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Originally Posted By DuneShoot:
Still to early in the summer for me to drive that far. I do short local trips early in the morning although the range isn't very long but gets me by. Plus if we go up there I'd prefer it be a weekday if I am home. Here's a pic of that range I took last year and a pic I tried to get through the scope of the target: http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r674/duneshoot/guns/tikka/range_600yrds_zpscqyeznru.jpg http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r674/duneshoot/guns/tikka/scope_view_crop_zpsiibdekp9.jpg |
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Originally Posted By DuneShoot:
Goodyear And I'm down to shoot in Prescott or where ever |
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
How are you getting those reticle pictures? Can I get the same using my iPotato? This one shows 300, 500, and 700 yards: 
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Originally Posted By mettee:
Okay so I'm I'm Gilbert. We are a ways off but still doable. The AZ prs guys are pretty nice and I know a couple of them from work. They get access to some ranges normal guys can't, so I'm probably going to join that group. And I'm down to shoot in Prescott or where ever |
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Originally Posted By DuneShoot:
A steady hand and an iPhone. Takes some doing to get it lined up. Rest your wrists on the rifle and give it a shot. This one shows 300, 500, and 700 yards: http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r674/duneshoot/guns/JP-15/300_400_700yards_zpsblyrrdec.jpg |
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Originally Posted By DuneShoot:
I'm actually in Litchfield Park but tell people Goodyear since it's more well known. Luke is less than 10 miles from me and they fly over us all the time. Originally Posted By DuneShoot:
Originally Posted By Defender3:
Small world, I lived in Goodyear when I was stationed at Luke back in '80. Luke is less than 10 miles from me and they fly over us all the time. |
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Originally Posted By MikeinNC:
Defender3... thanks for the great pics and informative posts! Good times running the Larue .260 rifles on the range this weekend. In regards to getting the 18" .260 to run correctly, I tested various combinations of buffer weights and springs, both suppressed and unsuppressed. No issues with getting the rifle to function smoothly unsuppressed; however, suppressed was a bit more challenging. Running suppressed with the SOCOM 7.62mini and PST in suppressed setting, I had the best results with the H3 buffer and a Springco Orange spring: smooth cycling, buffer impact was less noticeable, good ejection, and brass was also in good shape. Of note, I am running a rifle length extension with LT spacer, and a JP HP bolt (difference in extractor and ejector spring pressure is also a variable from the factory LT bolt). I appreciate you also sending the screengrab on spring weights, I'm reposting it here as well as the original video. 
Fair warning, this is 18 minutes:  Everything You Should Know About AR Buffer Springs |
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Had to work Sunday and Monday but had a chance to get to the range before sunset Monday. Took the Lab Radar out to try my luck. Ran some Prime and Hornady ELD 130s through the .260. Shot some Prime and Hornady 120 and 140 AMAX through the 6.5 AI. Also put some MK316 Mod0 through the FDE Heavy. All rounds were shot both suppressed and unsuppressed. The cans used were a TranQuillo and a TB Ultra 7 in 6.5.
The Lab Radar was very easy to set up and use. It had no problem tracking all the different size rounds out to 65 yards. That was the furthest distance that I had selected. They advertise 100 and I will try that when I have more time. I met another shooter there that was new to the sport and had never fired a suppressed weapon. I handed him a loaded magazine and told him to have fun. After his third shot he asked me if I knew where it went. I told him that I thought it was in the same hole as his second shot. He was so excited he did not finish the magazine. Instead he asked to call the range cold and ran down to the target to take pictures. 
Which reminds me, I tried to take pictures of the pretty rifles but the sun was setting and it is a covered range so the pics were too dark. I appreciate all of the information being shared in this thread. Thanks D3 for keeping it going. Fr8dog |
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Originally Posted By Fr8dog:
Had to work Sunday and Monday but had a chance to get to the range before sunset Monday. Took the Lab Radar out to try my luck. Ran some Prime and Hornady ELD 130s through the .260. Shot some Prime and Hornady 120 and 140 AMAX through the 6.5 AI. Also put some MK316 Mod0 through the FDE Heavy. All rounds were shot both suppressed and unsuppressed. The cans used were a TranQuillo and a TB Ultra 7 in 6.5. The Lab Radar was very easy to set up and use. It had no problem tracking all the different size rounds out to 65 yards. That was the furthest distance that I had selected. They advertise 100 and I will try that when I have more time. I met another shooter there that was new to the sport and had never fired a suppressed weapon. I handed him a loaded magazine and told him to have fun. After his third shot he asked me if I knew where it went. I told him that I thought it was in the same hole as his second shot. He was so excited he did not finish the magazine. Instead he asked to call the range cold and ran down to the target to take pictures.
Which reminds me, I tried to take pictures of the pretty rifles but the sun was setting and it is a covered range so the pics were too dark. I appreciate all of the information being shared in this thread. Thanks D3 for keeping it going. Fr8dog 
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
Can you post the MVs you were getting? Also, Pro Tip for those new to the LabRadar (i.e., me) - remember to reset the projectile weights when moving between different weight bullets. |
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Originally Posted By Fr8dog:
I will try and get them posted in the next couple of days. Originally Posted By Fr8dog:
Originally Posted By Defender3:
Can you post the MVs you were getting? Also, Pro Tip for those new to the LabRadar (i.e., me) - remember to reset the projectile weights when moving between different weight bullets.
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Sorry guys, no update tonight, I'm dealing with a situation with my elderly mother.
I do want to say thanks to all who have been following this thread - we hit 20,000 views - some great contributions so far and it will even get better as we start the reports with handloading and the folks with sparrels enter the thread. I hope we've also sold some rifles and product for Mark along the way. 
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
Sorry guys, no update tonight, I'm dealing with a situation with my elderly mother. I do want to say thanks to all who have been following this thread - we hit 20,000 views - some great contributions so far and it will even get better as we start the reports with handloading and the folks with sparrels enter the thread. I hope we've also sold some rifles and product for Mark along the way. |
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Hornady ammo deal alert - $22.85 a box and reasonable shipping to the east coast - no affiliation by me.
Hornady 130gr ELD-M |
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Originally Posted By WolfMetalFab:
Holy info overload thread, been working my way though it for the last 2 days. I now definitely want a .260 and a longer shooting range to shoot at, Maryland seems to be lacking in that department but I have heard some good things about Peacemaker down in WVA (except for the wait list for membership) |
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Had a short break and took the time to put the data from the last range trip in a spreadsheet. Apologies to D3 for copying his format but it looked so good and I did not want to reinvent the wheel.
I included some FDE Heavy data and some Prime and Hornady 6.5 CM data. The FDE info is for those that have one and I though it might be interesting to compare the Prime 130 load in 6.5 CM. The Hornady 120 and 140 AMAX were the closet thing I had in 6.5 CM to the Hornady 130 ELD in .260. 
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Originally Posted By Fr8dog:
Had a short break and took the time to put the data from the last range trip in a spreadsheet. Apologies to D3 for copying his format but it looked so good and I did not want to reinvent the wheel. I included some FDE Heavy data and some Prime and Hornady 6.5 CM data. The FDE info is for those that have one and I though it might be interesting to compare the Prime 130 load in 6.5 CM. The Hornady 120 and 140 AMAX were the closet thing I had in 6.5 CM to the Hornady 130 ELD in .260. http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/Swifteagle767/2017-06-01%2012_30_37-SR0001%20Report%20-%20Excel_zpsgltxydji.png Interesting that your Prime clocked the same as did mine when my barrel was new. Your Hornady numbers seem to be just a bit faster though. I also had the same relationship when firing suppressed. The Prime was about the same and the Hornady was a tad faster. Thanks for posting! |
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Okay, not much of an update tonight, the situation with my Mom is moving towards hospice so there are things I need to do. It's been expected, we just didn't know when it might be necessary. Strange is that they're calling it long-term hospice. I thought those terms were mutually exclusive so I need to find out more about the situation (Mom is in Florida and I'm in VA).
Gorilla ammo arrived today, a case of the 130s and I also ordered a box of the 123gr SMKs. I'll report on them when I can. The new Spuhr mount (lower) also arrived so I need to remount the Gen II. Good shooting guys and hopefully the sparrel guys will be stopping in to report. 
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
Ha, I'll send you the spreadsheet if you want it! It's relatively easy to use but you have to understand a formula's relationship to the cell(s) to ensure you don't copy something and change the formula (SD and ES). Other than that, it's pretty straight forward. Interesting that your Prime clocked the same as did mine when my barrel was new. Your Hornady numbers seem to be just a bit faster though. I also had the same relationship when firing suppressed. The Prime was about the same and the Hornady was a tad faster. Thanks for posting! I used the standard excel formulas for SD and ES. The results were within a few decimals of the LabRadar values. I think that the LabRadar retains some MV values to the right of the decimal and uses them in its ES and SD calculation. That's what accounts for the slight difference. |
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Originally Posted By buss45:
D3 Best wishes for your Mom. My Dad is 92 and just spent a combined 7 weeks in the Hospital and a Rehab facility. Luckily I can check on him everyday. [/thread derail] The Quantico ranges may be open this weekend so I may take the .260s back out for some long range fun. I have to remount that Gen II and my dope will be off a tad, but it should work. |
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
Thread derail - thanks guys. Mom has a degenerative brain disease, another of the insidious maladies that slowly robs of person of their cognitive skills. It's tough to visit when she doesn't remember who you are. She's at the point where she is deciding not to do things for herself so she will be bed ridden. I expect she will, at some point start to shut down. Again, this has been expected, but regardless, it's still hard. [/thread derail] The Quantico ranges may be open this weekend so I may take the .260s back out for some long range fun. I have to remount that Gen II and my dope will be off a tad, but it should work. Hey man, I wish you and your mother and other family the best in your situation. |
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22" .260Rem barrel installed. Put an APA Little Bastard Gen2 on the muzzle until my 2nd LaRue brake shows up next week.
Weighs 17.4lbs as pictured with a full magazine of 130 ELD-M ammo. Headed to the range tomorrow to chrono and zero. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By FRBaseball:
22" .260Rem barrel installed. Put an APA Little Bastard Gen2 on the muzzle until my 2nd LaRue brake shows up next week. Weighs 17.4lbs as pictured with a full magazine of 130 ELD-M ammo. Headed to the range tomorrow to chrono and zero. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116300/IMG-6659-221961.JPG
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I pulled one of the Hornady 130 ELD-Ms. Like the Gorilla, the projectile was loaded deep. Whatever powder Hornady is using is loaded to 42.1grs.
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Originally Posted By Joshpuh:
260 in my hands. Just need ammo and a suppressor adaptor. I'm heading to the local 100y range to rezero the Gen II and gather some MVs from the 123gr Gorilla. |
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Attached File New 260 barrel on my tOBR Made it out to shoot just a little this morning. Attached File Hornady 130 ELD shot as expected. Around .5 moa. I have some handloads ready and plans for more. I'll post more on that when I get to a proper bench instead of the back of my truck. |
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Originally Posted By AR10Brian:
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b516/abcrabtree/20170603_102224_zpsal1xkswj.jpg New 260 barrel on my tOBR Made it out to shoot just a little this morning. http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b516/abcrabtree/20170603_092040_zpskx8ieeji.jpg Hornady 130 ELD shot as expected. Around .5 moa. I have some handloads ready and plans for more. I'll post more on that when I get to a proper bench instead of the back of my truck. ETA - What suppressor are you using? |
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
Excellent - thanks for the report! Please let us know what handloads work for you. ETA - What suppressor are you using? So after my post from earlier I found the time to shoot again. This time I took it out to 600 yards, and man was that fun. Looks like it needed less than a 14 moa hold (my scope has the moar reticle) which makes me think, if the published bc of the ELD is close to right, I'm just a little shy of 2700 fps out of that barrel. Does that sound about right for that combo? One more thing I'll need to address is that I had about 4 stovepipe jams out of only 25 or so rounds. That's with the can, PST in the suppressed position. Of course I'm going to clean the bolt and especially extractor/ejector area. I think one of you guys suggested some spring and buffer combos, which I'll look at too, but any other thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. |
Okay, so why am I starting my reply with a picture of the truck at 7-11? Because I was stuck, it wasn't moving, the shifter was stuck in park! I moved the steering wheel, pushed it back and forth, turned it on and off, checked the fuses and called the damn dealership, who hung up on me four times, no luv. I called HH6 to see if she had left Charlottesville since I had rifles and ammo in the cab, nope, she's still hanging out with the daughter. I called AAA (member for 20+ years) and scheduled a flatbed. Forty-five minutes later Shawn arrived. First thing he says is "you must have good taste." He was referring to my LaRue bumper sticker and MBT hat. I smiled and told him I may have a couple of rifles in the cab; we then talked rifles for a few minutes and he described his new SP1 build. Anyways, we cycled the truck, pushed it back and forth and turned the steering wheel, still no luv. Then Shawn jumps into the cab and pops off a small cap by the shifter and presses a button and boom, it's out of park. I'm like  and he says that's the shifter release, well shit, that's not in the damn manual! I would hope the dealer could have told me that if they hadn't cut me off four times.  Anyways, that got me back on my way and since I had already been to the range, the balance in the universe was restored. I have to get it to the dealer and find out what sensor/switch is bad, that it's a special order only made once a millennium and it will cost thousands to fix.
I'm the type that gets to the range early, so I was there 30 minutes before you're allowed first shot (0900). A couple of other guys showed up and we placed targets. We were fighting the clock since there was a defensive pistol course heading to the range at 10am, which would make shooting on the rifle range hell since they go cold range like every two minutes. Anyways, we're ready for first shots when a guy shows up at 8:58am and wants to place a target, okay, drag your ass down there, which he does. Now I'm looking at his "target" and there is no target. Which of course he doesn't realize until he walks back from the 100y line and turns around to see there is no target on his target. Another 5 minutes lost while he goes downrange, again. As soon as he finishes we go hot and wouldn't you know another guy shows up. He wants to go cold and we all just gave him a look that told him he was going to wait on us. I rezeroed the Vortex Gen II on the Mausingfield now that I have a lower Spuhr mount. I used the Hornady and it just shoots so well I'm going to shoot up my other stuff and just use this 130gr ELD-M as my commercial load. I also tried shooting some of the Gorilla 123gr SMKs but they were just too tight to the chamber. I fired three and was experiencing a really heavy bolt so I stopped. I switched to the LaRue 260 and shot some Gorilla 123 and 130, and some Hornady, while capturing MVs on the LabRadar. By that time is was 10am and the pistol folks showed up so I packed up and headed to 7-11 for what I thought would be a quick in and out for a cold Snapple. 
Clearly I haven't mastered using the iPotato through the scope yet. 
Tried the Caldwell V-bag but didn't like it, I went back to the Triad wedge. 
Still ejecting at 4 o'clock. 
Bolt gun with the Hornady: 
LaRue with the Hornady. It didn't help that a guy came up to me while I was firing the string and interrupted to ask to go cold range. 
Two strings with the Gorilla - 123, then 130. Clearly I was breathing when I shot these. 
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Originally Posted By AR10Brian:
It's an old direct thread Cyclone that I'm using temporarily. It's a pretty good can. Was my first suppressor and I even have a second one now. I've used it on different rifles over the years and it seems to do a good job on everything so far. It was most recently on the 308 barrel that just came off that particular tOBR. I have a tranquilo at my dealer. May have it next year. You know. So after my post from earlier I found the time to shoot again. This time I took it out to 600 yards, and man was that fun. Looks like it needed less than a 14 moa hold (my scope has the moar reticle) which makes me think, if the published bc of the ELD is close to right, I'm just a little shy of 2700 fps out of that barrel. Does that sound about right for that combo? One more thing I'll need to address is that I had about 4 stovepipe jams out of only 25 or so rounds. That's with the can, PST in the suppressed position. Of course I'm going to clean the bolt and especially extractor area. I think one of you guys suggested some spring and buffer combos, which I'll look at too, but any other thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Ref the stovepipes, are you saying the previous round was not ejected and was still in the chamber while the next round was attempting to load? Or was it a double feed where two live rounds were in the chamber? If it's the latter, it's a magazine issue. |
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
I'm getting 2760 - 2780 out of the 22" barrel, broken in. You should be right there at 2700 and the barrel still has to speed up a bit. Ref the stovepipes, are you saying the previous round was not ejected and was still in the chamber while the next round was attempting to load? Or was it a double feed where two live rounds were in the chamber? If it's the latter, it's a magazine issue. 
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
I'm the type that gets to the range early, so I was there 30 minutes before you're allowed first shot (0900). A couple of other guys showed up and we placed targets. We were fighting the clock since there was a defensive pistol course heading to the range at 10am, which would make shooting on the rifle range hell since they go cold range like every two minutes. Anyways, we're ready for first shots when a guy shows up at 8:58am and wants to place a target, okay, drag your ass down there, which he does. Now I'm looking at his "target" and there is no target. Which of course he doesn't realize until he walks back from the 100y line and turns around to see there is no target on his target. Another 5 minutes lost while he goes downrange, again. As soon as he finishes we go hot and wouldn't you know another guy shows up. He wants to go cold and we all just gave him a look that told him he was going to wait on us. |
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Just got back from my first range session with my 22" .260Rem barrel, and I'm impressed. Shot 65 rounds of factory Hornady 130 ELD-M. Rifle ran 100%, and I had the gas block on the suppressed setting even though I was just running a muzzle brake. Bolt locked back every time and brass ejection was strong and consistent, so I'll leave it on suppressed for the time being. Banged steel out to 1008 yards with ease, and I do mean ease. Dial 7.9 mils, hold .5 right and hit a 18" plate every time you pull the trigger. Muzzle velocity trued out to be 2797 even though my Magnetospeed was only showing 2755. With that APA brake on it the gun didn't move at all, watching trace and calling hits for myself was a breeze. This rifle will be my new PRS gun. Next local PRS match is a night match with targets out to 1760, excited to get this rifle out there.
This is the only 100yd paper target I shot, the rest of the rounds were out on steel plates. First few rounds down the tube were to get on paper, and then I shot the group on the bottom right while aiming at the lower orange dot. Made an adjustment and shot the top left and top right groups, made one final adjustment and shot the bottom left group. Shot prone off a bipod and rear bag. 26.5 Baro / 85 deg / 21% environmentals. More pictures and some video to come later. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By FRBaseball:
Just got back from my first range session with my 22" .260Rem barrel, and I'm impressed. Shot 65 rounds of factory Hornady 130 ELD-M. Rifle ran 100%, and I had the gas block on the suppressed setting even though I was just running a muzzle brake. Bolt locked back every time and brass ejection was strong and consistent, so I'll leave it on suppressed for the time being. Banged steel out to 1008 yards with ease, and I do mean ease. Dial 7.9 mils, hold .5 right and hit a 18" plate every time you pull the trigger. Muzzle velocity trued out to be 2797 even though my Magnetospeed was only showing 2755. With that APA brake on it the gun didn't move at all, watching trace and calling hits for myself was a breeze. This rifle will be my new PRS gun. Next local PRS match is a night match with targets out to 1760, excited to get this rifle out there. This is the only 100yd paper target I shot, the rest of the rounds were out on steel plates. First few rounds down the tube were to get on paper, and then I shot the group on the bottom right while aiming at the lower orange dot. Made an adjustment and shot the top left and top right groups, made one final adjustment and shot the bottom left group. Shot prone off a bipod and rear bag. 26.5 Baro / 85 deg / 21% environmentals. More pictures and some video to come later. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116300/fullsizeoutput-993-223161.JPG |
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Originally Posted By DuneShoot:
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Went out with FRBaseball today to try out his new 22" .260 barrel and took a few pictures. I've always been a bolt gun snob but this particular set up is making me a believer. He let me take it for a spin and I put the first three rounds I fired into about 4" at 650. Very impressed with this rig.
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Originally Posted By JCIN:
Went out with FRSBaseball today to try out his new 22" .260 barrel and took a few pictures. I've always been a bolt gun snob but this particular set up is making me a believer. He let me take it for a spin and I put the first three rounds I fired into about 4" at 650. Very impressed with this rig. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4285/34935548652_8956e63988_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4206/34935552052_e62eae9760_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4196/34935546772_2fe99800ff_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4242/35099845035_eceef35242_b.jpg |
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Originally Posted By FRBaseball:
Just got back from my first range session with my 22" .260Rem barrel, and I'm impressed. Shot 65 rounds of factory Hornady 130 ELD-M. Rifle ran 100%, and I had the gas block on the suppressed setting even though I was just running a muzzle brake. Bolt locked back every time and brass ejection was strong and consistent, so I'll leave it on suppressed for the time being. Banged steel out to 1008 yards with ease, and I do mean ease. Dial 7.9 mils, hold .5 right and hit a 18" plate every time you pull the trigger. Muzzle velocity trued out to be 2797 even though my Magnetospeed was only showing 2755. With that APA brake on it the gun didn't move at all, watching trace and calling hits for myself was a breeze. This rifle will be my new PRS gun. Next local PRS match is a night match with targets out to 1760, excited to get this rifle out there. This is the only 100yd paper target I shot, the rest of the rounds were out on steel plates. First few rounds down the tube were to get on paper, and then I shot the group on the bottom right while aiming at the lower orange dot. Made an adjustment and shot the top left and top right groups, made one final adjustment and shot the bottom left group. Shot prone off a bipod and rear bag. 26.5 Baro / 85 deg / 21% environmentals. More pictures and some video to come later. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116300/fullsizeoutput-993-223161.JPG I also want to say how different it is trying to shoot a 100y bug hole versus shooting steel at range. While you may struggle to shoot ever decreasing groups at 100, the dynamics (not the fundamentals) change when shooting steel at distance. You still control sight picture, breathing, trigger and follow-through, but the pressure is different. You can see if you pulled a shot a ¼ MOA and it wears on you whereas shooting steel gives you that immediate audible feedback or requires a simple hold. Originally Posted By WolfMetalFab:
Hey, D3 Have you started reloading for the 260 yet? I might have to pick your brain for suggestions on dies and components. Also which end of VA are you in?  Do some research and see what may work in your budget and needs.
I’m going to use H4350 as I stocked up and will be working up loads at 2gr increments. Since the seating depth is somewhat dictated by the magazine, I may load to COAL and see what happens. If that doesn't work, then I can mess with seating depth a bit. Originally Posted By JCIN:
Went out with FRBaseball today to try out his new 22" .260 barrel and took a few pictures. I've always been a bolt gun snob but this particular set up is making me a believer. He let me take it for a spin and I put the first three rounds I fired into about 4" at 650. Very impressed with this rig. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4285/34935548652_8956e63988_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4206/34935552052_e62eae9760_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4196/34935546772_2fe99800ff_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4242/35099845035_eceef35242_b.jpg Originally Posted By Joshpuh:
I am curious about everyone's reloading experiences as well. I'm giving serious thought to necking up 243 brass as opposed to buying factory loaded ammo. Seems everywhere else on the interwebs people are using h4350 powder which is out of stock literally everywhere I can think to look online. |
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