I took my .308 out to the 600 meter ranger the other day as a guest of one of my friends. My ranges only support 100 - 300 yards, whereas his was 600 meters, so he guested me in. My .308 (in fact all my rifles) is built on a Savage action. I rebarreled it to a Shilen barrel and a Manners stock. It was about 45 degrees out and virtually no wind - perfect day for shooting. The night before I ran some numbers on my loads. This rifle has a Nikon Monarch 3 4-16 Mil-dot scope on it. So I used the Nikon ballistics calculator (http://spoton.nikonsportoptics.com/s...n.html#Index:4) and printed out what my mil dots would range at using the loads I worked up. 168g SMK clocked at 2880 out of this rifle.

We set up, and my buddy asked me "do you want to begin ranging on the 300 first, since you already have data on that distance?". Nope - I had my charts, so I said I wanted to go right to the 600M. Chart said middle of lowest mil-dot, so that's what I did. Pulled the trigger and waited - splat! Bong! Right on the gong! I was suitable impressed with the calculations and the performance of this setup. It's a proven performer of 1/4 MOA and proved itself again. I was literally calling each shot as to where it would hit. Changed targets to paper and it was printing about a three inch grouping at 600 meters all day. **** I love that rifle!

Switched to my .260. This one started out as a 300 Win Mag that I purchased at a pawn shop. Unlike the .308, it's a long action. It too sports a Shilen barrel and a SSS stock and a Leupold scope. Since this scope only has a cross hair, I cranked in the 32 MOA adjustment the charts said I needed and fired. Rounds where chrony'd at 2800'/sec prior. First shot was low. Added a couple more clicks and second shot just clipped the bottom of the gong. Added a couple more and Boing! Dead center. After that is was the same as the .308 - bang - Boing, bang Boing all day. Switched back over to the .308 again with 155g A-Maxs and they too clocked right to the chart with each shot going exactly where I aimed. I couldn't have had a better more rewarding day! Now I'm looking to stretch these two rifles out to 1000 yards, only in eastern PA that's difficult.

So - great day - great rifles and extremely pleased with the Savage products.

Stay well people....