I have been playing around with it a little bit the last few weeks without the chronograph. I Was running 61 gr of H1000 under some 140 Amax and getting some good groups. I was pretty happy with it, until I got the Chronograph out. All the reading I had been doing suggested that 61 gr should get me into the 3100-3200 range. Imagine my surprise when the first shot reads 2967 :shock: So I started going up in half grain increments. I measured case heads before and after each shot just to be sure that I wasn't getting things to hot. I had not been seeing any ejector marks or resistance to lifting the bolt up to this point. I did three shot groups up to 63 gr. 61.5 was pretty dang bad at about 2", 62 was just over 1.1" and was running 3040 fps. 62.5 got a little better at just over .75" and was up to 3070 fps. At this point I'm thinking I should have laid off the second cup of coffee. I pull out the last three rounds of 63 gr. I got pretty excited when the first two shots were almost cutting each other and within 8 fps of each other. I got settled in and let the last shot fly. I either missed the page all together, or it is in the same hole as one of the other two shots. I'm leaning towards the latter. I'm pretty happy with the speeds. Was hoping for more, but with groups this good I don't care.
I had one bullet left with a 61 gr charge after this range session. So I went out to try to find a yote that would allow me to stretch things out a bit. Well, I found one, at 1008 yards. I put in all my wind data and made my adjustments. I recovered from the shot to see the yote standing there, then saw a bullet impact the bank level with his nose and only a few inches to the right. Must have been a bit more wind than I thought. Either way, I was pretty excited to get that close at my first attempt at that range with this rifle. Getting a bunch more of the 63 gr load loaded up tonight. I'm going to get some yote blood on this gun this week :twisted:
I had one bullet left with a 61 gr charge after this range session. So I went out to try to find a yote that would allow me to stretch things out a bit. Well, I found one, at 1008 yards. I put in all my wind data and made my adjustments. I recovered from the shot to see the yote standing there, then saw a bullet impact the bank level with his nose and only a few inches to the right. Must have been a bit more wind than I thought. Either way, I was pretty excited to get that close at my first attempt at that range with this rifle. Getting a bunch more of the 63 gr load loaded up tonight. I'm going to get some yote blood on this gun this week :twisted:
