Long Range First Blood with the new 6BR,Awesome!!)

[6BR]

First Off, I LOVE THIS FREAKIN CARTRIDGE. It continues to amaze me. Today marked the first day the new custom 6BR would get it's first kills. The first Kill came at exactly 600 yards. My shooting partner classed a small ground squirrel grassing on some new green grass at exactly 600 yards. I put 11.50 MOA of elevation into the Nightforce NXS 8x32x56 held just a tad for the wind and let the 105grn A-Max rip. I followed through with the shot and WAM!! nailed that little vermin on the first try. I was thrilled to say the least. We continued to make hit after hit from 400 to 600 yards. However, now the real fun would Begin, we spotted some more squirrels feeding at 825 yards. I put in 20.00 MOA and held just a tad again for the wind and let the 105grn V-Max rip, MISSED, just a little to the left, elevation good. Lucky for me the squirrel just looked around and tried to figure out what happened. This time I held on the first windage mark and let the 105grn A-Max fly, HIT!!! Killed him instantly. Found another one feeding at 830 yards and killed him too. It was awesome day for me. I am so impressed with this little cartridge. It's a varmints worst nightmare.

 

[BradY]

Awesome.

Question with clicking the scope up to the elevation, obvioulsy the scope has either 1/4 or 1/8MOA clicks at 100yds. So if you sight the rifle at 100yds do you then do say 20 clicks to get 5 MOA at the targets range? Or do yo have to work out how much a click is at the target range?

 

[6BR]

Like you said, if I need 5 MOA, I click twenty 1/4 clicks to get to 5 MOA. I hope that helps?

 

[BradY]

cheers mate, no worries i will try that for a change. I always just hold over with the mil dot scope but havent shot that far yet.

And just for the record one MOA is in inch isnt it?

 

[AJ172SBCT]

And just for the record one MOA is in inch isnt it?

1.047 inch or 26.5938 mm to be exact but the difference is so small that you can see why we use 1 MOA = 1 inch. Much easier to work with.

Jacques

 

[DukeDuke]

At a 100 yards that is. 200 yards 1moa=2in.and so forth

 

[tmason1]

BradY,
I quit counting clicks, can be confusing at times,IMO). I have a MOA ballistics card attached to my rifle. I zeroed my rifle and reset the elevation turret to 0,zero). Range the target and dial in the MOA per the yardage. 5 MOA is the number 5 on my scope's elevation, 5.25 MOA is 5 and the first hashmark, 5.5 MOA is 5 and the second, etc. If counting clicks works for you, then use it.

 

[AckleyImproved]

AS said. work in MOA not clicks and zero the turrent to zero before you start.

Cheers
AI

 

[Dave223]

G'day Ackley.
What do you mean by that? Do you mean get the 100 yard zero with the indicator on the turret set to zero?

Cheers

Dave

 

[JHardy]

Dave:

As one of the other posters mentioned, get a no-wind zero at a given range with your go to favorite load -- like 300 yards for example. With that information in hand, most turrents have set screws that allow you to Zero the turrents. This will be your "base line."

From tables or actual practice,better), work up a "click chart" or an "MOA" chart as a quick reference. When you put your range finder on the target to establish the range, then you can click to the elevation you need. After each hit, it is a good idea to return to the base line Zero so you don't get lost in the turrent turns.

Also, if you plot your shots and draw a few diagrams, you will learn to "picture" what a certain condition looks like. That will assist greatly with wind reads.

If you are shooting a selected location with high value long range targets, stake out a flag that shows the velocity of the wind and another that is shows direction -- the location needs to be such that the direction flag is blowing straight at you or straight away. It becomes very easy to judge witch side the direction flag is on before you break your shot. When you find the direction and velocity flags to fit your condition, you will hammer.

This is exactly what we have to do in long range prone and Palma except that the distance is known and the flags are already there.

As an aside, you must have a very straight up reticle to take full advantage of a click chart. If the reticle is not vertical, i.e., the scope is not perfectly vertical in the rings, then you will get windage changes when you click for vertical. There is a great feature on Sniper's Hide about how to get all this square on a one-piece base.

I hope this helps,
Jim Hardy

P.S. There is a story about a very famous international Palma shooter who found a unique way of reading the direction flag. The match he was shooting in had flags of course, but their placement indicated a good velocity read but none were good for direction.

The shooter found a good direction flag on a building behind him and to his right. Of course, this was a difficult read because he would have to break position.

It just so happens that when the shooter was setting out his kit on the 1000 yd line, he bent over and ripped his trousers. But, he was not discouraged. Each time he felt the wind come from behind and into his ripped trousers, he broke the shot perfectly.

He won the match.

 

[Dave223]

Jim,

Thank you for your information, very nicely written. I will take that on board when I stake out the 500 metre range on the farm next time I'm there. I also have to work out a click chart.

Thanks again.

Dave