So, finally got my new factory 260rem ammo in... decided to run it through a couple of my rifles today. Factory 260rem ammo has been scarce due to rem brass availability, as I understand, so to solve this problem, southwest ammo apparently found a bunch of 7mm-08 brass and necked it down! They're selling it at the moment for $25/box of 20 loaded with 142g SMK, which is a decent price as far as I'm concerned. They're out of stock now (i just cleaned them out, haha) but I expect they'll make more, and they have the more expensive brass still in stock. (Also, FYI, their 4th of july sale starts tomorrow and is supposed to be $17.76 / box of 175g or 168g 308win, I think.)
anyway... SO, short story, I put 10 rounds of it through 2 different rifles and none of them left the dots at 100 yrds, so I'm pretty happy! (technically, 11 rounds, since one of the scopes wasn't zeroed and it took me 1 round to zero it.)
This target, which is evil, has just 3 sets of 5 rnd drills on it at the moment. The top one in red was done a couple weeks ago when I was trying to figure out what was wrong with my Schmidt & Bender (long story; it's back at the factory at the moment...). It was shot with my left-handed Bighorn action in the mcmillan A5 stock and bartlein barrel in 260AI and a harris bipod. (not pictured below)
The second group in green was shot this evening with the new SW Ammo load, using my left-handed Stiller action with a Brux barrel and AICS chassis with viper skins (turns the thumbhole into a pistol grip) and an AI bipod. This rifle has my old USO SN-3 TPAL 3-17x44 on it.
The third group in blue was also shot with the SW Ammo, using my Badger M2008 action in a mcmillan A5 stock and bartlein barrel and harris bipod. It has the Bushnell HDMR 3-21x50 with the G2 reticle.
The last picture shows what this reticle looks like. Note the .1 mil hashes at the far edges of the reticle which allow VERY precise milling. The iphone pic isn't too hot, since the sun was at my back... the white circle left of the target is actually the sun reflecting off the ocular lens. You can still catch a glimpse of the infamous chromatic aberration though haha. Anyway, for the money, it's a great scope.
anyway... SO, short story, I put 10 rounds of it through 2 different rifles and none of them left the dots at 100 yrds, so I'm pretty happy! (technically, 11 rounds, since one of the scopes wasn't zeroed and it took me 1 round to zero it.)
This target, which is evil, has just 3 sets of 5 rnd drills on it at the moment. The top one in red was done a couple weeks ago when I was trying to figure out what was wrong with my Schmidt & Bender (long story; it's back at the factory at the moment...). It was shot with my left-handed Bighorn action in the mcmillan A5 stock and bartlein barrel in 260AI and a harris bipod. (not pictured below)
The second group in green was shot this evening with the new SW Ammo load, using my left-handed Stiller action with a Brux barrel and AICS chassis with viper skins (turns the thumbhole into a pistol grip) and an AI bipod. This rifle has my old USO SN-3 TPAL 3-17x44 on it.
The third group in blue was also shot with the SW Ammo, using my Badger M2008 action in a mcmillan A5 stock and bartlein barrel and harris bipod. It has the Bushnell HDMR 3-21x50 with the G2 reticle.
The last picture shows what this reticle looks like. Note the .1 mil hashes at the far edges of the reticle which allow VERY precise milling. The iphone pic isn't too hot, since the sun was at my back... the white circle left of the target is actually the sun reflecting off the ocular lens. You can still catch a glimpse of the infamous chromatic aberration though haha. Anyway, for the money, it's a great scope.
