Stash,
100 yard paper punching, hunting small to medium game or varminting?
Me again asking many questions, I am impatiently awaiting my 12 VLP. To those of you who have the Savage 12 VLP in .223 caliber what to you, or shall I say the gun like at 100 yards? I know all guns look the same but all guns are different too, kind of like people, look the same but different. Anyway what do you like at 100 yards? Again I know my results will be different but I will use your comments as a starting point.
Thanks!!
Stash
Stash,
100 yard paper punching, hunting small to medium game or varminting?
Frank
One rifle, one planet, Holland's 375
Paper I use 69gr SMK, mostly cloverleaf holes about .333 to .500" or so.
P-dogs, badgers, fox jackrabbits, 50g vmax
Coyotes, 50g vmax, 50g jsp, 55 vmax, 55 jsp, 60gr JSP
Now of course these are all my handloads.
My one and only 223 is a Stevens 200. It loves the 50 gr Vmax and a not-full powder charge of either milsurp BL-C(2) or H-380 and Rem 7 1/2 primers. Out to 200 yds for either paper or coyotes.
12F, McGowen 6.5x284 1-8" twist, Nightforce 12-42x BR<br />BVSS, McGowen barrel, 22-250 1-9" twist, Nikon 6-18x<br />16 FHLSS Weather Warrior, Sinarms 257 Roberts, Pentax 3-9<br />Stevens 200, 223 bone-factory-stock, Nikon 3-9x<br />Scratch-built BVSS, LW 243 1-8" twist, Viper 6.5-20x50 mil-dot
High accuracy, paper punching. I do not reload, so will use factory ammo for now.
Thanks!
Stash
Originally Posted by Fjold
Blackhills match has worked for me in the past. Another was Ultramax 55 grain SP's. Both of these turned in <1" groups at 100 yards from my 9 twist Stevens 200. With reloads this same rifle turned in groups less than 1/2" consistently and also produced some .3's as well as some .2's on occassion.
I reload now so I don't use any factory stuff.
Dolomite
+1 on the Black Hills with the Reman (blue box) or the new stuff (red box) they shoot awesome I like the 69 gr. HPBT which are SMKs. And I believe they even make moly coated bullets if your interested in those.
+1 on Black HillsOriginally Posted by ICUDIEN
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