I finally got peppy enough to shoot out past 100 yards with my A4 clone. I was shooting handloads with 55 grain FMJ Hornady bullets at about 3000 fps. I had sighted in at 2.5” high at 100 yards aiming for about 3” at 150 yards, which was the planned maximum trajectory height. I was able to keep 8 of 9 on a 12” target at 200 yards. I have no idea where the 9th shot went. It didn’t hit the surrounding cardboard 18”x24” backing. It didn’t hit my 12” target. It didn’t hit one of the target legs, which is typically where most misses land. It’s possible it went through one of the other bullet holes but I couldn’t find it. This was from a bench, which is the only way we can shoot rifles at the facility I used. Not counting the mystery shot, I could hold about 4-4.5 inch groups.
This seems ok for the first try but I imagine there are many that can keep all their shots in the 3” bullseye. Part of this exercise was to test the elevation drum on my carry handle, which seems to work fine. The groups are really to big to judge more than just saying higher or lower or maybe a little more left or right.
This seems ok for the first try but I imagine there are many that can keep all their shots in the 3” bullseye. Part of this exercise was to test the elevation drum on my carry handle, which seems to work fine. The groups are really to big to judge more than just saying higher or lower or maybe a little more left or right.