As I have reported in the past year I have been trying to get as much accuracy out of this rifle as I could. I have been able to free float the barrel and that helped a lot. I tried the MagPul stock but that didn't seem to do much for me so I returned it.
I had been reloading my ammo using RL-15 but the Hornady manual said that Varget was the most accurate they tried. I finally decided to get a pound and try that powder. I loaded up a bunch of rounds and shot the rifle off a monopod last night. I wanted to shoot off a bench but I forgot to put the table I use for a bench into my car.
Still, I was impressed with how the rounds were hitting the target. I then tried a few rounds off a bipod I mounted on the rifle today and was still impressed. I decided to try to adjust the scope to zero the rifle at 100 yards off my bench. I was very close to bulls-eye then made one last adjustment and it couldn't have been closer to a perfect bulls-eye!
I'll try it again with the bipod tomorrow which is how I'll mostly try to use to hunt.
I didn't think the powder would make that much of a difference but this time it did.
I had been reloading my ammo using RL-15 but the Hornady manual said that Varget was the most accurate they tried. I finally decided to get a pound and try that powder. I loaded up a bunch of rounds and shot the rifle off a monopod last night. I wanted to shoot off a bench but I forgot to put the table I use for a bench into my car.
Still, I was impressed with how the rounds were hitting the target. I then tried a few rounds off a bipod I mounted on the rifle today and was still impressed. I decided to try to adjust the scope to zero the rifle at 100 yards off my bench. I was very close to bulls-eye then made one last adjustment and it couldn't have been closer to a perfect bulls-eye!
I'll try it again with the bipod tomorrow which is how I'll mostly try to use to hunt.
I didn't think the powder would make that much of a difference but this time it did.
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