.300winmag
Handloader
- Oct 17, 2011
- 660
- 1
Put the golden eagle on a buddy's 6.5x47 I've been contemplating buying from him, while I'm waiting for my .284 to get finished up. After work one day I took it and got it zeroed at 100 yards and proceeded to take it to a local 600 yard F-class shoot and was very impressed with the glass and performance. tracked well, very clear, good eye relief and resolution, and loved the retcie. Shot the match on 50x all day. Shot a 588-xx (197,195,196)out of 600, ended up winning out of a dozen or so folks. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut.
Then I took it out to the range the following Friday and tried a few different loads with 140 Hybrids and H4350 at 600 yards. Mirage was very heavy, but was able to focus through the majority of it and had quite a successful trip. The rifle shot everything well but one load stood out especially. 40grs H4350 shot one group at just over an inch for 5 shots and another 4 shot group with the magneto attached to the rifle at just over 2". Clocked in at 2,771fps with an SD of 8fps for 9 shots.
So I ended up returning his rifle to him in the form of a personal check, and placed an order for another Golden Eagle.
Side by side with my 15-55 NF, I personally could not see hardly any difference, and I certainly did not see $1000 worth of difference.
Gets two thumbs up from me
Then I took it out to the range the following Friday and tried a few different loads with 140 Hybrids and H4350 at 600 yards. Mirage was very heavy, but was able to focus through the majority of it and had quite a successful trip. The rifle shot everything well but one load stood out especially. 40grs H4350 shot one group at just over an inch for 5 shots and another 4 shot group with the magneto attached to the rifle at just over 2". Clocked in at 2,771fps with an SD of 8fps for 9 shots.
So I ended up returning his rifle to him in the form of a personal check, and placed an order for another Golden Eagle.
Side by side with my 15-55 NF, I personally could not see hardly any difference, and I certainly did not see $1000 worth of difference.
Gets two thumbs up from me
