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    Oops, sorry about the size, I dont know what happened there!
    Anyway this was the S and B stuff, cant complain. 100m.
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    Finally! A pic of a nice and perfectly zeroed (200 yrd zero) group😆



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    Quote Originally Posted by R93 View Post
    Finally! A pic of a nice and perfectly zeroed (200 yrd zero) group��



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    Yeah, but look at all of the cross outs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    Yeah, but look at all of the cross outs.
    Ya mean bugger😆
    I an so used to using targets at the club with a million patches on them I didn't even notice.
    I vote he used a similar target😊

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    Ha ha yeah, easy to bullshit, now you mention it!
    That will do me, if the rifle can shoot other factory ammunition as well as that, and I wont be turning meat into raspberry jam with those SP's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by C404 View Post
    Ha ha yeah, easy to bullshit, now you mention it!
    That will do me, if the rifle can shoot other factory ammunition as well as that, and I wont be turning meat into raspberry jam with those SP's.
    That was damned fine shooting with factory ammo.
    What's your rifle?

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    Doesn't Greg C shoot one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    W760 for 7x57.
    That was Gaeme Henry's go to for 140 grn. I recall speeds like 2900 fps from 24" barrel.
    Just get a 270.
    Graeme Henry liked them even more. He shot 150gn Sierras.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    Just get a 270.
    Graeme Henry liked them even more. He shot 150gn Sierras.
    Why the hell anyone would chose a .270 in this day and age is beyond me

    Guess we need spiecal people so people can have a job looking after them
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Why the hell anyone would chose a .270 in this day and age is beyond me

    Guess we need spiecal people so people can have a job looking after them
    ? ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    ? ?
    Me never said Im not ones of thems
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Why the hell anyone would chose a .270 in this day and age is beyond me

    Guess we need spiecal people so people can have a job looking after them
    I think you will find the 270 is a bit more 'modern' than the 7x57.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    I think you will find the 270 is a bit more 'modern' than the 7x57.
    Firing its shitty bc pills its about as modern a mr caveman throwing a rock
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    Haha. Why so angry with the 270 @Toby?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Firing its shitty bc pills its about as modern a mr caveman throwing a rock
    Think you will also find that a 140gn 270 pill will have a better BC than a 7mm pill of the same weight (assuming exactly the same brand/type).
    Experience. What you get just after you needed it.

 

 

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