I just got this thing last week and couldn't get to the range due to work and family commitments until today. Didn't prepare well and was in too much of a rush. Didn't bring my tool kit out with me so I couldn't set the zero on my turrets. Was 5 minutes from the range (which is over an hour away from me) before I remembered that I was supposed to try to find some ammo along the way. Anyway, I had a few rounds of .308 with me and I did find a gardening/landscaping shop that had three boxes of FGMM 175 SMKs they could sell me.
First the porn:
Now the real porn:
Temp was around 70 degrees with varying wind direction, 5-7mph with gusts of over 10. All shots done prone, on an Atlas, with a rear-bag I made. It took three shots to zero the rifle, after which I cleaned it, then shot the following 5 shot group as part of break-in. I was trying to put together a decent group, but I rushed through this a bit as I really just wanted to foul/clean the barrel. This was a 1 year old lot of FGMM 175gr SMK that came in a different box than what I bought today. The BC differs from the stuff I bought according to the back of the boxes, but velocities are the same.
5 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
100 yards
0.408"
0.392 MOA
Finished cleaning, and had three rounds of hand-loaded 185 juggernauts that were the same charge and seating depth from a test-series lot I received last year
3 shots
McCourt Munitions 185 Juggernaut
100 yards
0.228"
0.219 MOA
Next up I pulled out one of the new boxes of FGMM 175gr SMKs I picked up on the way to the range.
3 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
100 yards
0.149"
0.143 MOA
That was good. I mangled the next group bad with a flyer, bad as in ~0.4 MOA bad. Then I put down this one. Note that the shot above this group, and the shot below this group were two out of the three shots taken to zero the rifle.
3 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
100 yards
0.120"
0.115 MOA
Lastly, I went on over to the 300 yard line. Took a few rounds to get the come-up, but then took my time and put down this one:
3 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
300 yards
0.513"
0.164 MOA
Obviously, I'm quite happy (f'n ecstatic is a better term) with the performance here. And I suck. I mean, I had another bolt-action for about a year between 2019 and 2020 and put a few hundred rounds down range, but other than that year, I haven't touched anything larger than a 5.56 or anything at all with a manual bolt since 2001. I read wind like I read French. Hint, I can't read French at all.
Let me know if anyone has any questions. This thing is a hell of a piece of mechanical engineering.
@MikeRTacOps, @FCS
First the porn:
Now the real porn:
Temp was around 70 degrees with varying wind direction, 5-7mph with gusts of over 10. All shots done prone, on an Atlas, with a rear-bag I made. It took three shots to zero the rifle, after which I cleaned it, then shot the following 5 shot group as part of break-in. I was trying to put together a decent group, but I rushed through this a bit as I really just wanted to foul/clean the barrel. This was a 1 year old lot of FGMM 175gr SMK that came in a different box than what I bought today. The BC differs from the stuff I bought according to the back of the boxes, but velocities are the same.
5 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
100 yards
0.408"
0.392 MOA
Finished cleaning, and had three rounds of hand-loaded 185 juggernauts that were the same charge and seating depth from a test-series lot I received last year
3 shots
McCourt Munitions 185 Juggernaut
100 yards
0.228"
0.219 MOA
Next up I pulled out one of the new boxes of FGMM 175gr SMKs I picked up on the way to the range.
3 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
100 yards
0.149"
0.143 MOA
That was good. I mangled the next group bad with a flyer, bad as in ~0.4 MOA bad. Then I put down this one. Note that the shot above this group, and the shot below this group were two out of the three shots taken to zero the rifle.
3 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
100 yards
0.120"
0.115 MOA
Lastly, I went on over to the 300 yard line. Took a few rounds to get the come-up, but then took my time and put down this one:
3 shots
FGMM 175gr SMK
300 yards
0.513"
0.164 MOA
Obviously, I'm quite happy (f'n ecstatic is a better term) with the performance here. And I suck. I mean, I had another bolt-action for about a year between 2019 and 2020 and put a few hundred rounds down range, but other than that year, I haven't touched anything larger than a 5.56 or anything at all with a manual bolt since 2001. I read wind like I read French. Hint, I can't read French at all.
Let me know if anyone has any questions. This thing is a hell of a piece of mechanical engineering.
@MikeRTacOps, @FCS
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