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[1K6BRA]

I had a new thousand yard rig put together over the winter. My goal has been to shoot a 5 inch group.I came reasonably close at the Williamsport world open this past weekend in unfavorable conditions.
I don’t know the sequence of the shots because they don’t do that for the two day shoot. But it has been bugging me ever since, 8 of them are in 3.75 inches,9 in 5.75 and the last one took it out to 10.3 inches.

 

[Keith Glasscock]

Hey, look, you shot a smiley face!

 

[Danoh]

Target seems to be smiling back at you. : )

Hah! you JUST beat me!

 

[mike a]

And it seems to be looking at the two that are out. Like hey, what are you guys doing over there?

 

[eric32]

Seem like you had a good powder node, did you grab a different lot of ammo mid string might explain the fliers.

 

[KMart]

Unfavorable conditions= wind gremlins. All kinds of little swirls and switches that aren't indicated on the flags.

 

[MrMajestic]

I heard conditions were not good.

 

[eric32]

I suggest you start with sorting or primers to prevent this kind of situation happening

 

[hogpatrol]

Dang, vertical AND horizontal.

 

[Joe Salt]

Looks to me like the Target I had the match before the World Open, the two at the top were when the sun was out and then went behind the clouds then drooped for the smile, and the one to the right you didn't get down there quick enough. let up!

Joe Salt

 

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View attachment 1115830 View attachment 1115829 View attachment 1115828 I had a new thousand yard rig put together over the winter. My goal has been to shoot a 5 inch group.I came reasonably close at the Williamsport world open this past weekend in unfavorable conditions.
I don’t know the sequence of the shots because they don’t do that for the two day shoot. But it has been bugging me ever since, 8 of them are in 3.75 inches,9 in 5.75 and the last one took it out to 10.3 inches.

1BAD, considering the rifle is new and the conditions I have heard about,you have a solid rig. I wouldn`t change anything until you can shoot in more favorable conditions to get a true test. With that said,you are still MOA + a pinch. When you get 8 rounds in 3.75 inches that shows great potential. Good shooting,and good luck. Jeff

 

[natdscott]

1BAD, considering the rifle is new and the conditions I have heard about,you have a solid rig. I wouldn`t change anything until you can shoot in more favorable conditions to get a true test. With that said,you are still MOA + a pinch. When you get 8 rounds in 3.75 inches that shows great potential. Good shooting,and good luck. Jeff

1Bad: I want you to re-read the above.

For several reasons, if there's a better post on the forum this month, I'd love to see it.

 

[1K6BRA]

To be honest I don’t leave every stone unturned in my reloading process. Those were just out of the box Berger 108’s not sorted in anyway. I have not gotten into weighing my primers either. I realize that to compete at a high-level there are some things I need to change. I have vapor trails on order but like a lot of others I have still not received them yet. The Bergers do seem to show promise. I have gotten it to inch groups at 500 yards pretty consistently. It is kind of hard for me to get to a 1000 yard range to work up the loads at that distance. I have only shot bigger calibers (6.5x47/ 284)and shooting this 6BRA is sure a lot of fun.