KaceCoyote
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96 yards, Winchester black box 55 grain. No wind. I should note I am not normally such a fine shot, however even I tend to blunder into doing it the right way from time to time.
The backing of the target was black, so I was thinking that the group was all over because I wasnt even touching the white as far as I could see. I almost paused to dick with my scope, but decided that I might aswell just finish the group and see what the damage was. I had guys screaming at me to get back to the line after I stood there for ten minutes staring at it, with jaw agape. I packed it up, decided to end on a high note and left right there.
The SU is tough to be consistantly accurate as far as groups go, Though the Coyotes its taken and 2 opossums didnt complain. Putting out the bipod changes the POI pretty wildly if you sight it in with the 'legs' retracted. In the sake of versatility I sighted mine in with the legs folded and just use a car hood. The difference is perhaps no more than 1-2" at 96 yards but you notice it. Shoot a group or even two with the legs in, and then with them out and sure enough it changes. On a positive note the barrel cools VERY fast because its hardly insulated at all, pop the bipod open, set it down and 5 minutes later its nice and cool.
Once it gets warmer and I've more time to spend at the range I intend on fully flexing my SU's legs and experimenting with loads and such. My savage digs the 55 grain stuff so I've got it on hand, no particular affection to that particular grain however.
The backing of the target was black, so I was thinking that the group was all over because I wasnt even touching the white as far as I could see. I almost paused to dick with my scope, but decided that I might aswell just finish the group and see what the damage was. I had guys screaming at me to get back to the line after I stood there for ten minutes staring at it, with jaw agape. I packed it up, decided to end on a high note and left right there.
The SU is tough to be consistantly accurate as far as groups go, Though the Coyotes its taken and 2 opossums didnt complain. Putting out the bipod changes the POI pretty wildly if you sight it in with the 'legs' retracted. In the sake of versatility I sighted mine in with the legs folded and just use a car hood. The difference is perhaps no more than 1-2" at 96 yards but you notice it. Shoot a group or even two with the legs in, and then with them out and sure enough it changes. On a positive note the barrel cools VERY fast because its hardly insulated at all, pop the bipod open, set it down and 5 minutes later its nice and cool.
Once it gets warmer and I've more time to spend at the range I intend on fully flexing my SU's legs and experimenting with loads and such. My savage digs the 55 grain stuff so I've got it on hand, no particular affection to that particular grain however.