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A day of "firsts" for me and my shooting. Please comment.
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 339626" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Trevor,</p><p> </p><p>That doesn't look bad at all to me for your first time out in field conditions. That looks like about a .8 MOA group there. First, I would recommend doing your load work at 200-300 yds if at all possible. 100 wont tell ya much. Also, I might be wrong, but I would be surprised if you're getting 2850 fps with 210 Bergers and H4350, especially if you backed off a grain. My max for RL17 and 210 Bergers seated out to the lands with the bullet only catching 2/3rds of the neck was 2935. My max with 180 E-Tips and H4350 was about 2995. Not that your velocity matters all that much, but it might help you work up more accurate drops if you know what you're really getting, or close to it. and it sounds like you need to get the next size larger bi-pod.</p><p> </p><p>I think the idea of finding someone whio is experienced to shoot your rilfe in the same conditions just to campare the results is a real good idea.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, I think you're off to a good start. Any bucks within 600 yards of you should be worried and with a little work, you should easily get to 800-900 yds, which IMO is about the max hunting range for that cal.</p><p> </p><p>Cheers,</p><p> </p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 339626, member: 11717"] Trevor, That doesn't look bad at all to me for your first time out in field conditions. That looks like about a .8 MOA group there. First, I would recommend doing your load work at 200-300 yds if at all possible. 100 wont tell ya much. Also, I might be wrong, but I would be surprised if you're getting 2850 fps with 210 Bergers and H4350, especially if you backed off a grain. My max for RL17 and 210 Bergers seated out to the lands with the bullet only catching 2/3rds of the neck was 2935. My max with 180 E-Tips and H4350 was about 2995. Not that your velocity matters all that much, but it might help you work up more accurate drops if you know what you're really getting, or close to it. and it sounds like you need to get the next size larger bi-pod. I think the idea of finding someone whio is experienced to shoot your rilfe in the same conditions just to campare the results is a real good idea. Anyway, I think you're off to a good start. Any bucks within 600 yards of you should be worried and with a little work, you should easily get to 800-900 yds, which IMO is about the max hunting range for that cal. Cheers, Mark [/QUOTE]
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