I picked up a RPR in .308win in August and we have a 100&200 yard range about 50 miles away. It took two weeks to arrive (I could have just bought it local), and I was stoked when I finally got my meat hooks on it!!! My lady was away, and it was FL downpour, so I hit the 25 yard indoor range in Fort Myers, which was lame, but had to shoot. Got her dialed in at a messily 25yards ?
Next trip out was the 100yard range, and it was pretty close to dead on at 100 yards. The third trip was at 200 yards, and I tried to dial it in, but it is hard to see holes at 200 yards without a spotting scope. For glass I have the Gen II Viper PST 5-25x50, and am quite happy with it. So at 200 yards? Did a lot of scope finger-blasting and honestly think it may have been dialed better before I was messing with it. Up to this point I was shooting PMC Bronze, 147gr FMJ-BT with an alleged muzzle velocity of 2,780 fps. I had put about 470 rounds of PMC through it before the long range, and meant to clean it, even brought a bore snake, but wanted to see how it performed dirty (muzzie
Now the range I go to just partnered with a retired police officer who owns the land (like 3 weeks ago), and long story short, I have a 1,300 yard range 40 miles away!!! For the 1,300 yard range (spoiler, didn't get to 1,000). We both agreed we'd be happy hitting 500 yards on the first day. I bought 200 rounds of Hornady 168gr Match BTHP rounds (MV 2,700 fps) from BulkAmmo dot com fwiw (2 day Fedex shipping and good prices imho). So after the safety chat, it starts raining, then pouring. For all 3 hours of shooting on/off heavy, but the best we got was light rain, so 100% humidity. It was also unusually cold here at a teeth-shattering 54F!
This range has burms and metal targets (shillouttes about 12-14"x2') at 50, 100, 200, and every hundred out to 1,300. Heaven. They take a max of 15 folks, and we were 12. I also had a $50 gift card for Bass Pro from Christmas from the fiancee's mom, so I put it towards a Caldwell Lead Sled 3, and got a 25lb weight for it. It is supposed to reduce recoil by 95%, and more importantly almost eliminate human error (and we had plenty to introduce, lol). Next time we will be using just the bipod, but for 1st day out, not sure if it was zeroed at 200 (it was not, haha), the sled mad perfect sense.
Okay, so we hit 50 yards bc it was there (had no paper to fine tune, but they let you put paper wherever you like, before starting, and they went cold once). We then went to 200 yards, as some guy with a 50 cal killed the 100 yard target, leaving just a popsicle stick, LOL Then we got dialed at 300 yards, and I went to skip 400, and go to the 500 yard target. It took a while to hit it (we both have lower end spotting scopes, but a couple range folks had excellent ones, spotted at the tail end of the day). It also took a while to hit bc the target at "500" was actually the 800 yard target! We skipped over 500 yards (glad we did) because n00bs.
So we were hitting that thing at 800 about 75% of the time at 800 yards in the rain. I thought that was pretty good, and we were both psyched. Fwiw, I had to aim a full 25 MOA up to hit it. I think it works out to an approximate drop of 16 2/3 feet. The dude spotting even mentioned, "man, you got that thing angled up pretty high." I was well aware of the better accuracy of the 6.5 creedmore, but I'm also starting to get into hunting (went once, looking forward to next time).
I've been looking into hand reloading, and may be able to pick up some equipment soon. I looked into it a couple years ago, but wasn't worth it for accuracy as where I lived prior I was limited to a 100 yard range. This is my 2nd rifle (own a Mini-14 Target, which is .223). I've been wanting to shoot at a place like this forever.
We also shot 100 rounds even, so half the supply (ammo was $1.25/cartridge delivered) over 3 hours, which is how long it took to shoot it. With having 0" at 200, and the Lead Sled moving back about an inch and off center every shot, it took a bit to center back on target, then adjust the (front) height of the Sled 25 MOA, which we had to zoom out for (can see 36 MOA with my recticle, but at 800 yards, you have to back off 25X just to see 25x.
We are planning another trip there soon, and I've since been reading up. Can the RPR in .308win hit a target at 1,300 yards? I read how the army considers the .308win round effective to 800 yards, while the USMC considers it effective to 1,000 yards. I'm think it can, but I dont feel like wasting 500 rounds trying, lol. I dont mind wasting 50 if that's what it takes. I've rambled on enough. Thanks for having me.
Cheers,
Doug
Next trip out was the 100yard range, and it was pretty close to dead on at 100 yards. The third trip was at 200 yards, and I tried to dial it in, but it is hard to see holes at 200 yards without a spotting scope. For glass I have the Gen II Viper PST 5-25x50, and am quite happy with it. So at 200 yards? Did a lot of scope finger-blasting and honestly think it may have been dialed better before I was messing with it. Up to this point I was shooting PMC Bronze, 147gr FMJ-BT with an alleged muzzle velocity of 2,780 fps. I had put about 470 rounds of PMC through it before the long range, and meant to clean it, even brought a bore snake, but wanted to see how it performed dirty (muzzie
Now the range I go to just partnered with a retired police officer who owns the land (like 3 weeks ago), and long story short, I have a 1,300 yard range 40 miles away!!! For the 1,300 yard range (spoiler, didn't get to 1,000). We both agreed we'd be happy hitting 500 yards on the first day. I bought 200 rounds of Hornady 168gr Match BTHP rounds (MV 2,700 fps) from BulkAmmo dot com fwiw (2 day Fedex shipping and good prices imho). So after the safety chat, it starts raining, then pouring. For all 3 hours of shooting on/off heavy, but the best we got was light rain, so 100% humidity. It was also unusually cold here at a teeth-shattering 54F!
This range has burms and metal targets (shillouttes about 12-14"x2') at 50, 100, 200, and every hundred out to 1,300. Heaven. They take a max of 15 folks, and we were 12. I also had a $50 gift card for Bass Pro from Christmas from the fiancee's mom, so I put it towards a Caldwell Lead Sled 3, and got a 25lb weight for it. It is supposed to reduce recoil by 95%, and more importantly almost eliminate human error (and we had plenty to introduce, lol). Next time we will be using just the bipod, but for 1st day out, not sure if it was zeroed at 200 (it was not, haha), the sled mad perfect sense.
Okay, so we hit 50 yards bc it was there (had no paper to fine tune, but they let you put paper wherever you like, before starting, and they went cold once). We then went to 200 yards, as some guy with a 50 cal killed the 100 yard target, leaving just a popsicle stick, LOL Then we got dialed at 300 yards, and I went to skip 400, and go to the 500 yard target. It took a while to hit it (we both have lower end spotting scopes, but a couple range folks had excellent ones, spotted at the tail end of the day). It also took a while to hit bc the target at "500" was actually the 800 yard target! We skipped over 500 yards (glad we did) because n00bs.
So we were hitting that thing at 800 about 75% of the time at 800 yards in the rain. I thought that was pretty good, and we were both psyched. Fwiw, I had to aim a full 25 MOA up to hit it. I think it works out to an approximate drop of 16 2/3 feet. The dude spotting even mentioned, "man, you got that thing angled up pretty high." I was well aware of the better accuracy of the 6.5 creedmore, but I'm also starting to get into hunting (went once, looking forward to next time).
I've been looking into hand reloading, and may be able to pick up some equipment soon. I looked into it a couple years ago, but wasn't worth it for accuracy as where I lived prior I was limited to a 100 yard range. This is my 2nd rifle (own a Mini-14 Target, which is .223). I've been wanting to shoot at a place like this forever.
We also shot 100 rounds even, so half the supply (ammo was $1.25/cartridge delivered) over 3 hours, which is how long it took to shoot it. With having 0" at 200, and the Lead Sled moving back about an inch and off center every shot, it took a bit to center back on target, then adjust the (front) height of the Sled 25 MOA, which we had to zoom out for (can see 36 MOA with my recticle, but at 800 yards, you have to back off 25X just to see 25x.
We are planning another trip there soon, and I've since been reading up. Can the RPR in .308win hit a target at 1,300 yards? I read how the army considers the .308win round effective to 800 yards, while the USMC considers it effective to 1,000 yards. I'm think it can, but I dont feel like wasting 500 rounds trying, lol. I dont mind wasting 50 if that's what it takes. I've rambled on enough. Thanks for having me.
Cheers,
Doug
I don't think that is a coincidence, and I'm now in a much better position (financially and otherwise by the Grace of God) to dive into ELR.
