The format has been very nicely standardized at the NorCal Practical Precision Rifle Club. Yesterday I took the opportunity to put my new Spartan Precision Rifles 7SAUM to the test. They call it a monthly match, but I don't know many other places where I can put rounds on paper from 200 to 1,000 yards and have someone document each hole in the paper.
The format is pretty much a prone shooting activity, 50 rounds total, with 3 rounds per string of fire and then spotters placed in the target so you can see your effect for those 3 shots. At the end of the day you take your target and score sheet home. So, let's call this a 50 round group for accuracy testing -- its shot within about a 1 hour period from 200 to 1,000 yards.
The rifle I was testing yesterday is chambered in the 7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, which is a fricken marketing disaster and a huge mouthful to spit out so I call it a 7SAUM. The barrel is cut to 20" and the bullets are 180gn Berger VLD flying at 2920fps. Marc, over at Spartan Precision Rifles built the rifle on a McMillan A5 with a Surgeon RSR WSM action.
I sort of knew the rifle was a shooter, about three weeks ago I killed two elk with it (one at 260yds and one at 380yds), but I just didn't really know how accurate it could shoot...I mean, an elk is a huge target, right.
So, truth be told, my 50 round test ended up being a 47 round test as I unintentionally donated 3 nine-ring shots to someone else's target when shooting at the 900yd firing position. Other than that the image below shows my target (blue area is 20" x 30") with 47 holes marked with 3/4" white pasties.
This has got to be the most accurate rifle I have ever owned. Many thanks to Marc Soulie over Spartan for his dedication to producing amazing machines.
So, if you ever need to put your rifle to the 50 round accuracy test come on down to a NorCal monthly match and see how she holds up -- 3 or 5 round groups just seem silly now. ;-)
Here is a close up of the center of the target (the 10 ring is 6" x 4")
The format is pretty much a prone shooting activity, 50 rounds total, with 3 rounds per string of fire and then spotters placed in the target so you can see your effect for those 3 shots. At the end of the day you take your target and score sheet home. So, let's call this a 50 round group for accuracy testing -- its shot within about a 1 hour period from 200 to 1,000 yards.
The rifle I was testing yesterday is chambered in the 7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, which is a fricken marketing disaster and a huge mouthful to spit out so I call it a 7SAUM. The barrel is cut to 20" and the bullets are 180gn Berger VLD flying at 2920fps. Marc, over at Spartan Precision Rifles built the rifle on a McMillan A5 with a Surgeon RSR WSM action.
I sort of knew the rifle was a shooter, about three weeks ago I killed two elk with it (one at 260yds and one at 380yds), but I just didn't really know how accurate it could shoot...I mean, an elk is a huge target, right.
So, truth be told, my 50 round test ended up being a 47 round test as I unintentionally donated 3 nine-ring shots to someone else's target when shooting at the 900yd firing position. Other than that the image below shows my target (blue area is 20" x 30") with 47 holes marked with 3/4" white pasties.
This has got to be the most accurate rifle I have ever owned. Many thanks to Marc Soulie over Spartan for his dedication to producing amazing machines.
So, if you ever need to put your rifle to the 50 round accuracy test come on down to a NorCal monthly match and see how she holds up -- 3 or 5 round groups just seem silly now. ;-)
Here is a close up of the center of the target (the 10 ring is 6" x 4")
