SeekingTradDeer
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Let me start this thread by thanking all of our veterans (alive and dead)...I couldn't help but think of them and appreciate my right to keep and bear arms while I was firing away at the range today.
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About a month and a half ago I picked up a new to me Howa Model 1500 in .243 Winchester from Cabelas. It looked like it had never been fired or if it had it hadn't been used much. Other than a problem with the stock fit it looked great.
It has been a long and painful wait while my gunsmith worked to eliminate any creep on the trigger and set it at 3lbs. He also did some work on the stock and mounted my scope.
Here she is topped with a VXII 4x12x40 AO with the long range rectile and supported by a Harris S Model 25C bipod.
Here are the results of three different boxes of ammo I shot through the gun today:
All right...I will ramble some now then sit back and look forward to your input, suggestions, etc.
The Hornady VMax blew away the Remington and Fedral loads I shot along with it...really no comparrison. I am a bit worried that the 58gr. will not penetrate enough of a coyote shoulder bone and I looked all over the internet tonight and in some catalogs to find the Hornady VMAX Molly loaded in the 65, 75, and 87 grain variety but I couldn't find it. I like the Molly design of the 58 grainer not so much as increased speed and reduced barrell life but because I don't have to fight the copper in the barrell. I ran solvent through the barrell five times tonight and waited ten minutes between each and still had blue copper coming out on the patches when I quit for the night.
I shot off of a $20 V rest I got at Cabelas.
After the targets I did some shooting with the bi-pod. I struggled with the sitting position and tried to lean forward with my feet crossed and did manage to get them all in the black. However, when I got on my big belly and did the prone shooting it was very stable and tight. I see why guys often just buy the shorter bipod sticks.
I am totally satisfied with the Howa but somehow I still miss my Savage rifles when shooting this one. It is my first non Savage gun . I think in time however we will be tight.
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About a month and a half ago I picked up a new to me Howa Model 1500 in .243 Winchester from Cabelas. It looked like it had never been fired or if it had it hadn't been used much. Other than a problem with the stock fit it looked great.
It has been a long and painful wait while my gunsmith worked to eliminate any creep on the trigger and set it at 3lbs. He also did some work on the stock and mounted my scope.
Here she is topped with a VXII 4x12x40 AO with the long range rectile and supported by a Harris S Model 25C bipod.
Here are the results of three different boxes of ammo I shot through the gun today:
All right...I will ramble some now then sit back and look forward to your input, suggestions, etc.
The Hornady VMax blew away the Remington and Fedral loads I shot along with it...really no comparrison. I am a bit worried that the 58gr. will not penetrate enough of a coyote shoulder bone and I looked all over the internet tonight and in some catalogs to find the Hornady VMAX Molly loaded in the 65, 75, and 87 grain variety but I couldn't find it. I like the Molly design of the 58 grainer not so much as increased speed and reduced barrell life but because I don't have to fight the copper in the barrell. I ran solvent through the barrell five times tonight and waited ten minutes between each and still had blue copper coming out on the patches when I quit for the night.
I shot off of a $20 V rest I got at Cabelas.
After the targets I did some shooting with the bi-pod. I struggled with the sitting position and tried to lean forward with my feet crossed and did manage to get them all in the black. However, when I got on my big belly and did the prone shooting it was very stable and tight. I see why guys often just buy the shorter bipod sticks.
I am totally satisfied with the Howa but somehow I still miss my Savage rifles when shooting this one. It is my first non Savage gun . I think in time however we will be tight.