6xc at 1 mile

[Dski48]

Here in SC at the range I shoot at they have a 1 mile shoot once a month. I'd like to try it out but I'm curious how the 115 dtac or 112 Barnes match burners does going transonic. My current load drops subsonic before a mile. Both loads shoot sub moa so excluding my shooting are either of those bullets capable of making repeatable, accurate shots at 1 mile?

 

[jasent]

You don’t mention a twist rate

I have not shot either of those but in my 7t 243 I have shot the 115 Berger’s at one mile. Toughest part is seeing the splash

 

[Dski48]

Sorry the rifle is a ARC Nucleus action, 26" stainless select shilen barrel with a 1:7.5 twist, trigger tech special set at 1ish pounds, MPA Hybrid chassis, Burris XTR 2 3-15 mil and it's in a Warne skyline mount

 

[Dski48]

I've shot the dtac's to 1000 yards with very good results. I don't usually measure group sizes but when shooting a 10" plate at 1k the rounds all hit on roughly half the plate. So in my estimation they are between 1/2 and 3/4 moa

 

[jasent]

I’ve heard of guys transitioning with the dtacs but nothing of the Barnes. I’d try both and report back

Like I said before though seeing the impact of these little pills is tough past 1500.

 

[Dski48]

From what I've been told of mile day there are like 5 spotters usually so hopefully someone will see something lol.

 

[Dski48]

I'll load up the 115s and try them out next mile day that lines up with my schedule. On a side note what magnification do you usually use when shooting 1 mile?

 

[jasent]

16-20 depends on what rifle and how bad the mirage is

 

[Steel head]

This should be interesting
The hard part is going to be seeing splashes.
My magnification is usually between 18 and 29 depending on conditions or if I’m self spotting.

 

[Bravo6niner]

I’m typically in the 4000-7000da range here in Colorado but the couple times I’ve shot to 1580 with my 6xc and dtac’s accuracy was awesome. I was using an AIAX with a 1-7.5”, 23” barrel running the dtacs fairly slow @ 2935

I would say go give it a shot!!

 

[Dski48]

I’m typically in the 4000-7000da range here in Colorado but the couple times I’ve shot to 1580 with my 6xc and dtac’s accuracy was awesome. I was using an AIAX with a 1-7.5”, 23” barrel running the dtacs fairly slow @ 2935

I would say go give it a shot!!

You're running 2935 with a 23", with my 26" I'm only at 3000. I run in the lower node usually. That was with rl17 though and it was a temp sensitive load so I'm going to start load work up with h4350 and pray I can find it often enough to keep my rifle fed lol

 

[Dski48]

What g7 bc are you getting on the dtac's? Running out to 1k here I've found the bc if the last batch I shot to be .318