Will 77 grain bullets stabilize in a 1:9 twist barrel?

[TommyD11730]

What's the old saying about a bad day at the range vs a good day at home. :)
The weather here was truly a gift, very warm and dead calm.
I fought my rifle pretty much all day. More so the scope. Now I know the Athlon Argos is hardly a high end scope. However I had a lot of trouble keeping a clear target picture at 200 yards. Even turning the mag down to 24 or so power it just looked blurry to me.
Anyway enough about that. The 77 TMKS I loaded were ok... Just ok at 200. The COAL of 2.285 is well short of the 2.385 I fired the week before. So while the new rounds had much less drop (23.5 vs 22) the groupings were less tight.
So, I'll go back to my original COAL and keep the charge at 23.5 for next week.
My 69SMKS did ok, considering the scope issues.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving!

[hamiltonkiler]

What's the old saying about a bad day at the range vs a good day at home. :)
The weather here was truly a gift, very warm and dead calm.
I fought my rifle pretty much all day. More so the scope. Now I know the Athlon Argos is hardly a high end scope. However I had a lot of trouble keeping a clear target picture at 200 yards. Even turning the mag down to 24 or so power it just looked blurry to me.
Anyway enough about that. The 77 TMKS I loaded were ok... Just ok at 200. The COAL of 2.285 is well short of the 2.385 I fired the week before. So while the new rounds had much less drop (23.5 vs 22) the groupings were less tight.
So, I'll go back to my original COAL and keep the charge at 23.5 for next week.
My 69SMKS did ok, considering the scope issues.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving!

Sorry maybe I am miss reading? At 200yds your bullet is dropping out 22” from zero?


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[TommyD11730]

That's grains of powder.
From 100 to 200 it's about 5 clicks of moa to rezero elevation at 23.5g of powder. At 22g it's a good 3 inches lower.