@BravoSector1 messaged me asking after this rifle I picked up for my wife. Been pretty busy so I hadn't done anything more than get the Zeiss LRP S3 6-36x56 mounted. <<<That scope is hard as hell for me to get behind BTW. Didn't notice it much when I was comparing it to my Trijicon Tenmile, but I sure did today. So he put the bug in my ear and I decided to break it out of the safe and see what it would do. Kinda lack luster results. Could be a bajillion reasons why, and I'm sure some of y'all will point them out to me
, but I have a few excuses ready. LOL.
Shot a hundred rounds of Wolf Match Extra at 100 yards. I was under the impression that the Match Extra was a step up in quality from the Wolf Match. But after today I really wonder if it isn't loaded a little hotter. I did not get my fancy new Garmin chrono out and I'm kinda wishing I had. Next time.
First target, first 10 rounds down the tube. About 2.5 MOA. When I mounted the scope originally I bore sighted it at about 50 yards.
Last target, last 10 rounds. About 2 MOA.
Now it's time for conditions and then excuses. Right around 32 degrees, it kept trying to snow. About 3900' elevation.
First excuse. I might not be as decent of a shot as I think I am.
Second. I was shooting on a slope off the tailgate of my side by side. I tried to get behind a Bog tripod that I bought a while back and I don't know if tripods just aren't for me or what, but that was terrible.
Third. There was a fair amount of wind that kept blowing the targets around. Though when I look at the targets it really doesn't look like it affected the outcome much, if at all.
Fourth. Looks like some of my issue was vertical stringing. I would not really have thought it until I went and grabbed my deadair mask after about 50 rounds. Once I threw the suppressor on I could hear that not very many of the shots were staying subsonic. And even in the shots that went supersonic I could hear a difference in them. So I figured I must be getting some hellacious inconsistency in velocity.
Fifth. I know I had some other B.S. I wanted to throw out here, but I can't think of it right now.
So I'm really hoping the Lapua Center-X I have on backorder does the trick. Proof told me that should be my go to. Everything I read about the Wolf made it seem like it should be decent. So maybe it was me. Maybe it was the rifle. Maybe it was the ammo. Or a combination thereof. I'm really hoping it was just the ammo! Oh and I didn't do anything special for barrel break in, right or wrong. I just shot the thing. Didn't do any, shooting, then cleaning, then shooting, or any of that. I figure at some point I'll develop a procedure, but I don't think there is a point to it just yet.
One last note, the rounds that stayed nice and quiet in their little subsonic flight seemed to go POA to POI. But again, I could just be wishing shit into reality. Lot of money for these kind of results, but I'm holding out hope that the rifle will redeem itself with the Center-X.
I've pulled some decent shots out of my ass a few times here and there in the past, but I've never shot over 400 yards. And I've never considered myself a PRS type guy. I love to shoot, but have a lot to learn. It almost pains me to show these targets for fear of making the rifle look bad, but you'll make your own decisions on that.
. Throwing a cheap bushnell on it for my kid to shoot plates with at 50 yards.
