Long Range shooters post em up..

[texag93]

I hear that. Do you have brake on the RUM?

I do now. Had a jewel trigger and Holland MB installed since last range day.

[mesquitecountry]

The first outting wasn't good. Groups were 1.5". Rest was good. Wind was good. Trigger was bad. Maybe it was 22rds in an hour or so. The older I get, the less I like recoil.

Was it you or the gun?

[texag93]

Was it you or the gun?

Don't know. First trip to range with it. I'll know more next time I shoot it. The recoil and trigger part are fixed.

[mesquitecountry]

Sounds like you need a lead sled to be sure.

[texag93]

Taking the cannon out for a ride.

[texag93]

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[chief longshaft]

just being curious but have any of yall figured your own trajectory curve to compensate for a changed bc once the bullet gets out past subsonic speed. I am going to try this winter when the weather will allow with a 338lm it will take about a 2400 or 2500 yd range to hit the velocity just right to create one for that rifle.

[Buckshot4900]

I don't know but I've been told this old Howa 1500 7mag will shoot a fir piece.

[mesquitecountry]

just being curious but have any of yall figured your own trajectory curve to compensate for a changed bc once the bullet gets out past subsonic speed. I am going to try this winter when the weather will allow with a 338lm it will take about a 2400 or 2500 yd range to hit the velocity just right to create one for that rifle.

That's called a poke and hope trajectory!

[chief longshaft]

That's called a poke and hope trajectory!

no im actually being serious about it hahaha i have a close idea of how to do it.

[texag93]

Ok, shooting complete. I have bench issues, vision/parallax issues......etc, etc. but, I saw some potential out of the rifle. The muzzle brake helps considerably! It's more like a 270 than a mule now. These high powered scopes are finicky. You've got to be right on them for things to click. I found this out 8rds into shooting.

Last group of the 210 Berger.


When I get my #%*! together, there's a 14" steel plate on that hill at 1540yds.

[chief longshaft]

Ok, shooting complete. I have bench issues, vision/parallax issues......etc, etc. but, I saw some potential out of the rifle. The muzzle brake helps considerably! It's more like a 270 than a mule now. These high powered scopes are finicky. You've got to be right on them for things to click. I found this out 8rds into shooting.

Last group of the 210 Berger.
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When I get my #%*! together, there's a 14" steel plate on that hill at 1540yds.

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at 1540 is that bullet still supersonic and are you using a G1 or G7 curve.

[texag93]

Ok, shameless promotion for a bad @$$ rangefinder. I'm out on my ranger getting yardages for future reference. The Leica 1600B was my choice for long range yardages. I'm ranging the hill where the steel is. The Leica has ranged the hill at 1957yds 3x in a row. It's accurate to way past 1600yds. Well worth the money.

Last yardage it would read is 1995yds. I might can lob one that far.

[texag93]

at 1540 is that bullet still supersonic and are you using a G1 or G7 curve.

Yes, it's still supersonic at 1540. G1 curve

[chief longshaft]

1201 fps is getting pretty slow usually a BC especially a G1 curve is not that precise out to such a distance if its the Berger 210 vld the G7 is .323 that would help but allot of bullets start loosing stability at about the 1300 fps range and that is when a custom drag profile comes into play to compensate for the pitching the bullet will start to undergo as it dynamic stability starts to fade.