Well, I've finally had a chance to take my LRP-07 and run it as intended. I thought I’d provide a little writeup on my experiences thus far. Please let me know if you have any questions. I’ve received a bunch of great advice from the good people here and I’d be happy to make a knowledge contribution back to the community.
Using a 300ish round break-in (and troubleshooting) process I paid close attention to learning, adjusting and validating the optic. I’m running a Bushnell Elite Tactical HDMR with a H59 reticle mounted in a JP one-piece mount and have a FlatlineOps Recon ACCU/LEVEL. I’ve got the scope zeroed at 100y and have validated it using the process outlined by Applied Ballistics. I’m also running the iSnipe ballistics app as my digital ballistics solver. I also have an analog solver, though I my gut feeling is that leaning on a digital solver really accelerated the learning curve and saved plenty of ammo.
During the last stages of breaking, I switched ammo from M80 to Freedom Ammunitions 168gr. SMK reman; I've had pleasing results from this ammo. The 5 shot group below was a group from the 'tall target' board I shot during testing for the sake of validating level-ness of the setup. I then took the rifle out to my 600 yard range on a cold and windy (15-20 mph) day, setup some steel, guessed my drop and windage, validated it with my ballistic solver, did in-reticle adjustments (left turret at zero), then squeezed the trigger.
My first shot was at a steel 2/3rds sized IPSC silhouette painted white sitting 454 meters out. About a 1/2 second later, while still holding the trigger back and looking at the target through the glass, I saw a distinct grey splatter towards the upper right of the target, then in about another second, I heard a very distinct ring confirming the hit. I made a small reticle adjustment, moving point of impact to the new point of aim and sent two more followup shots, each impacting the target.
With those three shots, I knew the purpose of my range visit has been fulfilled; my rifle was validated. Targets were still setup, I still had ammo, and continued shooting, making wind calls, and trying different distances from 250 - 600 yards, most of them hitting steel. The HDMR reticle has really grown on me during the break-in process and presently, I cannot see using any other reticle system on a semi-auto precision rifle. The way it performed in fairly adverse conditions was exceptional. Now I find myself waiting on weather to worsen and distance to lengthen, but that wish will be granted soon enough as ol’ man winter settles into Minnesota.
Again, thanks for all of the help and info and please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Using a 300ish round break-in (and troubleshooting) process I paid close attention to learning, adjusting and validating the optic. I’m running a Bushnell Elite Tactical HDMR with a H59 reticle mounted in a JP one-piece mount and have a FlatlineOps Recon ACCU/LEVEL. I’ve got the scope zeroed at 100y and have validated it using the process outlined by Applied Ballistics. I’m also running the iSnipe ballistics app as my digital ballistics solver. I also have an analog solver, though I my gut feeling is that leaning on a digital solver really accelerated the learning curve and saved plenty of ammo.
During the last stages of breaking, I switched ammo from M80 to Freedom Ammunitions 168gr. SMK reman; I've had pleasing results from this ammo. The 5 shot group below was a group from the 'tall target' board I shot during testing for the sake of validating level-ness of the setup. I then took the rifle out to my 600 yard range on a cold and windy (15-20 mph) day, setup some steel, guessed my drop and windage, validated it with my ballistic solver, did in-reticle adjustments (left turret at zero), then squeezed the trigger.
My first shot was at a steel 2/3rds sized IPSC silhouette painted white sitting 454 meters out. About a 1/2 second later, while still holding the trigger back and looking at the target through the glass, I saw a distinct grey splatter towards the upper right of the target, then in about another second, I heard a very distinct ring confirming the hit. I made a small reticle adjustment, moving point of impact to the new point of aim and sent two more followup shots, each impacting the target.
With those three shots, I knew the purpose of my range visit has been fulfilled; my rifle was validated. Targets were still setup, I still had ammo, and continued shooting, making wind calls, and trying different distances from 250 - 600 yards, most of them hitting steel. The HDMR reticle has really grown on me during the break-in process and presently, I cannot see using any other reticle system on a semi-auto precision rifle. The way it performed in fairly adverse conditions was exceptional. Now I find myself waiting on weather to worsen and distance to lengthen, but that wish will be granted soon enough as ol’ man winter settles into Minnesota.
Again, thanks for all of the help and info and please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or comments.
