Took a little time this morning to head out scouting antelope with a pard of mine. On the way into Grover we decided to have a little shoot-out to decide who would pay for the Green Chili burgers and Cokes. The bet was this..... 5-shots total, distances from 300-700 yards, field conditions, 45 seconds to get the shot off..... most hits wins... tie breaker most 'white hits' followed by smallest group... if it got that far.
So I painted-up the awesome 12"x18" JC Steel Target in marker orange with a 5.5" white center square, we pounded in a T-Post, and hung her up.
I was shooting the trusty Sendero Special 7mm Rem. Mag wearing a Leupold Mark AR 3-9x40 in Talleys, running 162 Amax at 3100....
I don't need no stinking laminated drop/wind chart....
Pard was running a Rem. PSS in .300 RUM, SS 10x, 208 Amax at 3000. Ballistically they are pretty much identical... so it was really a wind game today. Wind was tough, 6-18mph from anywhere between 11 o'clock and 3 o'clock... and a couple of the shots were across a pretty good valley (which I believe led to the two high shots, both from the .300).
Shots were fired from (yds): 322, 435, 545, 607, 702. We both used the 9-15" Harris Bi-pods up front, with our backpacks as rear rests.... and I'm still picking cactus out of miscellaneous places...
Here are the results (7RM in black, .300 RUM in orange):
7 RM put 3-shots in the white (322, 435, 607) with the low one because of a turret error on my part. The shot at 702 hit a couple of inches into the wind, gave it about 1/2 minute too much. I dialed for 500 on the shot what was 545, not paying attention, or it would have caught the white too. The 5-shots went 5.5", with the worst miss being 4.5" low/right of dead center.
.30 RUM put 2-shots in the white (322, 435). The 5-shots went 5.75", and his worst miss was 4" high/right of dead center. On the last 3-shots (545, 607,702) we were shooting over a ridge with a 10-15mph wind coming at us from about 2:00. I figured the ridge would cause a pretty decent up-draft because it was perpendicular to the wind.... so I knocked a click (1/2 MOA) off on the last 3... and they were money (except for the whole 500/545 thing). Pard caught on for the last shot, knocked a couple clicks off, and his elevation was perfect.
Couple interesting side notes:
Notice there is NO damage to the steel target at all! This target has taken hundreds of rounds from big azz guns, and shows no wear at all. You can get a couple of these targets with the brackets and hardware for a little over $100... and they will literally last a lifetime. If you want the number shoot me a PM.... it is a very worthy cause as well.
Both of these rifles are factory guns, running $300 glass....
Total group size for all 10-shots was 8.5"... I can easily cover all 10-shots with my hand.
No misses on a 12" wide target in winds up to 18mph.... BC matters!
We both learned a lot doing this little exercise.... and I really enjoyed my free Green Chili burger at the Grover General Store. Hell, I must'a had me about 15 Dr. Peppers....
So I painted-up the awesome 12"x18" JC Steel Target in marker orange with a 5.5" white center square, we pounded in a T-Post, and hung her up.
I was shooting the trusty Sendero Special 7mm Rem. Mag wearing a Leupold Mark AR 3-9x40 in Talleys, running 162 Amax at 3100....
I don't need no stinking laminated drop/wind chart....
Pard was running a Rem. PSS in .300 RUM, SS 10x, 208 Amax at 3000. Ballistically they are pretty much identical... so it was really a wind game today. Wind was tough, 6-18mph from anywhere between 11 o'clock and 3 o'clock... and a couple of the shots were across a pretty good valley (which I believe led to the two high shots, both from the .300).
Shots were fired from (yds): 322, 435, 545, 607, 702. We both used the 9-15" Harris Bi-pods up front, with our backpacks as rear rests.... and I'm still picking cactus out of miscellaneous places...
Here are the results (7RM in black, .300 RUM in orange):
7 RM put 3-shots in the white (322, 435, 607) with the low one because of a turret error on my part. The shot at 702 hit a couple of inches into the wind, gave it about 1/2 minute too much. I dialed for 500 on the shot what was 545, not paying attention, or it would have caught the white too. The 5-shots went 5.5", with the worst miss being 4.5" low/right of dead center.
.30 RUM put 2-shots in the white (322, 435). The 5-shots went 5.75", and his worst miss was 4" high/right of dead center. On the last 3-shots (545, 607,702) we were shooting over a ridge with a 10-15mph wind coming at us from about 2:00. I figured the ridge would cause a pretty decent up-draft because it was perpendicular to the wind.... so I knocked a click (1/2 MOA) off on the last 3... and they were money (except for the whole 500/545 thing). Pard caught on for the last shot, knocked a couple clicks off, and his elevation was perfect.
Couple interesting side notes:
Notice there is NO damage to the steel target at all! This target has taken hundreds of rounds from big azz guns, and shows no wear at all. You can get a couple of these targets with the brackets and hardware for a little over $100... and they will literally last a lifetime. If you want the number shoot me a PM.... it is a very worthy cause as well.
Both of these rifles are factory guns, running $300 glass....
Total group size for all 10-shots was 8.5"... I can easily cover all 10-shots with my hand.
No misses on a 12" wide target in winds up to 18mph.... BC matters!
We both learned a lot doing this little exercise.... and I really enjoyed my free Green Chili burger at the Grover General Store. Hell, I must'a had me about 15 Dr. Peppers....
