Hi Team,
This is my wife's brand new Weatherby Vanguard Series 2 7mm-08 break-in target (Picture of rifle is in Product Review Section). Scope is a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x50mm. Keep in mind it was 39 degrees at the beginning of our morning and we were cleaning the rifle after every shot which we all know can break one's concentration for each shot, especially when you are brand new to shooting. With the exception of the last three shots, each shot was actually a fouling shot after each cleaning. (The top bullet hole is me from 100 yard sight-in adjustment after the store's bore sight of 31" low and 12" right. :roll: - I don't know why I tell a store it is all right to bore sight new scope mount; they are never close)
My Wife has never shot a high powered rifle before and only has shot about 12 rounds of 22LR for the first time this summer so I am very proud of her shooting. The three closest to the bullseye were her last 3 shots so you can see her incredibly fast progress in just 2 hours of shooting. :grin:View attachment Robins First High Powered Rifle 7mm-08 Target0001.jpg
This last target is showing what potential this rifle has - .788 (shot a number of 3 shot group targets like this - a few even slightly smaller group.) This is Sierra 120 gr with RL17, 48.3, 2937 FPS, COAL at standard 2.780 for the Sierra bullet.
View attachment 7mm-08 Rem Barrel Beak-in Target.jpg
About 40 rounds down the tube. Now ready to start working up a good accurate load for my new expert shooter (my wife :mrgreen: )
Thanks All
338winmag
This is my wife's brand new Weatherby Vanguard Series 2 7mm-08 break-in target (Picture of rifle is in Product Review Section). Scope is a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x50mm. Keep in mind it was 39 degrees at the beginning of our morning and we were cleaning the rifle after every shot which we all know can break one's concentration for each shot, especially when you are brand new to shooting. With the exception of the last three shots, each shot was actually a fouling shot after each cleaning. (The top bullet hole is me from 100 yard sight-in adjustment after the store's bore sight of 31" low and 12" right. :roll: - I don't know why I tell a store it is all right to bore sight new scope mount; they are never close)
My Wife has never shot a high powered rifle before and only has shot about 12 rounds of 22LR for the first time this summer so I am very proud of her shooting. The three closest to the bullseye were her last 3 shots so you can see her incredibly fast progress in just 2 hours of shooting. :grin:View attachment Robins First High Powered Rifle 7mm-08 Target0001.jpg
This last target is showing what potential this rifle has - .788 (shot a number of 3 shot group targets like this - a few even slightly smaller group.) This is Sierra 120 gr with RL17, 48.3, 2937 FPS, COAL at standard 2.780 for the Sierra bullet.
View attachment 7mm-08 Rem Barrel Beak-in Target.jpg
About 40 rounds down the tube. Now ready to start working up a good accurate load for my new expert shooter (my wife :mrgreen: )
Thanks All
338winmag
Coincidentally my wife was a first year hunter last fall and I bought her a 7mm-08. She was a quick study with it much like your wife looks to be. I loaded her up a box of 120g ballistic tips and she only needed one to drop her first whitetail. I was very pleased with the performance of the caliber, the bullet, and (most importantly) the shooter. Good luck to you both and give those 120g ballistic tips a try :grin:
