Post by Richard on Aug 26, 2017 10:07:27 GMT -5
ML at 600 yards…………..
Well, I got my very first chance to shoot my .45 DIS muzzle loader with 300 gr. Pittman AccuMax bullets over 73 gr. of N-120 at 2900 fps. Nothing earth shattering but being my first time and figuring out settings I was pretty confident I could kill critters at that range under good conditions. Hopefully I will get to shoot it on future occasions thanks to one of our newer member……..Cornbread. The farm where he took me is only five minutes from my gun club (1/2 hr. drive) so very convenient. The bench they have set up is 5” concrete on concrete block pillars and the most solid I have ever shot off of. This is not a range like those I have shot at but more like one that crosses hill and dale and irrigation pond and deer food plots and you need a four wheel drive vehicle to meander your way to the 600 yard target. Also, a couple of low hanging branches need trimming as a number of shots trimmed leaves as the shot passed thru them. All in all it was a fun experience and Cornbread was a great host who invited me to come out again in the future. BTW……….he is also one hell of a shot! But then again, a proven long range shooter aside from his muzzle loader.
I did not bring the targets home for precise measurements as I normally do, but gave them to Cornbread for further use so only pictures exist and some tape measure readings taken. I will attempt to explain the targets pictured:
First off we were having trouble telling where the shots initially hit? I had put 14.5” in the scope over my 100 yard zero. Those shots actually hit on the very bottom of the right target (holes had been covered with white pasters-sorry for the blurry pic). Not knowing where they hit, I went to the left target which was located a bit higher and you can see the three white spots low and to the right. I put two more inches (MOA”s) in the scope and the next group went up higher……..good vertical but spread horizontally. You can see Cornbreads hand by that group. Next I upped the scope to 17 MOA and used the third hash mark (stadia line) to the right of the center dot as my holding point which now centered me on the bull. In that five shot grouping the first shot was the high one in the white, then 2 and 3 hit side by side, #4 hit a bit low and five moved off to the left.
From where we were shooting the condition seemed relatively calm but behind the targets I could see the vegetation moving about so wind may have played a part? In any event, the 2,3 and 4 shot group measured just under five inches so sub MOA was pretty rewarding. Under the right conditions and with some luck I think there could be some ½ MOA groups to be had in the future.
The four shot group in the upper right was shot by Cornbread and was right at 5”. He was shooting the 300+ gr. ASG bullet full formed with ?? gr. of 3031 powder at 2945 fps. This was a Brux barreled 700ML with the ASG plug and 209 primers in a HS precision stock. He was using a Burris 1st. focal plane scope.
Cornbread might jump in for any details I might have missed.
When I was finished, I ran my scope back to zero and fired one 300 gr. Fury bullet and it hit precisely whee it should (the Fury's impact 3/4" higher than the Pittmans) so the Sightron 8x32x56 was working!
Well, I got my very first chance to shoot my .45 DIS muzzle loader with 300 gr. Pittman AccuMax bullets over 73 gr. of N-120 at 2900 fps. Nothing earth shattering but being my first time and figuring out settings I was pretty confident I could kill critters at that range under good conditions. Hopefully I will get to shoot it on future occasions thanks to one of our newer member……..Cornbread. The farm where he took me is only five minutes from my gun club (1/2 hr. drive) so very convenient. The bench they have set up is 5” concrete on concrete block pillars and the most solid I have ever shot off of. This is not a range like those I have shot at but more like one that crosses hill and dale and irrigation pond and deer food plots and you need a four wheel drive vehicle to meander your way to the 600 yard target. Also, a couple of low hanging branches need trimming as a number of shots trimmed leaves as the shot passed thru them. All in all it was a fun experience and Cornbread was a great host who invited me to come out again in the future. BTW……….he is also one hell of a shot! But then again, a proven long range shooter aside from his muzzle loader.
I did not bring the targets home for precise measurements as I normally do, but gave them to Cornbread for further use so only pictures exist and some tape measure readings taken. I will attempt to explain the targets pictured:
First off we were having trouble telling where the shots initially hit? I had put 14.5” in the scope over my 100 yard zero. Those shots actually hit on the very bottom of the right target (holes had been covered with white pasters-sorry for the blurry pic). Not knowing where they hit, I went to the left target which was located a bit higher and you can see the three white spots low and to the right. I put two more inches (MOA”s) in the scope and the next group went up higher……..good vertical but spread horizontally. You can see Cornbreads hand by that group. Next I upped the scope to 17 MOA and used the third hash mark (stadia line) to the right of the center dot as my holding point which now centered me on the bull. In that five shot grouping the first shot was the high one in the white, then 2 and 3 hit side by side, #4 hit a bit low and five moved off to the left.
From where we were shooting the condition seemed relatively calm but behind the targets I could see the vegetation moving about so wind may have played a part? In any event, the 2,3 and 4 shot group measured just under five inches so sub MOA was pretty rewarding. Under the right conditions and with some luck I think there could be some ½ MOA groups to be had in the future.
The four shot group in the upper right was shot by Cornbread and was right at 5”. He was shooting the 300+ gr. ASG bullet full formed with ?? gr. of 3031 powder at 2945 fps. This was a Brux barreled 700ML with the ASG plug and 209 primers in a HS precision stock. He was using a Burris 1st. focal plane scope.
Cornbread might jump in for any details I might have missed.
When I was finished, I ran my scope back to zero and fired one 300 gr. Fury bullet and it hit precisely whee it should (the Fury's impact 3/4" higher than the Pittmans) so the Sightron 8x32x56 was working!
............No, I have a 1-18!