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I did a little break in this weekend with the pictured V8 Zeiss. I’m going to keep it on there until I can find exactly what I want. This has 9.2mil at 100 zero and meets all my requirements except 10 oz less.
I used Hornady 180 ELD-X Match and 175 ELD-X Hunter. The rifle did not like the match. Although the groups tighten up as I shot, the hovered around 1-2” @ 103 yards. The 180 Match shot at almost 100fps faster than the 175 Hunter. The rifle did like the hunter and I could get decent groups at under 1”. It was constant on cold bore and that’s all that matters. I am confident that this will be a dead nuts tack driver with the right loads. I still need to finish breaking in the barrel and load development.
Choreograph of the day. I used the data to dope the rifle for 3 shots at 500 yards. The shooting conditions were horrific. The wind was 20-25 coming at me right to left at about 7:30 on the dial. I had 2.4mil up and .6 right. I wasn’t concerned with drift. The target was large enough. I was concerned about elevation. The rifle was on. I’m not sure if the second shot was conditions or me, but it was minute of elk at 500.
103 yard 175gr and 503 yard 175gr
I used Hornady 180 ELD-X Match and 175 ELD-X Hunter. The rifle did not like the match. Although the groups tighten up as I shot, the hovered around 1-2” @ 103 yards. The 180 Match shot at almost 100fps faster than the 175 Hunter. The rifle did like the hunter and I could get decent groups at under 1”. It was constant on cold bore and that’s all that matters. I am confident that this will be a dead nuts tack driver with the right loads. I still need to finish breaking in the barrel and load development.
Choreograph of the day. I used the data to dope the rifle for 3 shots at 500 yards. The shooting conditions were horrific. The wind was 20-25 coming at me right to left at about 7:30 on the dial. I had 2.4mil up and .6 right. I wasn’t concerned with drift. The target was large enough. I was concerned about elevation. The rifle was on. I’m not sure if the second shot was conditions or me, but it was minute of elk at 500.
103 yard 175gr and 503 yard 175gr