07-18-2013, 11:45 AM
oklahomaman Wrote:Let's see some actual 500 yard and up Grendel targets.
The round is capable of outstanding accuracy, show what you have done with it!
OKMAN:
Too bad I threw out a couple of targets I shot a few years ago at 600 yards. Two consecutive five shot groups, each one at about 3/4 minute. I kept those targets for years but finally tossed them out. I don't normally keep targets around but in this case I did.
The groups were shot in very still conditions with a perfect light overcast. I shot them off of a couple of G.I. sand bags with a Nightforce tactical scope @ 10X. I shot one group and drove to the pits to see, came back to the firing line and shot the next group. So, it was more than chance or luck.
What did it prove? That a rifle with a decent barrel and accurate loads is capable of very good accuracy given one removes the environment as a variable.
I also sheared a bolt lug a couple of shots later. The load was 120 SMK with 30 grains of 2520 in case you want to know.
LR1955