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That should be fine . me I would practice from 50yds to 150 max. and see the results and there you will find what's best for you . Good luck & good shooting !
Yes. Barrel was cool every shot. I did about 15 shots over a 3 hour period.Was your barrel cooled down when you your Shots started spreading?
Range at Bragg is only 100. Sighting in 1 inch high and I should have a MPBR of 135. That will be my max range.That should be fine . me I would practice from 50yds to 150 max. and see the results and there you will find what's best for you . Good luck & good shooting !
I am keeping my circle 4 inches vs. 6. I just think that's a little too much for error on a smaller deer.At 100 yds hit you're target about 11/2 in. high & you're PBR should be good for 150 yds ,if you what to shoot that far. Me thats my limit , thats me , but you're choice ! Hope this helps .
I was shooting was at 100 yards. 50 yards was never mentioned, so I am not sure where that came from. The breechplug i replaced was beand new and provided the same results as the one I removed. Also, the rifle was cleaned multiple times toward the last 4-5 rounds and printing eratically to the top right, as shown in the picture and shooting analysis I provided. There are burms on both sides and the back of the range. Wind was minimal.Interesting accuracy-change issue, USAF Ret. I am assuming your are still shooting at 50 yds. Sure makes groups look great, but if you plan hunting shots from 50-150 and are wanting a clean kill, I sure would be shooting at 100 yds rather than 50. Also, wind plays hell with ML bullets in a great many instances, and ballistic coefficient is almost meaningless, to best of my knowledge, at ordinary ML velocities and shooting less than 200 yds. So a number of bullets will give good accuracy for deer to 150 without paying an arm and a leg for them.
If you hadn't changed breech plugs then I would have pointed you right there, and if the second plug was new or had had its touchhole gently cleaned out and it was still about .032 to .034 D. , you should should have been good to go in that department. But if both breechplugs had had their 1/8" D. initial ignition hole cleaned out but not the critical touchhole portion, then I'd sure give a look at that parameter. I've written a good bit about this issue elsewhere on this forum, and how a dedicated BH 209 breecplug -- shortened and frontally cupped is the perfect thing for shooting BH.
But yes, try a different scope first and don't assume that's the problem and buy one right off the bat. Reasons: a bit of left-right wind may have picked up as you were shooting and if not using wind flags, especially at the muzzle, then bingo- hits going to the right. And if meanwhile your touchhole was fouling out you might very well get higher hits at 50, and that's because poorer ignition of your BH 209, or other powder too, means lessened velocity. That equates to longer barrel-time for your bullet, and since muzzle is rising already due to recoil phase the bullet actually can hit higher at 50 yds.. So your bullet actually hits higher at 50 yet likely lower by the time it reaches 100, compared to the prior shooting with a perfect touchhole -- when velocity was topnotch.
Yes, esoterica of shooting here, but MLs magnify problems seen in cartridge shooting, or have unique problems of their own.
Did you try adjusting your scope, first vertically and next horizontally, giving the adjustment area a couple of hand whacks after each adjustment just in case the mechanism was getting cranky ( a good practice anyway!)
Aloha, Ka'imiloa
If you're keeping shots under 200 yards, another thought might be to use a little lighter bullet. In my Accura V2 I use a .451 XPB Barnes pistol bullet in a black sabot ahead of 77 weighed grains of Bh209.... about 110 grains by volume. I get 1." accuracy with this bullet and 63 weighed grains of BH209 [90 by volume] but the group will shrink to about 3/4" for five shots at 100 yards using the heavier load. I've shot three deer well into the 160-170 yard distance with this bullet and have had all three as pass thru's and simply flattened each deer on the spot. Recoil at the heavier charge weight is still very manageable and I seldom have even loaded after the first shot so when hunting it's not like sitting at a range bench. Those 240 grain XPBs are ugly accurate,I’ll take accuracy over velocity every day and twice on Sunday.
Yes, have it on a 308 bolt action...no problems so far.Anyone use a Vortex Crossfire II?
Yessir. All with your help. Thanks again.Double Thumbs up on you're target group , now you're ready to go blast em !!
I own two of these scopes as well. I wish I would have had the wait time. I bought both of mine from Midway when they had the $199 sale before. Thanks.I'm too late but thought I would add another scope to the list. Midway has been running an off and on sale on the Vortex Diamondback HP 3-12x42 for $199, regular Midway price is $399. I gotta tell you guys this is a damn good scope for $199. I have one on my Savage 220 slug gun, one on one of my AR's and one on two of my muzzleloaders. My smokeless Encore has a Vortex Viper HP that I bought 1/2 off at Midway (I should have bought more of those!).
I have shot a lot of rounds with all of these rifles, probably well over 250 rounds and the AR over 1000 rounds. This scope has performed flawlessly. Turrets are crisp and precise and the glass is very clear edge to edge.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2420141935?pid=141935
Much appreciated. Hoping the same, but I will settle for a doe in the freezer. Haha.Glad you got it figured out and you persisted till it was right. Happy hunting buddy. Can't wait to see your next post with a monster buck on the ground.
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