I wanted to learn distance shooting, and my CL 14.5" barrel wasnt giving me the results I needed.
I have weekly access to a 700yd range with 1000yds available once a month or so. I built the following to push the limits of a 16" 223/5.56 and develop my LR skills.
I was TODAY years old when I found out that the words Long Range & 16" could be used in the same sentence.
Brother thats fine shooting right there, NICE rig. What ammo?
Thanks, ill try it. Im definately doing something wrong. I was messing with trigger pulls and bipod tension (how hard the stock is in my shoulder), and it moves my poi up and down. The three high shots were “looser”.
Had a great day. Had repeatable hits out to 650 on c-zone (5 in a row). Followed with a first-attempt hit on a 4" plate at 600. (First round on that target, but had windage from 550 &650). Not super repeatable, but a good confidence boost.
I’m going to work this load and try new primers and boosting the charge. It cycles but does not lock back on empty mag (69gr x 2725fps). Im getting random, unexplainable shots around .3 mil off, always seems to be high/left. Trying to determine if its me or the load.
Almost forgot, dude I met had a USO 6-36x(iirc), very nice. My scope absolutely works at these distances, and I love the reticle, but i see where the 3x price goes… clarity was noticably better, and no noticable chromatic abarration. The brownells has blatent abbaration on 18x but the reticle is crisp and tracks very well. Image is clear enough to see what I need to at 700. The image clears up a bit just dropping down to 15x. He also showed me up with his 20" AR on the headhunter… time to put more work in!
In pic: l->r truck=675, yellow head-hunter around 630, large and c-zone ipsc 650, large ipsc and KYL 700
Lol. I do though! See below, i feel like this is a 1" gun easy, might have to get some fgmm to rule out or confirm ammo.
Any idea whats going on here? Got my velocity SD down to <12
Is this a trigger press/followthrough issue? Could inconsistent stock pressure/placement do this? Parrellax was correct. I keep getting 2 distinct groups:
1- 6 shots about .8"
2- 4 shots i. .7"
3- 5~1.1 (top shot was cold bore)
4 - 5 shots in .46"
I would get some good, solid match ammo, setup a bipod and rear bag, and take your time shooting.
It took me a long time to get anywhere near the groups i get now. I started in to the long rang PRS not too long ago (getting out of it now). It took me about a year to hold a 1” 10 round group with match ammo that costs 2.50 a round.
69s will go trans-sonic between 800 and 900 yards. You’ll need a heavier bullet to stay supersonic at 1,000 (typically a Sierra, Berger, Hornady, or Nosler – 70+ Very Low Drag, or an 80 / 80+ grain Match, usually loaded long for single-shot feeding).
