Show off your groups!

[WV1951]

The rifle is a 12FV in 223 from Cabelas shooting 69 grain SMK over 23.8 gn of IMR 8208, loaded at mag length. It has a Harris bipod and I shoot from the prone position.


What do you mean? Mag length. What is your OAL?

[Pvt. Joker]

Pvt. Joker
Nice shooting. What is your glass and what power are you using?

It is a Leupold VX2 6-18 X40mm with high turrets. Ken Farrell base and rings, Harris 6-9" bipod. 18 power used IIRC

[mjcmichigan]

Model 111, in 3006, stock with a hand loaded Nosler Balistic Tip 150gn at 2950fps.
CCI 200 primer, Remington brass, OAL 3.325”. IMR 4350, 58.6gn, Shot with a 20mph head wind at 45 degree angle.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171016/d6fe9df8897045112da32ff699de6959.jpg


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[Steelhead]

New 260 barrel load development
4461 and Berger hybrid 140’s
3@100
https://i.imgur.com/rUkL6pa.jpg

[Steelhead]

Old 260 barrel
both shilen prefits.
4461 with eldm 140’s
3@200 yards.
Ill probably never beat this.
https://i.imgur.com/JoXkGss.jpg

[Steelhead]

Old barrel again.
5@100
https://i.imgur.com/c9iQBEN.jpg

[penna shooter]

Latest art work....100yards zero, after setting CRS/Custom Stop Zero on turret....
First shot right, adjusted left, then 3shot zero at bull...12FV is proven tack driver...Hornady, 40gr V-Max Varmints Express @100yds.

[Mozella]

I did a little load testing the other day at 100 yards with both my Savage .223 and my Savage 6.5mm Creedmoor. I was pleased with the results.

The first photo is a five-shot group with a 28" X-Caliber barrel using 25.14gr IMR 8208 XBR (the charge weight printed data on the target is a typo) behind Berger VLD 80gr bullets, CCI 450 primers, Lapua brass, and a .020" jump. MV was 2918 fps. The group size is .249 MOA and the Mean Radius is .099, which is not bad for an inexpensive gun.

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The second photo is a five shot group from my Savage 6.5mm Creedmoor with a 28" Bartlein barrel using 39.99gr Reloder RL-16 and Berger 140gr hybrids seated at a .030" jump with CCI 450 primers and Lapua brass. The MV was 2701 fps. I'm quite happy with the MOA of 0.194 and a Mean Radius of only 0.062.

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In spite of the small group size which were the best of the day for each rifle, I didn't use either of these loads in the subsiquent F-Class match because there were results for heavier charge weights producing lower ES and SD figures along with significantly higher MVs coupled with group sizes which were nearly as good as these.

By the way, my Creedmoor was made from a Cabelas 12FV on sale for $319 with a $100 rebate. I recovered $100 by selling the unfired barrel, so I started with a $119 action and trigger. I did some trigger work to make it more like my Savage Target Actions and fitted a Bartlein barrel. I bedded the action in an inexpensive Boyd's laminated stock, filled the mag well and forearm void with lead to increase the weight and had a competition rifle suitable for F-Open matches for less than $800 not counting the scope. I tied for high score last weekend but got nicked for first place by one X by a guy shooting a rifle worth four times what mine cost.

[C1A1 FAL]

Factory ammo, Black Hills 308 - 168 HPBT
Savage 10 TR LEO
Cadex competition chassis

All groups are 5 rounds, no rear bag, on bipod.

0.26 MOA

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4598/27600636939_97d60b0e56_b_d.jpg


0.33 MOA

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4647/39347815272_81447e6bea_b_d.jpg

I was also trying out different ammo and the Berger 185 sent at least one flyer with each group (most likely me).

The rifle seems to shoot 1/2" MOA all day, I have data out to 400 with the original stock. I will be interested to see how it shoots beyond 200 m with the Cadex installed and a rear bag. The Cadex made a huge difference with the chassis and muzzle break. If anyone is interested I can post the numbers.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4641/38669503794_986bb88775_b_d.jpg

Spotter isn't any help...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4690/38500152635_8bf9f2f6dd_b_d.jpg

[Zero333]

Factory ammo, Black Hills 308 - 168 HPBT
Savage 10 TR LEO
Cadex competition chassis

All groups are 5 rounds, no rear bag, on bipod.

0.26 MOA


0.33 MOA



I was also trying out different ammo and the Berger 185 sent at least one flyer with each group (most likely me).

The rifle seems to shoot 1/2" MOA all day, I have data out to 400 with the original stock. I will be interested to see how it shoots beyond 200 m with the Cadex installed and a rear bag. The Cadex made a huge difference with the chassis and muzzle break. If anyone is interested I can post the numbers.


Spotter isn't any help...





That's a helluva shooter for a factory barrel !

:canada:

[penna shooter]

It is a Leupold VX2 6-18 X40mm with high turrets. Ken Farrell base and rings, Harris 6-9" bipod. 18 power used IIRC
LIke to see a pix of it Private-J....Was on my hit list during black Friday until I laid hands on my Vortex HSLR 4-16-44mm. Never looked back....Like to know you feedback of the AO??? Thanks

[Deadshot2]

Wasn't with my Savage but rather my "Remage". Brand new Benchmark .308, 1:10 TWO GROOVE barrel.


Distance 300 yards. ( target was re-used, hence the pasters) Center Red/Orange dot is 1" in diameter.

First group of 5 is the upper left. Lower group of 5 was after I adjusted elevation using the ".1 Mil Lever" on my NF 5-25X56 BEAST. Bullet= 175 gr TMK over 43.5 gr Varget in Lapua brass.
https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/004053667850/media/33643868248/medium/1514673334/enhance

Even more rewarding to me was the fact I shot these two groups 14 weeks after Quad Bypass Surgery on the old heart.

[celltech]

.308 12FV converted to DBM in a crappy hacked up Boyd's stock with barrel cut down to 18" with hacksaw....crown finished with shell deburrer. 5 shots of plain old Federal 168 gr Gold Metal Match at 100 yds...

And on a different day another 12FV in .223 with its non-violated barrel shooting 69 gr Sierra Match King reloads...

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[Triggerhappytv]

Cabelas Savage 12FV build .223 1/9 twist factory barrel. Vortex 4×12×40mm diamond back tactical scope. In choate tactical stock. Using 50 gr Vmax with Accurate 2230, low/medium powder load. Brass as neck sized after shot in this rifle prior. First target is at 300 yards and second is 100 yards to confirm scope zero after fitting the rifle in the choate stock. Dots are 1 inch.
https://i.imgur.com/3gyAf0s.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/BxGn0mw.jpg

[Triggerhappytv]

Have to love hacksaw + rifle = sub MOA

[willyqbc]

Savage lightweight hunter...bone stock, right out of the box with handloads - 220 yds

https://i.imgur.com/SHBHebw.jpg

Savage lightweight hunter 270 win also right out of the box, was also 220 yds and right around .900" if I recall

https://i.imgur.com/msRa3wt.jpg

savage 14 american classic 7-08 with a reduced load I developed for a buddies wife, also stock, 220 yds, should read .424" ctc...not moa

https://i.imgur.com/8W3GFgv.jpg

Anyone who says you need a fancy custom rifle to shoot 1/2 moa...hasn't handloaded for a savage!

Chris

[penna shooter]

Hornady V-Max Express, 40Gr. at 200 yards...

[Zero333]

Found new load from my well worn 243 Shilen barrel (1,400+ rounds of hard use and still shoots nicely, but looks like garbage through the borescope )

( Never mind the POI. Wanted to be a little to the left of the aim point but dialed too much )

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[Zero333]

Here is a update with that last load I found.

Shot 2 weeks after initial load work up, in different weather (not as cold but still well below freezing). Snow was coming down very hard making the target aim points hard to see at times. But I prevailed !


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