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Lapua SLR versus 338 Norma for longrange? It really is about Lapua SLR ammo.

Tried to think of a catchy title for this thread something like 338 Norma versus 22 Rimfire for Long Range or 22 Rimfire humbles a 338 Norma at Rayners Range today or some other catchy title but not sure what I'll do. This is mainly a thread about our day out and some things to pass along to others. The day started out with my Son and I heading out to Rayners Range so he could check some midrange settings on his 338 Norma for an upcoming ELR event. We took along our 22 rimfires since Tom also has a really nice 22 steel plate course with racks from 25 yards out to 250 yards. Similiar to mine but has more distance.

We stopped off at Toms 100 yard sight-in range so he could check his 100 yard zero, first cold bore shot a bullets width right of center and the second elongating the hole more towards center. Good nuff' he said and up the road we went to his lower half of the range which has targets from 235 yards out to 550 yards for his first half of his CF matches. He wanted to get a check at 500 and there was a rack at 487 which was close enough. There were 4 others at this stage so he got ready as the others were shooting. His first shot was 1" below center with the second splatters touching. He swung over and called the bolt on the 4"x6" plate and caught the right side of the bolt. Good Nuff" again.

You can't go up on the hill to shoot the 1000 yard plates since it's in the same series of racks being used at this location and you'd be shooting over top of their heads so we had to wait. While waiting he got out his Old Faithful Izhmash 22 LR toggle gun with a new 7-35 Arken on it. He'd previously got a good zero at our range but hadn't tried it out any farther. One of the other shooters asked what it was and Chris said a 22. Ahhh, what case you using since he had a 22 BR he was playing with. This is a 22 rimfire, what you going to shoot at here?

Chris dialed in the setting for 487 yards which I'll edit in later due to him being at work right now. He's using Strelok Pro and used his Kestrel for wind and came up with 2 Mil coming in from the right. They all were kinda watching and I kidded Chris "if you get a first round hit I'll buy lunch at the Zanesville Chinese buffet". I got down behind the Kowa spotting scope, he got ready and shot. I was looking for a trace since the 338 had a beautiful trace all the way to the target. I was just opening up my mouth to say I didn't see anything and we heard the distant distinct "DING". I could not believe it, I didn't see the impact due to it being a red target and didn't show the little hit. He shot again and it went just under it so his hit had to be low. He made a slight adjustment and ran 4 more hits. Then he angled over on the little 4x6 inch 30 point plate and again got a hit. His second shot at it did miss about an 1 1/2" off the left which is amazing.

OK, not many will believe it which I really don't care, there were 4 others there watching that couldn't believe it but we've shot that far at Rayners with our 22s quite a few times before, one of my videos is on Youtube hitting the 500 yard 16" target 8 out of 10 times a few years ago. He went on to check his 1000 yard setting and all went well as expected. We had a great lunch at the Buffet but was $30.00 poorer due to a poor wager.

Later that day I went over to meet up with a buddy that had just finished up a set of Long Gong targets (8", 6" and 4") set at 300 yards at a buddies range close by to home. I had my Remington 40X in a McCrees chassis with an Arken SH-4. I call this gun Old Faithful due to it's always been my best go long range gun. The wind at Rayners was pretty steady but here at Hoo Doo Valley it swirls, switches and just do Hoo Doo things that are crazy. Really tough range but offers a real challenge.

I set up the Garmin Chronograph to see how this same batch of Lapua Super Long Range Chris used at Rayners would do and have some data to share. I think I shot 11 shots to see how his targets would move when hit to make keeping score easy. They worked perfect, might get a center hit, then 3 inches off the right, then 6 inches off the left but elevation was really really great. EXT SPRD was 18.7 fps and STD DEV was 4.8 fps. Thats why it shoots so well. A buddy that was there wanted to try the two different versions of Wolf Target. We always thought the Old Wolf shot better than the new stuff so this should show up on the Garmin.

He shot the New stuff first and fired 10 shots, Wasn't very impressive with verticle hits on the 300 yard target.The EXT SPRD was 41.2 FPS and STD DEV was 11.6 fps. He then fired 9 shots of the Old Wolf with EXT SPRD 25.2 fps and STD DEV was 8.1 fps. It did had a bit better verticle spread on the 300 yard target. I know, I keep saying it's AMMO AMMO AMMO and don't care what equipment you bring but this does show there is a big difference especially at distance.

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So, which gun did better today at Rayners? The 338 Norma shooting nice tight groups out to 1000 and even out past 2000 yards or the lowly little 22 rimfire struggling and clawing it's way to get him hits at 487 yards? Both are winners to us but just does go to show you the little bugger can surprise when Mother Nature blesses us with a very consistent condition, nearly any slight change in wind, temperture, humidity, lighting or if someone sitting beside you on another bench looks at you weird groups or hits are a thing of the past and leaves you thinking bad things to say or blame it on.

Know this is long but thought it might be entertaining and maybe even contain a bit of info someone can find useful. Until we started playing with Lapua SLR or RWS R50 we had no idea there was another level of accuracy above what our old Wolf, SK Bia. other similiar ammo was giving us all these years. You may still get a round out of the good ones but it may be enough to catch an edge hit instead of dropping down under a small target. None of this may pertain to 50 yard Benchrest but seeing it happen at longer distances is a real eye opener to those not used to using Top Shelf ammo. You also gotta remember this was shot with a factory barreled Izhmash and an Arken scope. Not a high dollar setup and is the same gun that won the Iron Element ELR 22 rimfire match last year with 6/7 hits at 400 yards on a 12" plate with over 20 moa of wind dialed in. Makes ya wonder where to put the money when getting into longrange rimfire shooting?

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Kraft Data Driven Training: Try This

Sniper's Hide and Chris Way of Kraft are partnering up to collect some data from Shooters.

Chris is a very data-driven shooter, he is a competitive shooter and loves to analyze data. He Krafted a precision rifle course of fire designed to be shot at 100 yards and collect data from multiple positions.

To get into the background, Chris is training for Assassins Way and has competed in several national level precision rifle events. You can follow his YT Channel or Instagram Account. For further background, you can listen to Chris on the Precision Rifle Podcast.

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The idea of this target is to shoot multiple positions, this is meant to be dynamic, to replicate positions one might find in the field or in competition.

We are looking at the basic position, all supported.

  • Standing
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
  • Prone
Supported Positions

We want a minimum of 3 shots per position, and make it realistic. Don't build a better position because you are not on the clock. We want you to engage these positions clean and free, on-demand. In other words, don't use a bench with additional support, we want this to be as organic as possible.

Use the calibrated target below, we don't need comment on the paper, but details will help. We are strictly collecting data to compare across a wide range of shooters. We want just want you to post a picture of your group, If you want to discuss that is no problem at all, the more discussion the better. But the reality is Chris simply needs the image of the shot group.

I would recommend a tripod, but a barricade is an easy way to accomplish this drill.

If you want to include caliber and rifle information that is no problem at all. We are really just looking at the group.

Download the target, go out to 100 yards and shoot the positions, Then post your image here or email to Chris at the address on the PDF.

You shoot the same target for each position, we are looking at the overall total group size based on the changes in position

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Reloading Equipment Big .30 cal bullet sale

Offloading a bunch of bullets as I never ended up building a 300 WSM and shoot bigger stuff in my 300 NM. All prices are per box and include shipping. I'd greatly prefer to ship a guy multiple boxes, particularly of the 100 ct boxes. We can probably work something out if you want all 500 of a certain type, etc.

If you're so inclined to building a new 30 cal, I do have a 30 cal proof carbon 22" 1:9 blank listed for sale as well as 200 pieces of 300 WSM (Norma) brass.

Berger 208 LRHT$180.00
Berger 200 Hybrid (SPF)$60.00
200 Accubond (sold)$50.00
212 ELD-X (sold)$45.00
178 ELD-X (sold)$45.00
Badlands BD2 195$135.00

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Firearms Custom Kelbly LA 300WSM

I had plans of going out west for an elk hunt this year but that is not going to happen for a few years so putting this up on the block for the time being.

Long action Kelbly Atlas Lite
Proof CF 26" long 1 in 9 twist threaded 5/8-24
Manners EH 1 bedded to action
Hawkins Hunter BM
Hawkins long action mag with spacer
Area 419 arca section
TT diamond flat face
180 rounds through it and in really good shape. Can't find really any blemishes on it.

Also have 50 rounds of unknown munitions loaded with 215 bergers to custom specs for this rifle.

Total weight of rifle and scope with no muzzle device and empty mag is 9 lbs 8oz.

Suppressor, scope, and rings not included.

$3000 shipped FFL to FFL

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SOLD 2 vets no name V2 and 55mm ball head $630 for the pair shipped @MrCleaners

I have a used like new V2 and 55mm ball head.

Pm for questions for maybe more pics if needed. No marks but pics have a ton of dust. This was before the rubber twisty things on the leg ajustable locks.

$630 for the pair shipped
$185 for the ball head
$445 for the tripod.


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Firearms Sig Sauer MCX Canebrake- Virtus Gray 300 Blackout

Very nice condition and a little rarer color for the canebrake. This model is chambered in 300 Blackout. It has a Triggertech MCX trigger and Radian Raptor installed. It will come with the faux suppressor and Magpul pro irons as well as the SB brace. Does not come with the Eotech but can include a Vortex UH-1 instead. Asking $2500 OBO.

Looking to do F2F local to DFW TX on this one.

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Accessories MPR Chassis Q fix stock

MPR short action chassis with the 14" handguard and a Q fix stock with the big butt pad and crutch added to it.

Stock has a small cut out of the handguard to fit Remington 700 rails and has been filed down at the ejection section to accommodate larger short action bolt openings

Would trade for a manners or other stock no chassis please

$850 shipped

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SOLD $old

Very lightly used Zeiss Conquest HDX LRP binos for sale. 15x56 model, with mil reticle. Zero marks on housing or glass. Comes with everything included from the factory (lens covers, arca adapter, case, etc).
$old tyd

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Accessories Envision MARS on sale at SOK!

We have a few MARS Lc and MARSc in stock and ready to ship!
We are offering $1k off the list price until Sunday! Just text or give me a call at 214-507-7208 to take advantage of this deal.

These MARS units are very nice, solve quickly, and look cool (this is most important).
Complete with AB inside, Kestrel compatablilty, the 1550nm LRF performs very well.
The Lc models have a vis laser to make zeroing it very easy. The C models get a IR laser and illuminator aswell.

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SOLD LTT HK P30L with Optic Cut

For sale is a excellent condition P30L purchased from LTT. 200 rounds fired

Has the original box and papers
Comes with original trigger and trigger assembly
Comes with the GG flat trigger and 12# SRT
2 17 Round mags
1 20 round mag
Comes with LTT RMR plate installed
Comes with additional 509t plate

Asking $1100 shipped OBO from me to your FFL. If your FFL requires from an FFL add $50 to the price

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SOLD MagPul PRS Stock (Gen-2) Like New 308 Version with Extra's

I have a MagPul PRS (Gen-2) Stock up for sale. These are no longer available and hard to find as MagPul replaced them with their less popular Gen-3 version that nobody really likes. This one is the 308 caliber version and is Like New. This was a take off from a Like New GAP-10 Rifle that I recently sold and the buyer had a different stock for it and didn’t need this one. I had an extra extension tube, spring and buffer lying around that came off another 308 Rifle, I believe it was from an Armalite AR10 308, that I will include, plus I am including a B&T Accu-Shot Monopod to complete the look. This is a Complete Stock Assembly ready to install on your 308 Rifle or Build.

Only $OLD Shipped.



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SOLD Kahles K540I DLR SKMR4+

SOLD! Kahles K540I DLR SKMR4+ RSW (10720). This is a new scope that has never been mounted. It’s way too much scope for the rifle I intended to put it on. The scope will come in the original Box with all the original paperwork and accessories/neoprene cover. Additional accessories include a set of Kahles objective and ocular flip caps. Selling for $$$, Not interested in any trades at this time. Price includes shipping to the lower 48 , UPS adult signature required. PayPal F&F for the form of payment.
I will only sell to established Hide members that I can verify through their previous transactions and feedback.

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