Load data and ballistics data appears to be pretty good because the range call I made with the mil-dots and the elevation I dialed in was pretty much spot on.
Came out to roughly 800 yards through the mil readings after ranging a 28x30 inch cardboard box that I had taped my target sheets to, big yellow pieces of paper that I simply wanted to print on.
I also ran my 13x13 inch steel plate out to a distance slightly beyond the cardboard to use for audible confirmation that I'm making hits at range. My friend was out spotting with me, after the range call I sent my first round down range. He called it as having good elevation but being about a foot to the right. There was some stiff wind blowing from our left so I adjusted for a full mil holding to the left and I was still blown off target. Made a minor adjustment and hit by the 4th round, it took almost 4 seconds to hear the "clang" of the steel being knocked over at that distance.
Once I felt I had a rough zero I took some shots on my piece of paper. I'll post the picture later but I fired 5 shots and had 5 hits on paper. I was expecting much more dispertion than I got, at distance I had 5 shots grouped in roughly a 4x6 inch group. 3 shots within 3 inches along horizontal dispersion with 2 shots about 4-5 inches higher than the previous 3.
It wound up being a group that qualifies as sub-MOA at 800 yards, not too bad considering the rediculous wind we had and not having any data for wind values or holds/corrections.
My friend had his GPS unit along but he forgot how to make waypoints in it so that we could mark our target stand as one waypoint and our shooting position as the 2nd waypoint for getting a rough range in miles.
Might be going back out there tomorrow to do some more shooting and we will get a measurement with the GPS now that he has read the instruction book.
Also zapped 3 bunnies at around 150-200 yards using the squirrel rifle. Poor bunnies never had a chance.
Fired maybe a total of 20 rounds of 300 winmag, 20 rounds while dispatching vermin with some of those being used to bust the occasional rock waiting for a bunny to appear, and 20 rounds of 7.62Nato. It's the least amount of ammo I have fired while out for that length of time but I suppose they were quality rounds.
Here's the group as it was fired,
Came out to roughly 800 yards through the mil readings after ranging a 28x30 inch cardboard box that I had taped my target sheets to, big yellow pieces of paper that I simply wanted to print on.
I also ran my 13x13 inch steel plate out to a distance slightly beyond the cardboard to use for audible confirmation that I'm making hits at range. My friend was out spotting with me, after the range call I sent my first round down range. He called it as having good elevation but being about a foot to the right. There was some stiff wind blowing from our left so I adjusted for a full mil holding to the left and I was still blown off target. Made a minor adjustment and hit by the 4th round, it took almost 4 seconds to hear the "clang" of the steel being knocked over at that distance.
Once I felt I had a rough zero I took some shots on my piece of paper. I'll post the picture later but I fired 5 shots and had 5 hits on paper. I was expecting much more dispertion than I got, at distance I had 5 shots grouped in roughly a 4x6 inch group. 3 shots within 3 inches along horizontal dispersion with 2 shots about 4-5 inches higher than the previous 3.
It wound up being a group that qualifies as sub-MOA at 800 yards, not too bad considering the rediculous wind we had and not having any data for wind values or holds/corrections.
My friend had his GPS unit along but he forgot how to make waypoints in it so that we could mark our target stand as one waypoint and our shooting position as the 2nd waypoint for getting a rough range in miles.
Might be going back out there tomorrow to do some more shooting and we will get a measurement with the GPS now that he has read the instruction book.
Also zapped 3 bunnies at around 150-200 yards using the squirrel rifle. Poor bunnies never had a chance.
Fired maybe a total of 20 rounds of 300 winmag, 20 rounds while dispatching vermin with some of those being used to bust the occasional rock waiting for a bunny to appear, and 20 rounds of 7.62Nato. It's the least amount of ammo I have fired while out for that length of time but I suppose they were quality rounds.
Here's the group as it was fired,
