Reply With Quoteinteresting....................Originally Posted by Tempest
Its a 30" 1/12 twist correct?
For his gun I load 175 SMK and Varget. For mine I use 175 SMK and 4064.
interesting....................
Its a 30" 1/12 twist correct?
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His is a 12 Benchrest, so it's a 29" barrel 1 in 12.
I'm shooting a 10 BA, 24" barrel and 1 in 10.
What elevations are you guys at?
How fast are you sending the 175,s out of your sons rig?
which rig is grouping better...yours or his?
I guess by now you can tell Im asking a bunch of questions...you,ll have to excuse me. Im desyphering which bench rest to "start" looking into.
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Gent at the local range had one of these and Im strongly considering one. Not a bad price either.
http://www.bullseyecamera.com/videos.html
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Little update on this. Found out what load it likes. Went to a 155 Scenar and it's like a different gun.
My son shot the best he's ever shot last match. We did a 3 x 600 match and he shot a 571-10X. He placed 1st again in Jr but more importantly, 4th overall in F/TR. He only dropped below a 9 one time when he missed a wind change. He had a string of 10's and shot an 8. I told him if he had not missed it and shot a 10 again, he would have been in 3rd. The neat part, he shot that score off a Harris bipod. I just got him a 3rd Gen Sincliar for next match so we are eager to see how he does. Very proud of him. The kid can shoot!
A 571 us nothing to sneeze at, good shooting. I plan on shooting AEDC in August at the 1k state match. Very nice range.
what powder did you end up using?
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Powder was the same, Varget. It's the bullet that's different because of the twist. Played with seating depth and found it likes a .030" jump. Ended up using a 155 Scenar "flying" that shot best groups in testing.
Everything about this thread is cool to me. I'm intrigued by F class & F/TR. Maybe by the time I figure it out, I'll qualify for some senior class or something. :-)
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Ive been eyeing the 155,s as well. My HS with 24" 11.25twist does extremely well with 150 smk,s but I cant help but to wanna give the 155,s ago. I have a little under 1K worth of 150smk,s so it may be awhile before I give the 155,s a try.
Congrates on getting your boy out there and doing well.
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I had no choice. It hated the 175's. The 155 Scenars were a marked improvement. I measured the twist and it's actually 1 in 12.25".
We just shot it at 1,000 last weekend to get a zero and see how the dope was. Eager to see how he scores at the next 1,000.
how fast are you tosisng the 155s?
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Based on dope from 100-500 and 500-1000, depending what BC I use, around 3050.
man...thats plenty fast......
how much varget?.......44ish?
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45.5
that little extra twist you didnt know you had is excellant for those lighter pills along with a little more umph to go along with it.
shear velocity sure can be your friend.
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Little update:
Pretty proud of my son. Today in the mail he got his expert classification from the NRA for 600 yard F class. He started last year, we got a little more serious this year and he's done better at every match this year. The neat part was, he only only shot (3) 600 yard matches this year and 2 out of 3 were w/ a Harris bipod in F/TR.
If he was not hooked before (he was) he's really hooked now! I can see many more matches (dollars) in our future. :)
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