After reading greatbasin's post about his daughter passing her hunters saftey course and a GREAT report card.Congrats on her new rifle as well
I PM'd him and offered to do some velocity testing at lower charges.
Here is what I came up with
Temp 59
wind NNE @ 2 mph
humidity 51%
slight drizzle
The Chronograph is set @ 25 yards,I have no debris shield
Here is a picture of my set up today
The lead sled has 25 lbs of weight
And here is one looking through the scope downrange
First I shot the 50 cal Optima
4x16x40 IR centerpoint scope mil dot reticle
Started with 70 grn BH-209 with CCI-M primer
250 grn Shockwave with supplied black sabot
3 shot string
#1) 1418
#2) 1429
#3) 1454
Average 1433
Variance 36
Here is the 70 grn target with scope adjustments
Next I went to 80 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
250 grn SW
3 shot string
#1) 1527
#2) 1536
#3) 1513
Average 1525
Variance 23
90 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
250 grn SW
3 shot string
#1) 1648
#2) 1644
#3) 1622
Average 1638
Variance 26
I didn't go up to 100 as you mentioned she didn't like that.
I hope these 3 strings give you an idea of where to start with her
Next I decided to shoot the 240 grn TC Mag Express with the XTP Bullet,supplied black sabot.This testing was for me.
90 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
240 grn mag x with xtp bullet
5 shot string
#1) 1633
#2) 1644
#3) 1622
#4) 1596
#5) 1628
Average 1624
Variance 48
I bumped the charge up to 100 grn.
100 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
240 grn mag x with xtp bullet
3 shot string
#1) 1694
#2) 1709
#3) 1716
Average 1707
Variance 22
Next I shot the CVA Kodiak 45 cal with APP FFFG
4x16x40 IR centerpoint scope mil dot reticle
100 grn APP FFFg
Fusion primer
200 grn Hornady SST-ML
First string - 5 shots
#1) 1857
#2) 2070
#3) 2008
#4) 1811
#5) 1984
Average 1946
Variance 259
Second string - 6 shots
#1) 1891
#2) 1952
#3) 1624 (not sure what happened here,don't know if I seated it right)
#4) 2089
#5) 1966
#6) 1756
Average 1895
Variance 465
I don't have any other targets that I'm proud enough of to post.
Even with the lead sled I am all over the place.
All shots were killing shots but not what I'm looking for from a solid rest.
I think it's BB gun time.
I PM'd him and offered to do some velocity testing at lower charges.
Here is what I came up with
Temp 59
wind NNE @ 2 mph
humidity 51%
slight drizzle
The Chronograph is set @ 25 yards,I have no debris shield
Here is a picture of my set up today
The lead sled has 25 lbs of weight
And here is one looking through the scope downrange
First I shot the 50 cal Optima
4x16x40 IR centerpoint scope mil dot reticle
Started with 70 grn BH-209 with CCI-M primer
250 grn Shockwave with supplied black sabot
3 shot string
#1) 1418
#2) 1429
#3) 1454
Average 1433
Variance 36
Here is the 70 grn target with scope adjustments
Next I went to 80 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
250 grn SW
3 shot string
#1) 1527
#2) 1536
#3) 1513
Average 1525
Variance 23
90 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
250 grn SW
3 shot string
#1) 1648
#2) 1644
#3) 1622
Average 1638
Variance 26
I didn't go up to 100 as you mentioned she didn't like that.
I hope these 3 strings give you an idea of where to start with her
Next I decided to shoot the 240 grn TC Mag Express with the XTP Bullet,supplied black sabot.This testing was for me.
90 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
240 grn mag x with xtp bullet
5 shot string
#1) 1633
#2) 1644
#3) 1622
#4) 1596
#5) 1628
Average 1624
Variance 48
I bumped the charge up to 100 grn.
100 grn BH-209
CCI-M primer
240 grn mag x with xtp bullet
3 shot string
#1) 1694
#2) 1709
#3) 1716
Average 1707
Variance 22
Next I shot the CVA Kodiak 45 cal with APP FFFG
4x16x40 IR centerpoint scope mil dot reticle
100 grn APP FFFg
Fusion primer
200 grn Hornady SST-ML
First string - 5 shots
#1) 1857
#2) 2070
#3) 2008
#4) 1811
#5) 1984
Average 1946
Variance 259
Second string - 6 shots
#1) 1891
#2) 1952
#3) 1624 (not sure what happened here,don't know if I seated it right)
#4) 2089
#5) 1966
#6) 1756
Average 1895
Variance 465
I don't have any other targets that I'm proud enough of to post.
Even with the lead sled I am all over the place.
All shots were killing shots but not what I'm looking for from a solid rest.
I think it's BB gun time.