So, I received my PGW Coyote about a week ago. Ordered this gun in January, if the guys at PGW tell you that it takes 4-6 weeks for clearance on importing the gun, I can say that time is overly optimistic. Overall the PGW people are really great to work with, I mostly dealt with Ross who was very helpful.
I mounted a S&B PMII 5-25x56 with a P4F reticle on Badger rings on this rifle. I am very happy with the setup. After bore sighting I took 'Yote out to the range for zeroing. The temp was about 45 degrees. Only took about 10 shots with 168 grain Federal Match rounds to get it dialed in and good-to-go.
Here's what things look like all set-up. Wish I had some good pics from the field but the battery went dead.
Yesterday, I took the gun out into the mountains for a little longer shooting. I started with some relatively short range shots at 440 yards. I had not chono'd the Fed 168's as of yet so I just used a Ballisticard for mil adjustment at approximately 450 yards which was a 3.0 mil adjustment. All 4 rounds were solid steel, a little high but no big deal.
Next, I stretched things out a little more to 765-770 yards (again wish I had some good pics, dang battery!) and again using the Ballisticard came up with an adjustment of 7.4 mils for 750 yards and 8.3 for 800 yards, I adjusted to 7.6 mils for the 765ish yards I was shooting. After a couple shots I wasn't hitting steel at all so I moved down 1.0 mil to 6.6 mils and was able to start hitting my steel target. This info led me to think that the gun is shooting faster than the 2600 fps that the Ballisticard and the Federal ammo is assumes. Plus I was shooting a an elevation that is about 1000 feet higher than the elevation where I zeroed the rifle, I suppose that would make a difference as well.
Today I dug out the chronograph and went back out to the range to see what kind of FPS I am getting. The average was 2705 which when entered with the elevation change in the iPhone Ballistic program tells me that I should have used a 6.4 mil adjustment. Makes a little more sense.
What was really interesting to me (and I would really like some feedback on this) is that my zero shifted from several days ago as you can see in the photo here. The three shots that are 1 inch left and 2 inches low were taken today after I reset to zero mils windage and elevation. It was about 7 degrees warmer today but I have no idea why my zero would shift this much. The other 3 shots right at the center of the target were taken after I made some adjustments. My my estimation they are about a 3/8" group, a real testament to what a great gun PGW makes.
Thanks in advance for your comments...
I mounted a S&B PMII 5-25x56 with a P4F reticle on Badger rings on this rifle. I am very happy with the setup. After bore sighting I took 'Yote out to the range for zeroing. The temp was about 45 degrees. Only took about 10 shots with 168 grain Federal Match rounds to get it dialed in and good-to-go.
Here's what things look like all set-up. Wish I had some good pics from the field but the battery went dead.
Yesterday, I took the gun out into the mountains for a little longer shooting. I started with some relatively short range shots at 440 yards. I had not chono'd the Fed 168's as of yet so I just used a Ballisticard for mil adjustment at approximately 450 yards which was a 3.0 mil adjustment. All 4 rounds were solid steel, a little high but no big deal.
Next, I stretched things out a little more to 765-770 yards (again wish I had some good pics, dang battery!) and again using the Ballisticard came up with an adjustment of 7.4 mils for 750 yards and 8.3 for 800 yards, I adjusted to 7.6 mils for the 765ish yards I was shooting. After a couple shots I wasn't hitting steel at all so I moved down 1.0 mil to 6.6 mils and was able to start hitting my steel target. This info led me to think that the gun is shooting faster than the 2600 fps that the Ballisticard and the Federal ammo is assumes. Plus I was shooting a an elevation that is about 1000 feet higher than the elevation where I zeroed the rifle, I suppose that would make a difference as well.
Today I dug out the chronograph and went back out to the range to see what kind of FPS I am getting. The average was 2705 which when entered with the elevation change in the iPhone Ballistic program tells me that I should have used a 6.4 mil adjustment. Makes a little more sense.
What was really interesting to me (and I would really like some feedback on this) is that my zero shifted from several days ago as you can see in the photo here. The three shots that are 1 inch left and 2 inches low were taken today after I reset to zero mils windage and elevation. It was about 7 degrees warmer today but I have no idea why my zero would shift this much. The other 3 shots right at the center of the target were taken after I made some adjustments. My my estimation they are about a 3/8" group, a real testament to what a great gun PGW makes.
Thanks in advance for your comments...
