So after a fairly long while spent assembling gear, with a few .set backs along the way, finally made it to.shooting beyond 400 yards.
Drove out to Spearpoint Ranch in Barnard Kansas with a group of guys..short aside, the guys are Spearpoint where phenomenal and have a fantastic facility.
Below are some observations, please feel.free to offer constructive advice or hard earned experience.
1) The 308 is ok out to 800, but royally struggles from 900 on out. This is moslty me as a new shooter but I struggled with the wind at 900 on. The target was in a valley and the wind wasn't any typical 30 miles, but it was inconsistent and my follow up shots were slow, which made the correction tough. I told guess 10 gusting to 15
Had no problem.doing this out to 800, but man, beyond that was kicking my tail.
2) should have checked the diopter on my scope (steiner t5xi). Had a heck of a time with eye relief, and getting a full sight picture without getting that scope.tube shadow effect. I think the diopter setting is partially at fault. Will tweak this before.making a gear change
3) The AI spigot mount kept coming loose with recoil. Thinking of getting the anarchy outdoors mount.
So this is the debrief.
The gear was as follows
Rifle:AI AE MK II in 308 with the factory 1-12 barrel.
Scope:Steiner T5Xi 5-25
Bipod:Atlas PSR
Rear Bag: GGG small.bag (still too big and need a smaller bag, maybe the 8451 bag)
Ammo: Hand Load 168g SMK and 168g Hornady equivalent
Future goals: hitting out to 1100 with the 308 (178 ELD M) a
Drove out to Spearpoint Ranch in Barnard Kansas with a group of guys..short aside, the guys are Spearpoint where phenomenal and have a fantastic facility.
Below are some observations, please feel.free to offer constructive advice or hard earned experience.
1) The 308 is ok out to 800, but royally struggles from 900 on out. This is moslty me as a new shooter but I struggled with the wind at 900 on. The target was in a valley and the wind wasn't any typical 30 miles, but it was inconsistent and my follow up shots were slow, which made the correction tough. I told guess 10 gusting to 15
Had no problem.doing this out to 800, but man, beyond that was kicking my tail.
2) should have checked the diopter on my scope (steiner t5xi). Had a heck of a time with eye relief, and getting a full sight picture without getting that scope.tube shadow effect. I think the diopter setting is partially at fault. Will tweak this before.making a gear change
3) The AI spigot mount kept coming loose with recoil. Thinking of getting the anarchy outdoors mount.
So this is the debrief.
The gear was as follows
Rifle:AI AE MK II in 308 with the factory 1-12 barrel.
Scope:Steiner T5Xi 5-25
Bipod:Atlas PSR
Rear Bag: GGG small.bag (still too big and need a smaller bag, maybe the 8451 bag)
Ammo: Hand Load 168g SMK and 168g Hornady equivalent
Future goals: hitting out to 1100 with the 308 (178 ELD M) a