Re: Does progressive and precision go together
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mark S</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turbo54</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mark S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Achieve better than 1/2" MOA how far out? </div></div>
Out to 300 yards. Seems like my ability to resolve the target through my optic and hold dead on begins to deteriorate after 300 or so. I'm sure wind is a portion of this, but I definitely don't "feel" as if my hold is as good at longer ranges.
I have shot .25 MOA groups at 300 yards with ammo I've put together on my Dillon 650.
60 shots at 600 yards (F class 3x600) will generally net me about a 1.5 MOA maximum spread. </div></div>
That's a great score at 600 with progressive loaded, a 600 with 3X beats a 599 with 59 every time. </div></div>
Unfortunately, the F class target's 10 ring is 1 MOA... So my ~1.5 MOA performance usually leaves me somewhere in the 570s. Earlier this month I shot a 3x600 and my strings were 180-2, 197-9, 198-7.... If only I had buckled down on my fundamentals for my first string, I could of perhaps scored in the mid 590s! But, we know that "if the dog hadn't stop to take a shit, he woulda caught the rabbit"...
Back on topic: Get the progressive and spend your precious free time shooting, not loading. Seriously, this year I've really gotten on board with that mantra, and my scores and shooting are MUCH better than before, when I used to agonize over my ammo. Its very frustrating to show up to a match/event with "perfect" ammo, and then fire them into the wrong place... My $0.02
Good luck!