Thread: using rear guns bags in the field ?

so still waiting on the new rear bag setup from TM . . . while i am waiting i decided over the last 2 days to do some target type / drop tests out to 600yrds for a comparison to see if there is any improvement with the new setup.

started with a zero at 100yrds putting the bullets inside a 1/2 inch square target . . then shooting in 100 yard steps 200, 300, 400, 500 without adjusting elevation to make sure the bullets impacted onto a vertical line, then measuring each drop to make sure they agreed with strelok, which they did . . . then out to 600 yards dailing up.

i got some great groups as ya do . . but the worst were just inside .5MOA & those are the ones i look at as the true ability of me and the rifle setup.

i shot each group then walked down to the target then back again before firing the next group, the idea is to be close to my heart rate etc as i would be while out varminting.

small problem i had was where i shot from, it was against a tree line shooting across a gully . . . so i never really new what the wind was doing when i took the shot . . . only how it was when i walked down to the target and back.

my measure of success is can i put my bullets inside a 2.5 inch ( 65mm) target at any range . . . it was all good untill i went past 500 yards, thats when i had trouble, only 1 in 4 were inside the target at 600 yards . . none were more than 2 inches off target . . but its still a miss.

went out bunny busting after each session and tried for some 600-650 yard rabbits but couldnt manange a hit . . . within a few inches at times but not close enough, next time



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