Just wanted to see what everyone is shooting. Whether it be 100 yards, 600, or 1000. Maybe share some recipes about what people are using to load, what are they using for guns.
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I bought a Rem 788 in .243 several years back for my kids to hunt with. They and I killed a few animals with it. Both kids are graduating to different rifles. I don't really care for the .243 as a big game round but this gun is fun to shoot and I will keep it for a coyote gun.
They are only 100 yards groups,but the top group is an honest .080" group fired out of an unbraked 300 ultramag hunting rifle with a 3x10x42 scope using full power hunting loads.
ok here is an odd question from a noob i guess.....i notice that many of these groups are not near the "bullseye" however they are close to each other....when you are shooting are you aiming for the bulls eye and that is just where your shots end up ...or do you take a shot and then try to group your shots around your first shot? hope that makes sense....
Shooting groups is a test of the rifles and loads accuracy and how well they work in a particular rifle. Once you have found an accurate load you can adjust your scope put the bullets wherever you want. It saves sighting in and fiddling with your scope every time you try a different load or bullet to shoot the bullets to the same point of impact. Lots of guys set their rifle to shoot anywhere but the bullseye to develop their loads, they don't want to shoot up the center of the target and put holeholes or rip apart the spot in the center of the target where they are putting their crosshairs so they can see that their crosshairs are exactly where they want them each time. In short range benchrest competitions you will rarely see someone shooting the dead center of the target, as they don't want to chew the tiny dot that they aim their crosshairs at. The competitions are based on group size not, putting all your bullets into the smallest group or same hole if possible, the group can be anywhere on the target. Once you have found your best load and know it shoots accurately then they adjust their scope to make it shoot where they want.
so, just to clarify....you are testing or provong that your loads and gun are shooting consistently...if not necessarily where you have the cross hairs...but once you have that consistency worked out..then you can adjust your scope so that it all lines up?...
Yes. You got it. You can also picture shooting 2, 3, or 4 different bullet weights or types in a session. It is fairly rare that they will all shoot in the same spot as they all leave the barrell a little differently. For instan ce I was at the range the other day and I tried a new load for 12o TSX's in my 7 rem. I also tried 168 VLD's and 162 A-max's. Nothing was real close together between the diffeerent bullet weights and types.
Off the bench.
1,000 meters, three shots less than 6".
Rifle was a Browning single shot with a Ron Smith barrel in gain twist chambered in 6.5WSM.
Sling "n"'irons prone - 200 yards, 10 shot group.
308 Sportco M44 action with a Krieger barrel, Central sights, Canjar match trigger.
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I know it asked for best group, but I was impressed just because we hit the target at 1400 yards. Rifle was a Rem. 700 in 300 RUM. Load was 84gr H1000 pushing a Hornady A Max 208gr bullet.
Impressive to me Blue Norther.
I know many people that couldn't hit your target at 400 yards yet 1400 yards.
1400 yards = 4200 feet.
Thats .80 of a mile HOLY CRAP.
I'm with Rocky on this one. I would love to do some of this long range stuff. I am trying to find a spot this year. I think it would be humbling at best.
some really good shooting to all, but how much would these groups open up under real hunting situations with no benchrest, bipods, after 2 mile hike, hang over etc, just a thought
some really good shooting to all, but how much would these groups open up under real hunting situations with no benchrest, bipods, after 2 mile hike, hang over etc, just a thought
Well it would be nice to know your loads are not the problem. I think you should allso shoot real hunting situations like i'm sure the rest of you guys do. But working up loads to small groups is part of the game. The father your shot the more problems one will incounter, so having a load that shoots under 1" at 1 hund yards is key. Tighter the better. Then wind, angle ect have to be accounted for and proving in the feild. The only way is to test different loads in your gun,in different conditions ect. If your hung over, out of breath and don't have a good rest ect. ect. then don't take the shot. Just my 2 cents. Nice groups guys.
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I totally agree with you jaybull, finding a load for your rifle is great and a lot of fun, but in the past a few of us shooters have, just for fun have tried this, first shoot 3 or 5 shot a group from a bench with proven ammo for your rifle, jog 50 yrds, pick up your rifle use tree branches or something you would use afield for a rest, garanteed you will find larger groups, and somtimes complete misses
Let's see your best group at 100 yards and up...
good shooting
Just my 2 cents. Nice groups guys.
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