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<blockquote data-quote="Jud96" data-source="post: 1290789" data-attributes="member: 69478"><p>Well I got out and did some more shooting with the .308 Norma this weekend! I finalized my load, sticking with the 208gr ELD Match .020 off the lands, pushed by 66.0 grains of RL23, and lit with a WLRM primer all stuffed into match prepped Bertram brass. I started off testing two shots in my cousins yard at 50 yards while he got a new rifle of his on paper. I wanted to make sure my turrets were zeroed perfect and my windage was good, since it was off last time and I ran out of rounds that day. I fired two shots and made about a .35cal hole in the paper haha, I know it is only 50 yards, but I thought it was cool.</p><p></p><p>I did not chronograph any today because my chrono is junk. I am tired of its inconsistent readings from day to day from light changes and weather. So I did not even bring it along and decided to just figure out my speed by whatever my drops were at 500 and 700 yards. I fired two shots at 500 yards at a grapefruit sized snow clump on a rock. I did not account for the wind so both shots landed in the shadow to the right of the snow and it was hard to determine if they were dead on or slightly high. I figured we would get a better idea at long range, so we took it out to 700 yards on a 10" steel plate. </p><p></p><p>I dialed my first shot for 2850fps and landed almost two full minutes high. I dialed down two and put two in the mud right where the plate was sunk into the ground. I came up half a minute and put one just off the left edge, wind caught me and I fired another and hit the same hole in the mud just on the left edge too make sure it was wind and not me or the rifle. I dialed a half minute right and the wind picked up just slightly as I touched the next round off. The round had perfect elevation and was just a couple inches from center, I quickly racked off two more rounds. Both impacted with perfect elevation and no vertical spread, right in line with the first shot of the group. Each of the two rounds landed about 3/4-1" farther to the left than the last. That wind was just ever so slightly picking up with each shot! What I ended up with was a very nice sub-half MOA group with perfect elevation, no vertical stringing, and just a few inches left from the quick wind change. Just as the wind started to die off some, my cousin fired two rounds and both were stacked right in the center of the plate! This rifle is hammering and is a blast to shoot!</p><p></p><p>Below are some pictures I took today. The first is of my .308 Norma (back) and my cousin's custom built .240 Weatherby (front) just after shooting this afternoon. The second is the picture of my 700 yard group, the red dots I put there with a phone app to try and show exactly where each bullet hit. The third and final is of a 208gr ELD that I recovered from one of the rounds that hit low in the mud.</p><p></p><p>Some of my final thoughts, I think the ELDs are performing awesome and I ran them with a G1 BC of .683 and they are opening up very nicely! I typed all of data into my shooting app and Hornady's 4DOF calculator and got a speed of 2960-2970fps. A lot better than my chrono speeds and more than the 2900 I expected. This rifle, cartridge, and load is a ton of fun to shoot and I could easily spot my own hits on every shot and even watched my vapor trails impact on a couple shots. I am happy with my decision and I will be saving up to get a big supply of RL23, 208 ELDs and Bertram brass. I hope you all enjoy my progress with this oldie but goodie cartridge and my first modern long range build.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jud96, post: 1290789, member: 69478"] Well I got out and did some more shooting with the .308 Norma this weekend! I finalized my load, sticking with the 208gr ELD Match .020 off the lands, pushed by 66.0 grains of RL23, and lit with a WLRM primer all stuffed into match prepped Bertram brass. I started off testing two shots in my cousins yard at 50 yards while he got a new rifle of his on paper. I wanted to make sure my turrets were zeroed perfect and my windage was good, since it was off last time and I ran out of rounds that day. I fired two shots and made about a .35cal hole in the paper haha, I know it is only 50 yards, but I thought it was cool. I did not chronograph any today because my chrono is junk. I am tired of its inconsistent readings from day to day from light changes and weather. So I did not even bring it along and decided to just figure out my speed by whatever my drops were at 500 and 700 yards. I fired two shots at 500 yards at a grapefruit sized snow clump on a rock. I did not account for the wind so both shots landed in the shadow to the right of the snow and it was hard to determine if they were dead on or slightly high. I figured we would get a better idea at long range, so we took it out to 700 yards on a 10" steel plate. I dialed my first shot for 2850fps and landed almost two full minutes high. I dialed down two and put two in the mud right where the plate was sunk into the ground. I came up half a minute and put one just off the left edge, wind caught me and I fired another and hit the same hole in the mud just on the left edge too make sure it was wind and not me or the rifle. I dialed a half minute right and the wind picked up just slightly as I touched the next round off. The round had perfect elevation and was just a couple inches from center, I quickly racked off two more rounds. Both impacted with perfect elevation and no vertical spread, right in line with the first shot of the group. Each of the two rounds landed about 3/4-1" farther to the left than the last. That wind was just ever so slightly picking up with each shot! What I ended up with was a very nice sub-half MOA group with perfect elevation, no vertical stringing, and just a few inches left from the quick wind change. Just as the wind started to die off some, my cousin fired two rounds and both were stacked right in the center of the plate! This rifle is hammering and is a blast to shoot! Below are some pictures I took today. The first is of my .308 Norma (back) and my cousin's custom built .240 Weatherby (front) just after shooting this afternoon. The second is the picture of my 700 yard group, the red dots I put there with a phone app to try and show exactly where each bullet hit. The third and final is of a 208gr ELD that I recovered from one of the rounds that hit low in the mud. Some of my final thoughts, I think the ELDs are performing awesome and I ran them with a G1 BC of .683 and they are opening up very nicely! I typed all of data into my shooting app and Hornady's 4DOF calculator and got a speed of 2960-2970fps. A lot better than my chrono speeds and more than the 2900 I expected. This rifle, cartridge, and load is a ton of fun to shoot and I could easily spot my own hits on every shot and even watched my vapor trails impact on a couple shots. I am happy with my decision and I will be saving up to get a big supply of RL23, 208 ELDs and Bertram brass. I hope you all enjoy my progress with this oldie but goodie cartridge and my first modern long range build. [/QUOTE]
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