Bit of a long-winded question here...
I've been using Prvi Partizan 165gr Soft Point BT to maximize my time behind the rifle while minimizing cost. They're cheap at $18/box and have served me well at 100yds, 200yds and then, putting together the fundamentals I've learned here so far, out to 600yds where I was consistently within "X" and "9" on a 600yd target. To *my* standards, that was pretty good.
Then I went to 1000 one a beautiful windless day, and things started getting wierd. One shot "X", next shot off the paper, next shot "9", next shot "1" high right. And so it went for 40 rounds. There seemed no pattern whatsoever.
I'm willing to accept some margin of shooter error here, but the difference between 600 and 1000 was striking, and many people were asking what ammo I was loading.
I'm not to the point of loading yet...eventually I'm sure, once I get a better handle of what's out there. But right now, I'd like to take a look at some quality factory ammo...more as a test run.
I'm looking for repeatable accuracy at 1000, if the shooter is doing his part. If I understand correctly...the heavier bullets drop faster, but aren't affected as much by wind?
I'm still somewhat on a budget. Norma's look nice, not so nice at $60 though.
Some of the ammo that caught my eye:
Cor Bon Match 190gr HPBT: Good rep. The hollowpoint makes me wonder if this would start catching wind drag? $36
Doubletap Accubond: 165gr 180, 200 offerings. Tipped seems more aerodynmic than HP. How's that in practice? $37
Winchester Silvertips and E-Tips: Tipped, look sexy, how do they shoot? $40
RWS: This one gets the wierdness award--long bullet, tipped by short cone. But they promote tons of quality, and "made in Germany" etc...I don't know what I'm looking at there. $47
Others?
Nik
I've been using Prvi Partizan 165gr Soft Point BT to maximize my time behind the rifle while minimizing cost. They're cheap at $18/box and have served me well at 100yds, 200yds and then, putting together the fundamentals I've learned here so far, out to 600yds where I was consistently within "X" and "9" on a 600yd target. To *my* standards, that was pretty good.
Then I went to 1000 one a beautiful windless day, and things started getting wierd. One shot "X", next shot off the paper, next shot "9", next shot "1" high right. And so it went for 40 rounds. There seemed no pattern whatsoever.
I'm willing to accept some margin of shooter error here, but the difference between 600 and 1000 was striking, and many people were asking what ammo I was loading.
I'm not to the point of loading yet...eventually I'm sure, once I get a better handle of what's out there. But right now, I'd like to take a look at some quality factory ammo...more as a test run.
I'm looking for repeatable accuracy at 1000, if the shooter is doing his part. If I understand correctly...the heavier bullets drop faster, but aren't affected as much by wind?
I'm still somewhat on a budget. Norma's look nice, not so nice at $60 though.
Some of the ammo that caught my eye:
Cor Bon Match 190gr HPBT: Good rep. The hollowpoint makes me wonder if this would start catching wind drag? $36
Doubletap Accubond: 165gr 180, 200 offerings. Tipped seems more aerodynmic than HP. How's that in practice? $37
Winchester Silvertips and E-Tips: Tipped, look sexy, how do they shoot? $40
RWS: This one gets the wierdness award--long bullet, tipped by short cone. But they promote tons of quality, and "made in Germany" etc...I don't know what I'm looking at there. $47
Others?
Nik