I decided I wanted to stretch it out to a mile again here recently, but was tired of the amount of holdover I had to use in order to get there. I was shooting with my Vortex Viper PST 4-16x50 FFP in a 50 MOA Aadmount, and had to hold over 40 minutes to get me there! Not only that, with it in the 50 MOA mount the closest I could zero was 700 yards.
Those two things kept me from attempting the mile again for close to a year.
I finally decided to get the Nightforce SHV 4-14x56 with MOAR reticle and try again. The scope has 100 MOA of adjustment in the turrets, so I was hoping that with the 50 MOA mount I would be close to keeping my 100 yard zero. I wound up 6" high at 100 yards, but I'm fine with that. The vast majority of my shooting with this rifle is 500+ yards, so it's not too much of a bother to me. Not to mention it should be right around a 350yd zero, not the 700 that I needed with the Vortex.
I've got exactly 100 minutes of adjustment in the turrets from my zero, plus the 30 MOA reticle that is a SFP, so if I needed more holdovers I could always zoom out.
According to iStrelok, I would need 109 minutes to get me there. I knew this would be a little low due to the G1 drag curve (still haven't come up with a G7) and dropping well into the transonic range, but I figured it would at least get me close. I wound up needing 122 MOA (185') of drop!
I went out with a new shooting acquaintance that had only recently started shooting 1000 yards with his .308 and had never shot further. We set him out a 24" x 24" plate at 1200 yards to hopefully get him a new personal best, then drove out and hung my steel at 1760.
I let him go ahead and get set up and shoot the 1200 first, and after hitting 4/10 he was pretty happy with his new personal long range record. After his 10, we let his barrel cool down while I got set up for the mile.
I didn't have very much ammo with me, but wanted to see if I could make something happen. We originally left the phoneskope off, to make it easier for him to spot my first sighter shots. Looking back, I wish we hadn't. Because this is where things got really interesting. I set up and fired some sighter shots with FACTORY Hornady ammo. My first shot was about 30 yards short, and I was able to progressively walk it in from there. I wound up making contact on shots 4, 5, and 7 with the factory ammo! And not only that, all of my misses were within a foot of the target once I was dialed in!
After my first string of 10, we drove down to check the targets and take pictures. I just couldn't believe that the factory ammo shot that well! We set up and got the pictures, then drove back to set up and shoot again.
After he fired 10 more at his target at 1200, I set up for the mile again. This is the only video of an impact with the factory ammo, so I chose to share this one. I went on to hit another 2 shots with my remaining 5 rounds after the video ended.
All in all, it was a hell of a day to be out shooting and pushing into the realm of what most people wouldn't even consider as possible for this little cartridge!
**Not sure if the video will work or not. When I'm trying to view it on my desktop it says it's been moved or deleted, but on my iPhone or iPad it's still there. Stupid photobucket...**
Those two things kept me from attempting the mile again for close to a year.
I finally decided to get the Nightforce SHV 4-14x56 with MOAR reticle and try again. The scope has 100 MOA of adjustment in the turrets, so I was hoping that with the 50 MOA mount I would be close to keeping my 100 yard zero. I wound up 6" high at 100 yards, but I'm fine with that. The vast majority of my shooting with this rifle is 500+ yards, so it's not too much of a bother to me. Not to mention it should be right around a 350yd zero, not the 700 that I needed with the Vortex.
I've got exactly 100 minutes of adjustment in the turrets from my zero, plus the 30 MOA reticle that is a SFP, so if I needed more holdovers I could always zoom out.
According to iStrelok, I would need 109 minutes to get me there. I knew this would be a little low due to the G1 drag curve (still haven't come up with a G7) and dropping well into the transonic range, but I figured it would at least get me close. I wound up needing 122 MOA (185') of drop!
I went out with a new shooting acquaintance that had only recently started shooting 1000 yards with his .308 and had never shot further. We set him out a 24" x 24" plate at 1200 yards to hopefully get him a new personal best, then drove out and hung my steel at 1760.
I let him go ahead and get set up and shoot the 1200 first, and after hitting 4/10 he was pretty happy with his new personal long range record. After his 10, we let his barrel cool down while I got set up for the mile.
I didn't have very much ammo with me, but wanted to see if I could make something happen. We originally left the phoneskope off, to make it easier for him to spot my first sighter shots. Looking back, I wish we hadn't. Because this is where things got really interesting. I set up and fired some sighter shots with FACTORY Hornady ammo. My first shot was about 30 yards short, and I was able to progressively walk it in from there. I wound up making contact on shots 4, 5, and 7 with the factory ammo! And not only that, all of my misses were within a foot of the target once I was dialed in!
After my first string of 10, we drove down to check the targets and take pictures. I just couldn't believe that the factory ammo shot that well! We set up and got the pictures, then drove back to set up and shoot again.
After he fired 10 more at his target at 1200, I set up for the mile again. This is the only video of an impact with the factory ammo, so I chose to share this one. I went on to hit another 2 shots with my remaining 5 rounds after the video ended.
All in all, it was a hell of a day to be out shooting and pushing into the realm of what most people wouldn't even consider as possible for this little cartridge!
**Not sure if the video will work or not. When I'm trying to view it on my desktop it says it's been moved or deleted, but on my iPhone or iPad it's still there. Stupid photobucket...**
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