Thread: Another Trip to the Range

Greetings All,
It was range day today for a little 110 metre rifle range I frequent. I had been fiddling with my Remington VSSF in .223 and had used it recently in a 300 yard shoot. Regrettably the barrel has a 12 inch twist which limits the projectiles to 60 grains or thereabout. The standard load is with the 60 grain Hornady VMax which shoot easily better than I. Fossicking around in the shed turned up several hundred of the Hornady 55 grain soft point projectiles perhaps I could use these on calmer days at 300 yards to eke out the VMax projectiles but where would they shoot? A cunning plan was hatched. As it was range day and I had nothing better to do three shots of each of the 55 and 60 grain projectiles were fired at separate targets using the same kit as used at 300 yards. Both groups were sub MoA with the 60 grains 110mm above point of aim and the 55 grains 130mm. This was with the sights still set for 275 metres (300 yards). Back home the trajectory charts for each round with a zero at 275 metres were consulted. Both rounds worked out to 115mm above point of aim so two or three clicks down for the 55 grains should do it.
About this time many of you may be wondering what is the old fudd on about. Why doesn't he just buy a bunch of the 60 grain or better get the rifle rebarrelled for something better? All I can say is that we are all products of the generation into which we are born. In my case born in the immediate post war period and raised by parents who were children in the depression has left its mark. It's just the way we are.
Regards Grandpamac.