Back from the Range guys! YEAH!

[FOTIS]

Just to make it quick I had a great day!

All were good but I will post the best groups.



25-06

56 gr RL 22 100 grain BT at 3310 fps----.3"

416 WBY Classic mark II

116 gr H4350 Barnes TSX 3140 fps .65"

117 gr H4350 Barnes TSX 3165 fps .6"

Ruger #1 338 #1S
210 Partition 75 gr H4350 3040 fps 1" group

35 Whelen 7600

225 PT 60 gr RL15 2585 fps 1.25"

 

[OU812]

Glad the weather held so you could get out. That's dang good shooting my friend.


Bill

 

[Guest]

Looking good, Fotis! I pity any critter that crosses you...large or small.

 

[FOTIS]

Thanks.

Only one huge fly in the ointment!!!!!!

The 416 Bee is wearing a 20 MOA Picatinny. Unfortunately the Zeiss conquest 4.5x14x44 bottomed all the way down shooting those groups at exactly 1 mil dot high or 3.6" high at 100 yards.

I can use the first mil dot over the crosshair as an aiming point but I do not know. A 10 or even a 15 MOA rail would be great.

 

[DrMike]

Any of those would work for me. You've done well, dude!

 

[IdahoCTD]

That should be close to dead on at 300yds.

 

[FOTIS]

That should be close to dead on at 300yds.

YUP..... but too much for me

 

[longwinters]

Nice shootin. Looks like you are going to have some rifles to clean......

Long

 

[Oldtrader3]

Looking good Fotis, It looks like you are in good shape with these rifles.

 

[Greg Nolan]

416s rule

 

[FOTIS]

How about a .5 BC AccuBond....please????????????????????????/

 

[JD338]

Nice shooting Fotis.

JD338

 

[.300winmag]

Fotis,

I have to say that is some very fine shooting! You have worked up some very good loads, and you're shooting with the big .416 is phenomenal! I've had two surgeries on my right (shooting) shoulder and one on the left, I remember the days of shooting big calibers and miss them occasionally. Anything over .375 H&H is out of the question for me anymore, physically I'm alright with larger calibers, but the mental aspect of partially dislocating my shoulder firing a .416 Wby still haunts me. I have quite a flinch when shooting anything bigger than a .375.

Again, great shooting and excellent looking rifles.

Take care

 

[cloverleaf]

Very nice! Its been so long since Ive shot an honest cloverleaf I think I would assume some one else was shooting my target. Nice groups! CL

 

[FOTIS]

Thank you guys!

I am so elated with all of them.

The 25-06 and the 416 WBY shoot great.

The other ones will need some work.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Fotis, I am gald that both the .25-06 and the .416 shoot so well. It is always a crap shoot with new rifles as to how they will shoot. Glad it worked out for you.

 

[SJB358]

Fotis, it seems like you got the same lot of RL15 I got last time. I loaded up some 225 AB's from a new LB of powder after I returned from AFG. It was running really slow, surprised me, as when I left, the old lot I was using was running in the 2730 range, when I returned, with the new powder, it was closer 2600. I didn't understand it actually, but it seems like a few others of us have ran across the same thing. Should be an EASY 2600 load with 60 grains.

Your other stuff is shooting REALLY well man. That 416 is ridiculous. What a load of thunder!

I am going to have to try your 338 load soon. That looks like it has alot of potential right there!

 

[FOTIS]

Still have to work on the 35 and the 338 a bit

 

[SJB358]

Still have to work on the 35 and the 338 a bit

I am looking forward to seeing your load work Fotis.

 

[pre6422hornet]

Nice Shooting Fotis.

That first rifle has an amazing stock!