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8shots
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Posted: June/24/2010 at 10:06 |
Yesterday I had the chance to take White Wilma to her new home, a range about 45min drive outside Pretoria. The range stretches to 600m (660yds)
The range at 200m
Things look a bit further away at 600m !!!
My target was 6inch gongs, which would call for 1 MOA accuracy.
The gongs are hanging from the belts. The bottom ones are 12 inch fall plates.
Equipment:
Remington 700 Varmint with custom barrel.
Timney trigger.
Action blue printed.
Aluminium bedding block and skim bedded.
Free floating barrel
Leupold VX111 8,5-25 x 50mm
155 gr palma match Lapua case cci primer
2850 ft per second.
There was a 5 mph crosswind.
JBM gave me 80 inches or 13 MOA for elevation. That translated into 52 clicks.
Wind 17 inches or 3 MOA or 12 clicks windage.
I dialed in and with a spotter helping found the target after 3 rounds. I had to dial 2 clicks down. The wind was gusting and made it a bit tricky.
After the setup, I hit the gong all day long....just kidding. I put 3 out of 5 onto the gong, the wind beating me on the other two.
A bit dissapointing was that after I returned the scope to its 200 yds zero, I shot from the 200yds. The rifle printed 2 inches high and two inches left. I adjusted accordingly, then went two inches low and two right. I corrected, which brought me to my original zero and I was on the bull. Stuck reticule???
Edited by 8shots - June/24/2010 at 10:16 |
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BeltFed
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Nice range Wouter. I love the gongs too.
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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"Stuck reticule??? "
Maybe the nature of the beast?
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Kickboxer
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very nice range. Looks like fun shooting...
Wind... it does the darndest things.
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As always Wouter!!!
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SVT_Tactical
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I wouldnt' think it was a stuck reticle with two shots. maybe one but not two. |
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SVT_Tactical
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Nice range by the way. Like it better than your last one?
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lucytuma
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The "bell" is a great idea!
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I was thinking the same... I am a bit disappointed with the Golden Ring Next time I will dial past the zero and then back again to see how the scope shapes up. Edited by 8shots - June/25/2010 at 02:03 |
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Well, my old range was only 10 min drive, but the wind could blow like anything.
This is a nice range, and very little wind.
It is winter this side and the range is allready hot. In summer I think the heat and mirage will be a bitch.
But hey, as long as one can pull the trigger.
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Very nice 8shots, wish we had extended ranges in my corner of the world. I drive 30 min. for a 200yd..
There is a 300yd. about 1hour away but it is closed to non members, I know a few members but they won't shoot it because it is in terrible shape with an uphill slope.
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BeltFed
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Wouter, how far is this range from you? Is it public or private?
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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8shots
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The range is about 80 km (30 miles) away. It is privately owned and costs R30 or about $4.5 entree fee. On the occasions I went (mid week) it was deserted.
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30 miles (80 km) not bad, $4.50 (R30) is cheap, not bad at all, and it looks like a really nice range.
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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I love shooting gongs at long range. Fun hearing the delay in the sound. I need to get out to the range again soon. Have some rounds to test in my 270. Should be able to get out to 500+ I think when I go.
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300yds is max at our club, the surrounding county's I live in are shotgun only, so I feel very fortunate to even have this distance.
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Excellent stuff, 8!
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8shots
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Thanks for all the kind words. This is my first real attemp at precision shooting at more then 400 yds. I have pulled the odd shots at gongs and fun stuff at long distances, but I am a bit new to the long range (or is this mid range?) game. Will try some grouping shots etc next time and see what gives.
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Look forward to your sharing your results from that 8's.
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koshkin
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Nice shooting! and a very nice looking range.
As for the reticle not coming back, I have had that happen to a couple of Leupold scopes, so it depends on when yours was made. After you adjust the turrets, sometimes it takes a shot or two to resettle the reticle. You can hit it with a rubber mallet before shooting to achieve the same effect. ILya
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