It was a beautiful day in Ohio yesterday which made for a perfect day at the range. Although my intentions were to practice shooting from concealment with my carry setup, and later practice some carbine drills with the AR, I couldn't resist bringing my newish long range bolt action rifle to see what kind of groups I could get with two types of ammo.
Rifle is a Savage 10fcp-k in 308. The ammunition I brought to try out was some Freedom Munitions 150 grain remanufactured FMJ, and some Federal Gold Medal Match 168 grain SMK's. I did not have high expectations for the Freedom Munitions, which was a good thing. I only hoped they would be somewhat on par with the previous and only ammo I have shot out of this rifle so far, which was some PMC 147 grain FMJ. Needless to say I was a bit dissapointed, however I was very pleased with the FGMM 168 grain SMK's.
I used my range finder and set the target up at 100 yards. Shooting from the bench using a bipod and my hand for rear support, I fired 4 shot groups on to the target. The center and top two groups were with the Freedom Munitions ammo, the bottom two groups with the FGMM.
I am a realist and do not expect to shoot half MOA with this rifle, so seeing an MOA and sub MOA 4 shot group using the FGMM made me very happy. Both of those groups even had a bullet go pretty much through the same hole. I still have to get more practice with this rifle and better my skills and hopefully in the near future I can be consistent with shooting sub MOA with this ammo.
I have not shot many groups with this rifle and that top right group using the Freedom Munitions ammo was by far my worst one yet. I was pleased with the top left group using the same ammo, so I am really not sure if I just really screwed it up bad, or if the remanufactured rounds are just that inconsistent. As for the group in the center, I thought that was pretty strange to shoot a vertical line like that. Anyhow, just wanted to post my results as this is my first time using the FGMM out of this rifle. I will surely be getting more of it until I start reloading myself.
Rifle is a Savage 10fcp-k in 308. The ammunition I brought to try out was some Freedom Munitions 150 grain remanufactured FMJ, and some Federal Gold Medal Match 168 grain SMK's. I did not have high expectations for the Freedom Munitions, which was a good thing. I only hoped they would be somewhat on par with the previous and only ammo I have shot out of this rifle so far, which was some PMC 147 grain FMJ. Needless to say I was a bit dissapointed, however I was very pleased with the FGMM 168 grain SMK's.
I used my range finder and set the target up at 100 yards. Shooting from the bench using a bipod and my hand for rear support, I fired 4 shot groups on to the target. The center and top two groups were with the Freedom Munitions ammo, the bottom two groups with the FGMM.
I am a realist and do not expect to shoot half MOA with this rifle, so seeing an MOA and sub MOA 4 shot group using the FGMM made me very happy. Both of those groups even had a bullet go pretty much through the same hole. I still have to get more practice with this rifle and better my skills and hopefully in the near future I can be consistent with shooting sub MOA with this ammo.
I have not shot many groups with this rifle and that top right group using the Freedom Munitions ammo was by far my worst one yet. I was pleased with the top left group using the same ammo, so I am really not sure if I just really screwed it up bad, or if the remanufactured rounds are just that inconsistent. As for the group in the center, I thought that was pretty strange to shoot a vertical line like that. Anyhow, just wanted to post my results as this is my first time using the FGMM out of this rifle. I will surely be getting more of it until I start reloading myself.
