Spent the day at the range today and took a personal day. Wanted to verify Zero for the 50gr Fiocchi Vmax and the Corbon 62gr DPX hunting load I will be using for whitetail if I can get on my buddy's trip in November.
I cleaned her good a month or so ago so I figured I would run her through the Freedom Munition 55gr Vmax new factory ammo it was zeroed on to get her all warmed up (all dots shot from bench rest):
This load consistent puts out 1 - 1.5 MOA. So It was par for the course.
Next was the Fiocchi 50gr Vmax load (bench rest):
Top dots and the middle dots I was trying to verify my zero notes. Bottom 2 I finalized my zero. This load is very interesting consistently giving me sub MOA on all the shots.
Next was the hunting load Corbon DPX 62gr Barnes TSX (bench rest):
I only have 120 rounds of this with 2 boxes dedicated to zero and 200 yard grouping results. Top 2 dots and the middle dots I was figuring out the zero. Bottom 2 I was verifying…. yeah that's .300"
I also shot a 5 shot group on another target but I just didn't feel like walking down and retrieving it since I was trying to get a 200 yard target up. 4/5 shots were in the dot… one was a nasty pull (I felt it).
So lets see how this does at 200 yards, prone (first time shooting prone ever) using the BDC on my Nikon P223 scope:
5 shot group. I felt a pull on 2 shots and it shows. For hunting ammo I'm stupid impressed that's a solid hit on a deer.
I felt I could do better at prone though so I set up my 4" steel plate at 200 yards and used the FM 55gr Vmax to get some instant feed back… very impressed out of 10 shots I nailed 8 practically all grouped in the middle using the BDC on the Nikon P223:
God I love this rifle…. CLINK!!!!
I cleaned her good a month or so ago so I figured I would run her through the Freedom Munition 55gr Vmax new factory ammo it was zeroed on to get her all warmed up (all dots shot from bench rest):
This load consistent puts out 1 - 1.5 MOA. So It was par for the course.
Next was the Fiocchi 50gr Vmax load (bench rest):
Top dots and the middle dots I was trying to verify my zero notes. Bottom 2 I finalized my zero. This load is very interesting consistently giving me sub MOA on all the shots.
Next was the hunting load Corbon DPX 62gr Barnes TSX (bench rest):
I only have 120 rounds of this with 2 boxes dedicated to zero and 200 yard grouping results. Top 2 dots and the middle dots I was figuring out the zero. Bottom 2 I was verifying…. yeah that's .300"
I also shot a 5 shot group on another target but I just didn't feel like walking down and retrieving it since I was trying to get a 200 yard target up. 4/5 shots were in the dot… one was a nasty pull (I felt it).
So lets see how this does at 200 yards, prone (first time shooting prone ever) using the BDC on my Nikon P223 scope:
5 shot group. I felt a pull on 2 shots and it shows. For hunting ammo I'm stupid impressed that's a solid hit on a deer.
I felt I could do better at prone though so I set up my 4" steel plate at 200 yards and used the FM 55gr Vmax to get some instant feed back… very impressed out of 10 shots I nailed 8 practically all grouped in the middle using the BDC on the Nikon P223:
God I love this rifle…. CLINK!!!!