Well new toy, cigars on hold

[croatan]

Originally Posted by Roger Miller"

Bah! Iron all the way out to 1k - no problem

Oh, and get rid of that bi-pod and put decent sling on it

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rm

Wow.

Ben Avery is a good range. I've sighted rifles in there before. I had no idea there were guys doing that, though. Now I want to try it, thanks RM"

[ShawnP]

Originally Posted by Roger Miller"

Bah! Iron all the way out to 1k - no problem

Oh, and get rid of that bi-pod and put decent sling on it

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rm

I guess I am in now way the shooter you are Roger

[Roger Miller"]

Originally Posted by ShawnP

I guess I am in no way the shooter you are Roger

Nah, i'm a noob shooter, i'm just a Ludite at heart -- did i tell you, i use a flintlock?

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rm

[ShawnP]

Originally Posted by Roger Miller"

Nah, i'm a noob shooter, i'm just a Ludite at heart -- did i tell you, i use a flintlock?

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rm

LMAO I have a friend that uses black powder rifles. They are actually fun once in a while.

[Scott M]

The Varget loads were chrono-ing at a little over 2700fps. Theoretically I should have needed about 35.5MOA ele from the 100 yd zero, but I ended up using only 32.75MOA. Still had plenty of up ele left with the ST-10, (RSO suggested 38MOA... I was shooting 50+ inches high with his call!). USO has some really nice stock, semi-custom and fully custom scopes... at fully custom prices of course.

Whatever you end up with, get an adjustable objective to compensate for parallax. The first scope I had on the VS was Leupold VXIII, with a fixed objective. If I moved my head from the bottom of the visual field to the top, the reticle would displace by over 4" @100yds. The AO relieves you of this potential disaster.

About my loads... Gotta admit... my money load is 42.0 gr IMR 4895. 10 shot 100yd groups in the .4s all day long. Just won't get out to 1000. Varget seems to work really well in .308 rifles... frighteningly well, in fact. And oddly enough, there seems to be a range of loads that works equally well for each rifle. Dan Newberry re-thought up the Optimal Charge Weight for quite a few calibers, incl .308. I would STRONGLY suggest your using his method to develop a load suitable for your stick.

PM me if you wanna know about case prep. I tend to go overboard for a factory rifle. And PMs, as some of us can attest.

Some gun ****...



Remington 700 VS, with all the trimmings. Note the "custom" cheek pad!

And a recent heartbreak:



Anschutz 1813 Super Match. Gone but not forgotten.

[Roger Miller"]

Originally Posted by Scott M

And a recent heartbreak:



Anschutz 1813 Super Match. Gone but not forgotten.

WTF! you sold the Anschutz!?? and worse, you didn't offer it to me?
Now this is a story i'd like to hear. Man, that is a sweet rifle.

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rm

[ShawnP]

Scott thank you for all that information. When it gets closer to me having all I need I will PM you regarding the reloading part.

Nice rifle you got there man

Oh and this is the ranger we are going to check out since my current only goes to 300yrds.

http://www.mifflincosportsmens.com/facilities.htm


Shawn

[Charles]

Great news on the rifle. Cigars can wait. Just let us know if you start running low on sticks.

[Roger Miller"]

Originally Posted by ShawnP

Oh and this is the range we are going to check out since my current only goes to 300yrds.

http://www.mifflincosportsmens.com/facilities.htm


Shawn

Nice facility Shawn, looks to be full service.

This is the club i belong to. We just upgraded the indoor range, sound proofing and new ventilation system. That's where i spend my winters with my Anschutz Match 54.

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rm

[ShawnP]

Originally Posted by Roger Miller"

Nice facility Shawn, looks to be full service.

This is the club i belong to. We just upgraded the indoor range, sound proofing and new ventilation system. That's where i spend my winters with my Anschutz Match 54.

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rm

Nice, I like the pic of the 1000yrd targets. Man that is far as hell, I can't wait

[Eternal Rider]

Why not build a FN-FAL? I just finished building one to go along with the AR-15.
Going to take it out to the range and sight it in soon.

[Scott M]

Originally Posted by Roger Miller"

WTF! you sold the Anschutz!?? and worse, you didn't offer it to me?
Now this is a story i'd like to hear. Man, that is a sweet rifle.

Yeah... went to a great new home, though. Sometimes a mans gotta take a hit for the family. Starting to think about an air rifle for 10m later in the year, Insh'Allah. It'll let me shoot in the house if I can't make it to the range...which is pretty likely if I keep working the hours I am now.

Shawn, I gotta tell ya... 1k ain't hard to shoot. Just have to have consistant rifle, an MV of >2700fps with the 175gr, (although I've seen it done well with 168gr), your technique down well enough to shoot good groups and a decent wind strategy.

And some schmuck down range plotting your target!


Given anymore thought to your glass?


Scott"justwannbeaRifleman,sir"M

[ShawnP]

Originally Posted by Scott M

Given anymore thought to your glass?


Scott"justwannbeaRifleman,sir"M

Yeah some, I don't have a huge amount of cash to get this going so I am going with the Super Sniper 10X42 I believe. If I go with this scope the whole rifle setup should run me about $1200.

LMAO that's less then your scope

Down the road I can upgrade

[Scott M]

The SS oughtta do the trick. Mixed reviews when it was intro'd, but nothing that really detracted from it. 10X is fine for what you want to do.

While you're waiting, you can get some practice time in, compliments of Shooter Ready. A nice little mil dot sim for you to play with. PM sent about new scopes.


Bases... have you thought about your bases? Several have additional MOA built into them, (like the Badger Ordnance I have). Might not be necessary, but I like the additional insurance. Worth considering.


Scott"homeontherange"M

[Roger Miller"]

We need a gun forum here. Yeah, there are tons of them out there -- just would be nice to hang with the the crowd here at CS. I nominate Scott"shoottheeyesoffaflyat100yards"M to be the mod.

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rm