A couple pics from today at the range. Great time, conditions were UNUSUALLY perfect. especially seeing as a storm was heading our way. Winds were 6-8 mph up until about 1500 when it dropped to like 1-2 mph, all winds were a direct headwind.
Ran some 100y stuff, Dot drills, etc, then moved it on out.
We ravaged a 8" plate at 600y most the day until it just got boring to shoot, then we hung the 12" plate at 1k.
While the lack of a cross wind took away a lot of the challenge, it was good to get a good idea of "what the rifle could do" for once without me assing up wind calls.
This was on top of the berm, no spotting scopes to watch trace with, misses gave you no feedback.
There were 3 of us shooting my rifle plus Steve's wife Clarice, who took two shots resulting in a 2nd round hit.
I shot first and got on target after about 3 rounds, once I got on, and had good dope, it was continuous nailing it. Let Steve drop down, first shot hit. Second shot, hit. Etc, etc, etc...
Steve's buddy Trey got down next, who has never shot 1k, 2nd round hit. Then banged it a few more times...
All in all between the 4 of us, there were 16 impacts out of around 30 shots fired. Not bad ratios for me, especially with no feedback from the misses.
Had a great time, grilled out some deer sausage, hung out with good friends in beautiful 73 degree weather. Who could ask for a better Sunday?
Can't speak high enough of USO, Badger Ordnance, GAP (Moon builds a terrific rifle), and Bartlien barrels... I think I truly have a winning combination here and can't wait to hit some comps next year. The Creedmoor so far has impressed me. It's shoving the 139gr Scenars out a tick over 2900 fps and it was 7.8 mils to 1K today. I feel right at home and comfortable behind this rifle, and it just plain shoots.
Me and Trey
Steve and Trey
The beast...
Ran some 100y stuff, Dot drills, etc, then moved it on out.
We ravaged a 8" plate at 600y most the day until it just got boring to shoot, then we hung the 12" plate at 1k.
While the lack of a cross wind took away a lot of the challenge, it was good to get a good idea of "what the rifle could do" for once without me assing up wind calls.
This was on top of the berm, no spotting scopes to watch trace with, misses gave you no feedback.
There were 3 of us shooting my rifle plus Steve's wife Clarice, who took two shots resulting in a 2nd round hit.
I shot first and got on target after about 3 rounds, once I got on, and had good dope, it was continuous nailing it. Let Steve drop down, first shot hit. Second shot, hit. Etc, etc, etc...
Steve's buddy Trey got down next, who has never shot 1k, 2nd round hit. Then banged it a few more times...
All in all between the 4 of us, there were 16 impacts out of around 30 shots fired. Not bad ratios for me, especially with no feedback from the misses.
Had a great time, grilled out some deer sausage, hung out with good friends in beautiful 73 degree weather. Who could ask for a better Sunday?
Can't speak high enough of USO, Badger Ordnance, GAP (Moon builds a terrific rifle), and Bartlien barrels... I think I truly have a winning combination here and can't wait to hit some comps next year. The Creedmoor so far has impressed me. It's shoving the 139gr Scenars out a tick over 2900 fps and it was 7.8 mils to 1K today. I feel right at home and comfortable behind this rifle, and it just plain shoots.
Me and Trey
Steve and Trey
The beast...
