.22 Vudoo just came in

[longrangehunter]

I was out of elevation at 300 yards . I did shoot at 350 by holding over . I'm not just sure what I had on for wind correction , what Mark has posted looks about right .with the new rail and another scope I should be able to dial out to the 450 yard target . I need to test ammo , get my sig rangefinder programed , and start a bit of a log book . I enjoy the long range shooting more than the hunting . yes I agree , 200 yards is easy . I have my 11 YO grandson shooting 200 , with my gun . he shoots his marlin XT22 to 150 . I'm putting my old scope on his rifle , along with a 20 MOA rail to get him out on a few longer targets . we never got serious about shooting the rimfires . in fact we pretty much stopped shooting our big guns on the long range. food plots and big bucks have taken over the club . I'll leave it at that .

I’m not sure if I have a 20 moa Picatinny base or a 30 moa, but I’m using a 7-35 ATACTR F1 that has a lot of elevation and allows me to focuses on targets at 25 yards.

It’s an older scope that I bought when they first came out. I had a few issues with it before owning this gun, and since it’s been kept on the Vudoo. Works well on this setup.

I forget how much I can dial but it’s a lot more than what I would use.

 

[longrangehunter]

What effects does using the suppressor have on your rifle's performance?
Velocity?
Accuracy?

Zero, and why I don’t bother using it unless my French Bulldog is with me. He’s a good hunter for a 15 month old dog. That said I would never shoot anything with him next to me. He has a great nose, and his hearing is crucial for voice commands.

I didn’t see any difference in velocity w/wo it or in accuracy so I just never used it.

I do shoot it with the SureFire brake on it though.

 

[TackDriver284]

I was out of elevation at 300 yards . I did shoot at 350 by holding over . I'm not just sure what I had on for wind correction , what Mark has posted looks about right .with the new rail and another scope I should be able to dial out to the 450 yard target . I need to test ammo , get my sig rangefinder programed , and start a bit of a log book . I enjoy the long range shooting more than the hunting . yes I agree , 200 yards is easy . I have my 11 YO grandson shooting 200 , with my gun . he shoots his marlin XT22 to 150 . I'm putting my old scope on his rifle , along with a 20 MOA rail to get him out on a few longer targets . we never got serious about shooting the rimfires . in fact we pretty much stopped shooting our big guns on the long range. food plots and big bucks have taken over the club . I'll leave it at that .

I was out at the range with my daughter, taught her how to keep her thumb lightly on the top thumb recesses in the stock, to keep the trigger on the tip of her finger and to pull straight back without jerking. After learning at 50 yards, she was able to make ragged holes so we moved up to the 200 yard steel and she was able to stack 5 shots within 1.5 inches with some left to right wind at variable 5 mph, I guessed at that time. She was all grins. I had left a 2x 2 target at 380 yards, and I settled the crosshairs on the leading edge on the left side of the target, knowing that the L to R wind will carry those bullets to the right and possibly miss the target entirely. Only one bullet hole was visible on the center right leading edge of the target , the rest missed the target. I did not calibrate for windage at that time. Wind does ruin your .22 long range practice. We used SK Long Range ammo at 50, 200 and 390 yards. SK Standard Plus works real well at 50 yards, its the cheapest of the bunch and starts to open up past 50. It's great plinking ammo. Center X works very well for me at all ranges, but decided to save those for future .22 matches. I only have 3 brands, SK Standard, SK Long Range and Center X in my ammo box. I have tested Midas, but its so expensive and shoots inconsistently. I yet need to try Tenex and Eley, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[JD338]

That's great Mark. Congrats to your daughter. Sounds like she is a crack shot with the Vudoo.
Kudos to the coach too!

JD338

 

[hunter24605]

Very cool!

 

[Ridge_Runner]

I bought the LH Bergara B-14R LH Trainer Rifle Carbon Fibre and mounted a Burris Veracity 3-15x50 Ballistic E1 FFP in Vortex Pro Series 30mm Medium Rings, on a Nightforce Xtreme 20 MOA Rail. Total outfit weighs 10 lbs 7 oz.

I have just worked on testing 11 different types of ammo at 50 yards so far and have just under 1,000 rounds through it to date.
The Lapua Center-X has proven to be the most accurate so far (avg of 0.388")...but at $29/box was $11/box more than the second most accurate ammo (RWS Special Match avg of 0.404"). I was able to get 8 bricks of the RWS load locally last year. (Could not even find a brick of the Center-X at the time, anywhere close to me.)
While these might not be as small as the Vudoo, it is pretty good for me so far...and I haven't had to spend as much. And since we do not have any matches here that I am aware of, I won't be competing either, so am happy with the performance I am getting. And the trigger time will be good for more practice, in prep for my centerfires for hunting seasons!

I have recently found a guy who had 10 bricks of Center-X for sale @ $14/box, so am picking them up when I make a trip south in a couple of weeks! Should keep me going for a while.

My next step is to see how the various ammo groups @ 100 yards. And then 150...
Having fun shooting this rifle!

Only change I may make is to upgrade the scope later...after I learn more about using a FFP scope.
Thinking of a Nightforce NX8 2.5-20x50 - F1 - MOA-XT ... like the reticle, and the ability to crank the parallax down to 11 yards vs the 50 on the Burris.

have you tried SK ammo? have gotten good results with rifle match, semi auto, and long range match in my B14R LH.

 

[Blkram]

have you tried SK ammo? have gotten good results with rifle match, semi auto, and long range match in my B14R LH.

Yes, I have tried SK Long Range Match ammo. It did pretty well in my rifle, producing the fourth smallest groups on average @ 0.412" @ 50 yards at 1083 fps with and ES of 15.13 and SD of 5.91.