xphunter
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Tracy, Dusty, and I went to the range today to get some rifles zeroed and do load development at 100 yards.
Our Church Steel Shoot is several weeks away and I wanted to get my rifles ready for folks to shoot who don't have rigs set up for distance.
First on the list was getting the Rem 40X, chambered in 308 ready to run.
Varget, Hornady brass, Fed210M's, and 168 A-Max's was the recipe for the day. Started @ 43.5 and ended with 44.5 (4-shot groups).
Determined OAL by seeing what was the longest OAL that would fit in my magazine, and then chambered it to see if I got land engagement.
I let Tracy shoot the 308 and he did good. Still have the 4.5-14 Mueller on the 40X.
He really enjoyed shooting the 308 with the Holland brake on it.
Put a Sightron S-III 6-24 on my AR-15. And today was the first time I ever shot it.
It did really well with an old load that worked for a 15" and a 16" upper that I had used before.
23.4 grains of TAC and a 69 grain SMK.
After I zeroed it and shot a 3-shot group, Dusty shot up the rest of the ammo I had loaded, some of which was mixed primers and different bullets.
It was his first time to shoot a AR with an optic.
Here is my 3-shot group:
Definitely a fun time at the range.
I will chronograph in the near future.
Now I need to load up 308, 223, and 6.5x47 Lapua (It has the E-3 scope on it), and I can outfit 3-shooters for the shoot.
Our Church Steel Shoot is several weeks away and I wanted to get my rifles ready for folks to shoot who don't have rigs set up for distance.
First on the list was getting the Rem 40X, chambered in 308 ready to run.
Varget, Hornady brass, Fed210M's, and 168 A-Max's was the recipe for the day. Started @ 43.5 and ended with 44.5 (4-shot groups).
Determined OAL by seeing what was the longest OAL that would fit in my magazine, and then chambered it to see if I got land engagement.
I let Tracy shoot the 308 and he did good. Still have the 4.5-14 Mueller on the 40X.
He really enjoyed shooting the 308 with the Holland brake on it.
Put a Sightron S-III 6-24 on my AR-15. And today was the first time I ever shot it.
It did really well with an old load that worked for a 15" and a 16" upper that I had used before.
23.4 grains of TAC and a 69 grain SMK.
After I zeroed it and shot a 3-shot group, Dusty shot up the rest of the ammo I had loaded, some of which was mixed primers and different bullets.
It was his first time to shoot a AR with an optic.
Here is my 3-shot group:
Definitely a fun time at the range.
I will chronograph in the near future.
Now I need to load up 308, 223, and 6.5x47 Lapua (It has the E-3 scope on it), and I can outfit 3-shooters for the shoot.