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<blockquote data-quote="JP100" data-source="post: 759601" data-attributes="member: 37880"><p>Now onto the fun Part,some shooting and load work.</p><p></p><p>So I got loading with the 155gn FMJ I got with the gun. these were easy to load and my first sighting in groups were all inside 1/2MOA. Not bad for a $400 30year old rifle.</p><p>After abit of work at 100yards I decided I needed a re usuable target so I found some old 10mm plate steel lying around and cut out a 10" square. Attached some legs and it was ready to test. Below is a pic of the master piece.(note the holes punched by the FMJ at 300yards. the .308 still has abit of sting,its 10mm steel!)</p><p></p><p>After some shooting at 300 and 600yrds I decided I need a new projectile as the wind was playing havic past 300yards.</p><p></p><p>After some research I settled on the 168gn A-Max. With a BC of .475 it was no record breaker but was miles ahead of the 155gn FMJs. And with the 28" barrel on the Omark I could still keep the velocity up.</p><p></p><p>Abit of load work and I Now have the 168gn A-Maxes running at 2850fps and they shoot well inside 10mm@100yards(thats under 0.4") not bad i didnt think.</p><p>So off to the farm air strip to test at 600yards. I took both the 155gn FMJs and the 168gn A-Maxes to test them both at the same time. I fired 12 rounds of the FMJs using my MilDot as Hold over and only had about 50% sucess as there was a slight breeze blowing back and forth and was hard to read.</p><p>I found with the A-Maxes my success went upto 80% plus if I did my bit.</p><p>Heres a Vid of testing the Amaxes after the FMJs.</p><p>[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrqHZEId1Uc]Long range shooting 600yrds - YouTube[/ame]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JP100, post: 759601, member: 37880"] Now onto the fun Part,some shooting and load work. So I got loading with the 155gn FMJ I got with the gun. these were easy to load and my first sighting in groups were all inside 1/2MOA. Not bad for a $400 30year old rifle. After abit of work at 100yards I decided I needed a re usuable target so I found some old 10mm plate steel lying around and cut out a 10" square. Attached some legs and it was ready to test. Below is a pic of the master piece.(note the holes punched by the FMJ at 300yards. the .308 still has abit of sting,its 10mm steel!) After some shooting at 300 and 600yrds I decided I need a new projectile as the wind was playing havic past 300yards. After some research I settled on the 168gn A-Max. With a BC of .475 it was no record breaker but was miles ahead of the 155gn FMJs. And with the 28" barrel on the Omark I could still keep the velocity up. Abit of load work and I Now have the 168gn A-Maxes running at 2850fps and they shoot well inside 10mm@100yards(thats under 0.4") not bad i didnt think. So off to the farm air strip to test at 600yards. I took both the 155gn FMJs and the 168gn A-Maxes to test them both at the same time. I fired 12 rounds of the FMJs using my MilDot as Hold over and only had about 50% sucess as there was a slight breeze blowing back and forth and was hard to read. I found with the A-Maxes my success went upto 80% plus if I did my bit. Heres a Vid of testing the Amaxes after the FMJs. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrqHZEId1Uc]Long range shooting 600yrds - YouTube[/ame] [/QUOTE]
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