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James Phillips, who holds the IBS 600-yd group record and was recently interviewed on 6mmBR.com showed this result of testing his .222 Rem both with and without flags.
JP: "Here is a example of the difference in using wind flags and not. This set of targets I shot this am with Wind Flags. Then,in photo 2) I went and loaded up the [24.0 gr load] and shot w/o flags.
Load Tests with wind Flags. Best Load = 24.0 Grain,One Hole)
Best Load,24.0 Grains), Shot WITHOUT Wind Flags:
JP: "Now here is the second set shot this afternoon with exactly 24.0 grns of the best load shot this am. The top targets are 5 shot groups with the one droped out the bottom the first shot from a cleaned cold barrel."
JP: "Here is a example of the difference in using wind flags and not. This set of targets I shot this am with Wind Flags. Then,in photo 2) I went and loaded up the [24.0 gr load] and shot w/o flags.
Load Tests with wind Flags. Best Load = 24.0 Grain,One Hole)
Best Load,24.0 Grains), Shot WITHOUT Wind Flags:
JP: "Now here is the second set shot this afternoon with exactly 24.0 grns of the best load shot this am. The top targets are 5 shot groups with the one droped out the bottom the first shot from a cleaned cold barrel."
