Dope Chart for my 6X45 w/Nikon BDC 600 scope

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I loaded up 50 fresh rounds of 80 grain Berger HP's pushed by 26.0 grains of H4895 yesterday for my 6X45 AR-15 in hopes to get a Dope Chart set up for my scope I have on it (a Nikon P-223 BDC 600).

I got out real early this morning before the wind had a chance to kick up much and got the new AR500 steel target set up and started shooting.

I started out at 200 yards, then went to 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, and 500 yards.

Here's the target when I did my shooting at 300-400 yards, 3 shots at each yardage..............


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and here's a pic of my 3 shots on the target at 500 yards.............

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I repainted the target a few times in between shooting different sets of yardages and shot up the rest of my 50 rounds shooting in between yardages like 275, 325, 375, 425, 475 so I was comfortable with about every yardage from 200-500 yards in 25 yard increments. I kept notes and went home and came up with this Dope Chart for my scope to put right on the gun...............

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I have this gun zeroed @ 75 yards which re-zeros again about 175 yards.

The whole process cost me 50 rounds of loaded ammo, about $25 worth since I loaded it myself, and a couple hours of time and 1/2 a can of spray paint but I'm really, really confident with this gun shooting this particular load all the way out to 500 yards so the time and $$$ spent was well worth it!
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I also did some shooting with my 20 practical and got it all figured out on how it will shoot a load I've got using 32 grain V-Max's out to 500 as well but I'm not going to get a Dope Chart set up for it just yet as I want to do some load development using 39 and 40 grain projectiles first as I'm thinking I want to shoot those primarily once I get a load figured out for it.
 
Looks good those Berger 80gr have been super accurate in every gun I have tried them in. I wish they did a better job on dropping coyotes but after about 10-15 runners I gave up on them in the 6X45mm. They are pretty tough and have done well on Axis and White-tails but just don't quite do it for coyotes for me.
 
Looks like your 6x45 is going very well.
I used the Nikon spot on program for my 4.5-14 and 6-18 mildot scopes for the 1st time today and its about as right as anything. You can insert your bullet, speed, and local conditions.
Today I ran 106 rounds, 200 was 1", 300 was 1.2", 400 yd was 2", 500 was 3.5"
Lucky this morning was a no wind/breeze time.
You can print out the mildot chart similar you your hand written one.
 
Originally Posted By: crowkiller51What's your velocity on the 80 Bergers?
and,
What's the Diameter of your Steel Target?
Nice Target.

Velocity is just under 2700fps and the target is a 12" steel target.

Here's the target in a wider view with the hits I got @ 500 yards last w/e. 3 of the hits up high were with my 20 Practical, the other 2 of them up higher were with 70 grain Sierra's (missed once) with the 6X45 and the tiny 3 shot group in the lower right corner was with the 80 grain Bergers. That was an awesome 3 shot group for 500 yards.
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Originally Posted By: Field MedicAwesome!! What length barrel are you shooting? Some really good shooting my friend.

My 6X45 sports a 20" BHW barrel.

The upper was built by Ritch Johnson. I liked it so much I had him build me one in 20 Practical.
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