Re: SHWW Group
What an awesome day for shooting!! Hell what an awesome day of shooting!! Hunter121, HSSS and myself all got together today to see what the short barreled 260's would do at 1 mile. Yep 1760 yards, our targets were those big ass silhouttes I built (18"x30") with the flappers. I can say that the 260 doesn't have enough ass to open the flap at 1760, but it did move it.
I cant compliment Hunter121 enough on his shooting!! That guy has been shooting Long Range for 3 weeks and he pulled the best group of the day!!
Thanks to HSSS and his associates for building my Obermeyer barreled 260. I only hit it once, but I was happy with that. Just leaves loads of room for improvement on my part. Not to sound like an excuse maker, but when the sun came out of the clouds and all we could see of the target was a mirage....I shouldv'e stopped shooting.
Hunter and HSSS were impressed with the group I put on the rock 1' to the left of the target, I wouldv'e been real impressed if I wouldv'e put it on the plate. They say it was like 8", I was so pissed that I could put a group like that on a damn rock 1' off to the left, but couldn't get it on the plate.
Winds were shifty from tail winds to head winds and 3 different wind reads from our FFP to the target made it more than interesting. We were all surprised at the nose in hits from both 260's at that distance, not a single sideways hit.
IT WAS QUITE DIFFICULT TO SPOT HITS AT 1 MILE WITH THE 260. EVEN UNDER SPOTTING SCOPE AT 45X.
Now the pics.....
18"x30" plate at 15x
my one hit
good shooting Hunter121, there are 6 confirmed hits (2 are in the flap)
Some details on our rigs...
Hunter121-Nemesis 20" 260 142 SMK took 90 MOA up
mm509-22" Obermeyer 260 140 AMAX took around 26.1 mils (we are pretty sure I was hitting behind the target more than in line with it, no more excuses)
Once again my hats off to Hunter, what a job of driving his rifle, in the not so perfect conditions.