this may be the best shooting rifle I've ever had. George Gardner at GAP rebarreled my 6SLR disaster to a 6Creedmoor. wow! I'm amazed at how well it shoots.
I used it in the PTS match (58 teams) the weekend before. i got my 6CM dies Tuesday, 4 days before the match, and i had to work all week, so I only had time to load 10 rounds or so, go out and zero the gun, shoot a couple at long range to get some idea of the velocity, then calculate everything else. I didn't get to practice at all since they were setting up for the match. I didn't work up a load, just went with the powder weight they suggested, and only tried one seating depth.
But the gun was shooting so well, after the match, I got to wondering if I could make just one shot...a really challenging one... just one shot that counted for everything, if I could do it. So jun 7, after work, I set up the target and walked out and took my time reading the wind and then took one shot from 571 yards at a paint can i placed over the shoulder of a hostage, for added stress. Feeling froggy, I went ahead and took another shot at a slightly less than 4" circle from 649 yards.
shooting the paint can was particularly cool because it didn't fall over since the hit was pretty centered up. it just spun 90* and white paint (since it was still partially pressurized) shot 3-4' out the bullet holes left/right. So through the scope, it was quite a visual, watching the bullet trace into the target and it spraying like you'd opened a white fire hydrant. (I spun it back 90* for the pic)
this past weekend, my friends and went out for an afternoon. I took a few more shots and seem to be able to pretty consistently connect with rattle can bad guys behind my hostage target, but I was only 3 for 5 on the little circle. I think there's a lot of luck involved on that one.
I used it in the PTS match (58 teams) the weekend before. i got my 6CM dies Tuesday, 4 days before the match, and i had to work all week, so I only had time to load 10 rounds or so, go out and zero the gun, shoot a couple at long range to get some idea of the velocity, then calculate everything else. I didn't get to practice at all since they were setting up for the match. I didn't work up a load, just went with the powder weight they suggested, and only tried one seating depth.
But the gun was shooting so well, after the match, I got to wondering if I could make just one shot...a really challenging one... just one shot that counted for everything, if I could do it. So jun 7, after work, I set up the target and walked out and took my time reading the wind and then took one shot from 571 yards at a paint can i placed over the shoulder of a hostage, for added stress. Feeling froggy, I went ahead and took another shot at a slightly less than 4" circle from 649 yards.
shooting the paint can was particularly cool because it didn't fall over since the hit was pretty centered up. it just spun 90* and white paint (since it was still partially pressurized) shot 3-4' out the bullet holes left/right. So through the scope, it was quite a visual, watching the bullet trace into the target and it spraying like you'd opened a white fire hydrant. (I spun it back 90* for the pic)
this past weekend, my friends and went out for an afternoon. I took a few more shots and seem to be able to pretty consistently connect with rattle can bad guys behind my hostage target, but I was only 3 for 5 on the little circle. I think there's a lot of luck involved on that one.
