Rosco
01-31-2016, 03:03 AM
Rounds fired from the rifle in this thread
http://www.savageshooters.com/showthread.php?46982-Savage-Intro-Competition-Rifle
Went to the range today with 40 rounds of the new Hornady 140gr ELD's. Pretty happy with the performance, here are a few groups.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii157/hcoltrain/IMAG1297.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii157/hcoltrain/IMAG1295.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii157/hcoltrain/IMAG1294.jpg
The 2 shot three shot groups were .53 and .57 and the four shot group was a .67. Not to bad for factory ammo with a hack behind the gun. Honestly, I am not a very good shot and I would imagine someone with better skills could easily produce a higher level of accuracy.
More interestingly, I had a chance to use the Magneto Speed for 7 shots. The AVG out of a 20' inch barrel with a break was 2721 fps, ES 41 and the SD was 16. A friend I shoot with had a 26'' X-Caliber shooting the same rounds and his 12 shot AVG was 2821, exactly 100 FPS faster. Didn't feel we did enough testing to absolutely confirm, but from these preliminary results I only lost 100 FPS with 6'' of barrel. Not bad!!
The ballistic tables show the rifle staying Supersonic till around 1030 yards.
http://www.savageshooters.com/showthread.php?46982-Savage-Intro-Competition-Rifle
Went to the range today with 40 rounds of the new Hornady 140gr ELD's. Pretty happy with the performance, here are a few groups.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii157/hcoltrain/IMAG1297.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii157/hcoltrain/IMAG1295.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii157/hcoltrain/IMAG1294.jpg
The 2 shot three shot groups were .53 and .57 and the four shot group was a .67. Not to bad for factory ammo with a hack behind the gun. Honestly, I am not a very good shot and I would imagine someone with better skills could easily produce a higher level of accuracy.
More interestingly, I had a chance to use the Magneto Speed for 7 shots. The AVG out of a 20' inch barrel with a break was 2721 fps, ES 41 and the SD was 16. A friend I shoot with had a 26'' X-Caliber shooting the same rounds and his 12 shot AVG was 2821, exactly 100 FPS faster. Didn't feel we did enough testing to absolutely confirm, but from these preliminary results I only lost 100 FPS with 6'' of barrel. Not bad!!
The ballistic tables show the rifle staying Supersonic till around 1030 yards.