11-23-2019, 11:47 AM
Klem Wrote:It is unusual that with a 308 you can hit at 500 but have sketchy results at 600, unless the target is smaller than your ability to shoot at that range, or something in the system has changed (e.g. the wind was less predictable). Are you using the same size target at these ranges? How big is it?
Yeah, it was weird. I could ping the 500 target like three times in a row (granted, it was swinging so I was hitting outer edges), but at 600 I got lost. On a box of 20 rounds I only found the target 3 times ( I thought I only hit twice but my spotter said that I did it a 3rd time. I didn't see it, though). Rifle was an Armalite AR-31 .308 with a Nightforce NXS 5.5-22x56 shooting Sako Super Hammerhead 150gr.
I made the turret changes (per the ballistic app) like I had for 300, 400 and 500, all with good success, but 600 was ellusive for some reason. I have no doubt I'm the weakest link in the "system", my 55-year-old eyes arent what they used to be. Although, in my defense, the wind was whipping pretty good that day...I remember wishing I had brought a jacket with me.
All the targets, I believe, were 4 MOA-size, AR500 steel. The range where I shoot ( Triple C in Cresson, TX) have multiple lanes which have targets ranging from 6-8 MOA down to 2 MOA size, and there?s a target every 100 yards on every lane.
Im going back on Monday to sight-in the Grendel and see how far I can take it out. Will post results afterward.