First range trip with 700

[kRcu]

I'm new to bolt rifles and started simple with a 700 SPS Tactical in .308 (20"). It came in a trade with a Larue 20MOA base, seekins rings, and an SWFA 12x42 scope.

When the rifle arrived, I noticed the hogue stock would touch the barrel and that wasn't what I wanted. I found a Manners T3 w/mini chassis on the swap here and got it in last week. I torqued everything down and went to the range this morning to sight it in.

10 shots to get it zero'd. This is a picture of the first 5-shot group with 168gr HSM. (Guess on MOA??)

The 175gr HSM did not group well. By that time I was freezing anyway and had the scope zero'd, so I left.

I am still looking into which bipod I want (manners has a badger rail up front). Using the PRS SSP2 base on my tripod was great though.

Rifle pic.

 

[Aloysius]

Excellent. I've found my 16.5" likes the 175's better due to the faster twist rate I believe. That's good looking rifle sir.

 

[308sniper147]

I'm new to bolt rifles and started simple with a 700 SPS Tactical in .308 (20"). It came in a trade with a Larue 20MOA base, seekins rings, and an SWFA 12x42 scope.

When the rifle arrived, I noticed the hogue stock would touch the barrel and that wasn't what I wanted. I found a Manners T3 w/mini chassis on the swap here and got it in last week. I torqued everything down and went to the range this morning to sight it in.

10 shots to get it zero'd. This is a picture of the first 5-shot group with 168gr HSM. (Guess on MOA??)

The 175gr HSM did not group well. By that time I was freezing anyway and had the scope zero'd, so I left.

I am still looking into which bipod I want (manners has a badger rail up front). Using the PRS SSP2 base on my tripod was great though.

Rifle pic.

Fine shooting! It's great to see new guns perfom well, Especially with a factory barreled action. I love the color scheme too!

 

[Dallas4rceMarine]

10 shots to get it zero'd. This is a picture of the first 5-shot group with 168gr HSM. (Guess on MOA??)

good shooting! as for my guess..

If you flatten out the paper i think it will show a tighter group but based on the fact that the diamond diameter is 1.8" I am guessing those squares are 1", i took a picture with my phone of this and used my Ballistic AE app to measure based on that assumption. I got .67moa, allow for some error as i took a picture of a computer screen and the paper was not folded flat to clearly show the burn rings on the target.

keep up the good work!

 

[sib1948]

Very nice starter rifle and group. You'll definitely improve with more practice and if you start hand loading!

 

[ZombieMonkey]

Looks like the rifle is shooting well for a stock rifle. Develop some loads for it and shoot the crap out of it. Enjoy.

 

[Boltfluter]

Looks like a shooter. The driver is pretty good as well. Well done.

Paul

 

[kRcu]

Thanks for the comments guys. I signed up for the online training section here and started taking notes. I don't get to shoot much, so I wanted to get the important stuff down before heading out.

I spent the week-nights dry firing in a dark room. Tried to always set-up a natural point of aim and not muscle the gun around. There is a lot of great info on this site. I am excited to get to the new range and start shooting steel from 100yds and stretch it back to 1,000.

 

[FELIX 808]

Wow very nice. Looks like you got a keeper there

 

[37841anarchy]

Damn good shooting, I'm liking the color scheme too!

 

[Irish Bacon]

Welcome to the amazing (expensive) world of precision rifles!

 

[kRcu]

Since a couple have commented about it. The color is just a light mist of tan over the black. Lightly spray a cloud over and let it dry. Looks the color of cement/concrete.

 

[kRcu]

Welcome to the amazing (expensive) world of precision rifles!

This is truth. I thought the BCM/LMT/Noveske game was pricey. That stuff doesn't touch precision shooting costs.

Although, it was nice to only need 25 rounds yesterday for a session, rather than the usual 200-300 for the AR.

 

[MontanaMarine]

Nice looking rig there, and looks like she's a shooter too.

I just put 12X MRAD's on a couple of my rifles, I really like them.

 

[kRcu]

Nice looking rig there, and looks like she's a shooter too.

I just put 12X MRAD's on a couple of my rifles, I really like them.

I like the thin lines in the reticle. I had an SS 10x42 mildot on an AR and the reticle lines were very thick.

 

[Funkybassplayer]

This is truth. I thought the BCM/LMT/Noveske game was pricey. That stuff doesn't touch precision shooting costs.

Although, it was nice to only need 25 rounds yesterday for a session, rather than the usual 200-300 for the AR.

My thought exactly!!! Last range trip I fired about 25rds as opposed to 350 with my AR and had a much better time too! Lol


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