Ridgerunner665
Handloader
- Oct 28, 2008
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I hit the range at 0800 this morning...while it was still cool!
I had done some chrono testing here at home over the last few days, and after that I deep cleaned the rifle using Butches Bore Shine and Montana Extreme Copper Killer (good stuff)....the barrel was squeaky clean down to the bare metal...so, the first 15 rounds patterned like a shotgun...1 even went through the top bar of my target stand, lol...literally all over the target.
But something in round 15 flipped the "on" switch...rounds 16,17,18 grouped pretty good (pictured below)
This group I shot at 200 yards...I messed up on the 2nd shot, yanked it way left because the guy 2 lanes down fired his 45-110 blackpowder rifle and I swear I believe it measured about 4.3 on the Richter scale...that happened as I squeezing the trigger on round 2...spooked me a little, wasn't prepared for cannon fire!
The 200 yard group is the lower 3 rounds here...would have been a real nice 200 yard group if not for the "boo boo" on the 2nd shot of the 3....I couldn't re-shoot it, these were my last 3 rounds...the rifle was still getting a little better as the barrel settled down, the 200 yard group was looking better than the 100 yard group (the upper 3 rounds)
I adjusted the scope 1 click left and called it good...sighted in for 250 yards.
Gotta love a model 70!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had done some chrono testing here at home over the last few days, and after that I deep cleaned the rifle using Butches Bore Shine and Montana Extreme Copper Killer (good stuff)....the barrel was squeaky clean down to the bare metal...so, the first 15 rounds patterned like a shotgun...1 even went through the top bar of my target stand, lol...literally all over the target.
But something in round 15 flipped the "on" switch...rounds 16,17,18 grouped pretty good (pictured below)
This group I shot at 200 yards...I messed up on the 2nd shot, yanked it way left because the guy 2 lanes down fired his 45-110 blackpowder rifle and I swear I believe it measured about 4.3 on the Richter scale...that happened as I squeezing the trigger on round 2...spooked me a little, wasn't prepared for cannon fire!
The 200 yard group is the lower 3 rounds here...would have been a real nice 200 yard group if not for the "boo boo" on the 2nd shot of the 3....I couldn't re-shoot it, these were my last 3 rounds...the rifle was still getting a little better as the barrel settled down, the 200 yard group was looking better than the 100 yard group (the upper 3 rounds)
I adjusted the scope 1 click left and called it good...sighted in for 250 yards.
Gotta love a model 70!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!
