400 Yards, Savage Axis 243

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eclipse71

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The more I shoot it, the more I like it....
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Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14x40 Mil-Dot: 14 X power

9X power


Cleaned the rifle thoroughly yesterday, the first group I fired 4 rounds.







 
That's just a walk in the forest for a .243. I wouldn't be afraid of squeezing a round off at 500 with a .243. And still shoot 3/4 inch groups..
 
what....????

400 yds with little groups...

gotta hear more about this story... WOW


I have not cleaned my savage 12, 223... and it shoots better now than when I bought it last year...


Ps... very nice pictures...
 
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Quote:That's just a walk in the forest for a .243. I wouldn't be afraid of squeezing a round off at 500 with a .243. And still shoot 3/4 inch groups..

Really?
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We should try and keep it just a little bit real here. It's getting a bit out of hand with some of these claims.
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Some un asked for advice, but when you start shooting longer ranges first round hits mean more than groups do. If you are going to continue shooting long you might want to invest in some ar500 targets and concentrate on first round hits as they are what really matter. Good looking groups you are shooting there.
 
First round mean more; yes if you're hunting.
I specified in the comments: After Cleaned the barrel.
I never hunt with a (Clean Barrel) I always shoots some round prior to the D.
Less than 0.5 MOA at 400 yards for a Savage Axis XP Youth Paid 250$ is Dawn impressive in my mind, Even my Remington VLS 22-250 can barely reach that level of accuracy.
AR500 Target is a very good idea, I show you what I got, and Post more picture of my shooting area (crown seems to enjoy it)
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Right Turn 45 Degree,









With my 308 Savage 12 FV
Blew the center at 900 Yards


My Featherweight 7mm-08 Blue Barrel. 700 yards
I specify the ( blue barrel ) Got the same one in Stainless : Return to Winchester for erratic accuracy: MTF
 
Those are some interesting targets for sure. Seem to hold up great. We just use AR plate around here and keep the target size to 1.5moa or less at distance.
 
Originally Posted By: HoierLarry, I hope he meant 3/4 MOA. And how is Sage?

I hate to even ask this question, cuz it will show everyone how really dumb I am when it comes to long range shooting, but what does MOA mean?
 
Time out for you!!!
Minute of angle. Now go sit in the corner and read up on milradians vs minute of angle vs shooters moa.

This isn't just a long range thing
 
1 MOA is 1/60th of a degree. At 100 yards, this equates to approx. 1". And is equallaly proportional to the distance, so at 200 yds its is about 2",at 300 yds its is about 3"... Does that help? Tons of information on the net about MOA and MILS. I had to read about it as well when I started shooting longer ranges as well. All of us had to start somewhere.
 
Everyone knows what a "right angle" is (90 degrees). A 45 degree angle is half that, or perfect diagonal. So yes we are talking angles of a triangle. The points of the Triangle are, the gun, the target, and the intersect straight above the target & the line of the barrel.

Well a minute of angle is 1/60 of 1 degree. So a 45 degree angle has 2700 minutes of angle. One minute of angle (MOA) just happens to be ~1.04" at 100 yards. Through "similar triangles" that doubles at 200 yards, triples at 300 yards & so on.

When you click your scope at 100 yards (when sighting in) you aren't turning it 1/4 of an inch left, right , up or down. It's a 1/4 MOA, it just happens to be very close to 1/4 of an inch...

1 degree = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds MOA is just used in "Rifle Lingo" because that is the scale in which scopes ore typically used. Mil-dots are radian & just the metric version like meters v/s feet.
 


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