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Good day & Bad Day Shooting this weekend!!

diego-ted

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For the good, we were hitting targets with the 223 and ball ammo out to 875 yards very consistently. My 308 Tikka was deadly out to 875 and pretty consistant out to 1300 even with light wind. The 338 Savage was banging steel at a mile up until the end where the wind was about 35 MPH.

Here is a shot video of a mile shot. Just click on image of the BA110



For the Bad. Just as I was zeroing in on the 1300-yard target with the Tikka 308 all four screws on the EGW rail sheered off! I called EGW and they said it must be improper installation. I told them I have over 1K rounds down the tube and never lost zero? Anyhow they are sending me out new screws and only charging me for shipping. Gee thanks! In the mean time I will have to send the rifle out to remove the one screw that sheered off below the surface. Here is a pic or two. Otherwise we had a great time shooting.
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Re: Good day & Bad Day Shooting this weekend!!

Not sure why, but the first thing I thought of when I saw that pic was you trying to shoot at an airplane. I'd love to be able to shoot at those distances.
 
Re: Good day & Bad Day Shooting this weekend!!

That is because EGW rails are CRAP. The lack of anything resembling a recoil lug allows them to move and eventually break the screws. The one on my 7wsm never broke the screws but sure as hell broke loose under recoil and cost me a match.
 
Re: Good day & Bad Day Shooting this weekend!!

Mine rifle is a 700. In this context a lug on a rail such as badger, is a small protrusion on the bottom of the rail that fits in the front of the ejection port and prevents the barrelled action from sliding backwards relative to the scope base.
 
Re: Good day & Bad Day Shooting this weekend!!

<span style="font-weight: bold">Get a Seekins or Badger base. You get what you pay for. Also, $15 sounds like they charged you for the screws & shipping, even I they said it was just for shipping. </span>