812 yards with 300 accubond

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May 15, 2009
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Got out on Saturday to do some long range work with the 338LM and the 300 AB. Set up a 12"x12" steel swinger at what ended up being 812 yards. Weather was good with wind wind blowing from 2-12 from my 4:30 on top of the hill. It looked to be a bit more full value looking at the mirage through the scope so I doped for 5mph from 3 o'clock and ended up being wrong with that round impacting about a foot and a half right of the target. Took 2 more rounds to get on target. Ended up actually having a click left on the scope to get hits. Spin drift apparently was enough to take whatever right to left wind out of the equation. Anyway, got much better percentage of hits this time than last. According to the shooter app, bullet flight time was 1.09 second which was just enough to get back on target after recoil and spot my own shots which was good because I was by myself. Shot a couple of videos to share with you all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gU7Fmb ... ata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_j-tE ... ata_player

Going to have to work up a new warm weather load though as I was getting some sticky bolts with the warmer weather.... Had a fun day shooting though. Also did some shooting with the 22-250 at 400 and 525 with the 40gr Varmageddon. At those ranges with that little bullet it's good practice for reading wind!

Regards,

Tim
 
The second shot in that first video did rock the target. I could not help thinking that I haven't seen that amount of green for quite a few months. If we had that here at the moment, I'd be out all over the bears. You have a great setup there for the shooting.
 
Thanks DrMike. Unfortunately we pay for the green with about 9 months of miserable rain! This was at my in-laws grass seed farm which doubles as my personal range.... :grin:
 
Nice shooting. I would hate to be an elk in your sights. What type of scope do you use when shooting at that distance?
 
Unfortunately we pay for the green with about 9 months of miserable rain!

Oh, I am familiar with that situation. We lived for eighteen years in the Vancouver, BC area. We moved from Dallas, and the first summer was one of the wettest on record. My wife cried every day, she was so depressed.
 
I am running a Vortex 4-16x50 PST on it at the moment. Rifle is a savage 110 FCP HS.
 
Tim,

Nice shooting. Man, ya just gotta love it! :mrgreen:

JD338
 
That is some real good shooting. I think that you have that dialed in just about right :wink:

Blessings,
Dan
 
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