Thread: Is it reasonable to expect....

Cheers for that Neckshot, appreciated.

Well I went out and today after getting some bases sorted out and put 15 shots through it. Used 3 winchester 130gr soft points to get it on paper and the scope roughly where I wanted it. Cleaned the powder out but not the copper otherwise I'd be there all bloody day. Then put 3 x factory hornady 130gr SP which grouped .836" which friggin surprised me abit. Then put 3 x handloaded 140gr Sierra HPBT. Grouped terrible at 2". Then put another 3 x 140gr Sierra HPBT with a slightly hotter load by .5gr and they grouped at .878" which I was more than happy with. Then went out to 300yds and put 3 x factory hornady SP into a target I could barely see and that group measured just under 4 inches. Whilst not great I was more than happy with that considering the conditions. I'll load some more sierras up and do some more testing, but overall I'm fairly impressed with the rifle so far.

Cheers,
G