Title says it, but a year ago PRS wasn’t even on my radar. Traded for a B14 HMR at the new local stored of August. .308, because that’s what I have shot deer with for years and had reloading equipment for, even though I wasn’t loading it.
Threw the Strike Eagle 5-25 I already had on it. Shot some of the misc factory match ammo through it. Got a case of American Marksman 175 SMK loads. Set it aside for the winter.
March I started shooting it again. Bought an Omega 300. Little trial and error, it shoots quite well with 175 SMK over CFE223 or Varget, and 169 SMK over Varget. Finally posted some crap about it on Facebook and my old platoon sgt chimes in and says I should try PRS.
So that brings us to a couple weekends ago. I can squeak out some 7-800 yard practice, but it’s pretty hillbilly. Loaded some 169’s at around 2615 to keep the recoil down a bit. I shot 40/80 that day, and the gent that had been keeping most of the scores was pretty impressed when he realized I’d been shooting .308. If I could have shot the first couple stages over, scores would have improved as I’d run out of time on them.
I have a set of 9x40 Steiner binos, but I need to find some with a bit more magnification and a tripod. And a heavier bag. I also need to find the right magnification level for me. If shooting static at 5-800, I’ll be at 16x, but there was no way I could pull that off and still see misses. Recoil management needs some help.
Threw the Strike Eagle 5-25 I already had on it. Shot some of the misc factory match ammo through it. Got a case of American Marksman 175 SMK loads. Set it aside for the winter.
March I started shooting it again. Bought an Omega 300. Little trial and error, it shoots quite well with 175 SMK over CFE223 or Varget, and 169 SMK over Varget. Finally posted some crap about it on Facebook and my old platoon sgt chimes in and says I should try PRS.
So that brings us to a couple weekends ago. I can squeak out some 7-800 yard practice, but it’s pretty hillbilly. Loaded some 169’s at around 2615 to keep the recoil down a bit. I shot 40/80 that day, and the gent that had been keeping most of the scores was pretty impressed when he realized I’d been shooting .308. If I could have shot the first couple stages over, scores would have improved as I’d run out of time on them.
I have a set of 9x40 Steiner binos, but I need to find some with a bit more magnification and a tripod. And a heavier bag. I also need to find the right magnification level for me. If shooting static at 5-800, I’ll be at 16x, but there was no way I could pull that off and still see misses. Recoil management needs some help.
