, so i found s really good deal on a new vortex 6.5-20x50 scope and a leica 1600b all for a decent price, the scope will be going on tomorrow and with luck and if the weather holds up ill be out at the range to sight it in with the new scope. looking forward to seeing how well this new range finder works, got it out and messed with it some. got good really fast readings out to 1344 so far, granted there is snow on the ground (2 inches) but seeing how it hit target on the first push of the button. the range im going to has steel out to 1000 thats about 24 inch does anyone know how well the strelok program works, thats the one that i have downloaded. seems to be working so far with my buddies gunout to about 600 but thats the farthest we ahve shot using the program. report later on for suregun)
its the price she offered it to me for and thats part of the reason why i want to buy it rather than give it to me, i have 6 hand me down guns already. i dont have much of a need for another gifted gun that i cant modify the way i want. i have a ruger m77 mk2 in 25-06, ruger m77 tang safety 7mm, 30-30 lever action from about the 50s, 22 pump from about the 40s, and a .22 semi auto, then i have a benelli 12 gauge that i got from my dad, as well as a mathews legacy solocam that shoots like a dream. i dont think i need another gifted gun when i barely have room to store the ones i already have.
You need a chronograph. With those results it appears that either your BC or MV or both are off by a good bit.no this isnt alex lol. so i went out and shot the 30-06 again today, this time it has the new scope on it. had it sighted in at 100 with 4 rounds, then dialed to 400 and got a first round hit. then moved out to see if i could hit 725.... no dice for 3 shots. dialed back to 536 and had a 3 shot group of 1 MOA. now keep in mind this is a totally factory rifle. its got a 24 inch barrel. this is with hornady 165 sst superformance. the box says that they are traveling at about 2960. with the ballistic program (strelok) ive been getting good seemingly accurate readouts as long as everything gets plugged in correctly. still not too sure why i couldnt get a hit on the 700 yarder...... couldnt see a report around the target either. it was a deer sized target as well. i will go back out and see if i cant replicate it on a warmer day. got any speculation as to why i didnt connect with the 700???????? dial was correct for what i was given by the program, even double checked it
The Flat based Nosler Partition is just not a great long range bullet.well for what its worth when i doped to 536 my first round was perfect elevation and right 3 inches. second shot reported 3 inches high and 6 inches right ish and 3rd shot reported perfect elevation and 6 inches or so right. i was very pleased with the way it shot at that distance. im in the process of getting my hands on some HSM ammo that will have a BC of closer to .700 the ammo that im shooting now is said to have a BC of .447. now that i think of it my ammo on a graph drops off hard at about 600..... maybe thats why its not carrying out to 700 well enough. currently the hornady rounds that im shooting are capped with a 165 nosler partition. for what its worth. ill take what ever info i can get. im going to work on finding a higher BC bullet for later on. practicing at 530 will have to do for now. gun)gun) now that i think of it, thats the farthest ive EVER shot with success