Post by elkman1310 on Dec 2, 2016 18:31:10 GMT -5
Our Long range season started off to a slow start no snow and warm temps with rain really adds up to a waste of time trying to long range hunt in the mountains of Pa. Here or a few pictures of guns and glasses in next post.
The tiger maple stocked heavy gun is mine it is chambered for a 7mmSTW it has a 36" Krieger 1.350 barrel in a barrel block topped off with a 15x Unertl target scope. I have been testing the new 195gr Berger EOL bullet. I am pushing these at 3280fps. with a full case of WC 872 powder and a fed 215 primer. The other gun is built on a all aluminum stock it is chambered in 338/408 Chey-Tac topped off with a NF scope this gun send 300gr SMK out the barrel at 3,300 fps this truly a 2,500 yard gun.
I made a drop chart for the 7mm STW using .754 BC for the Berger bullet. Berger said this bullet should have a BC of .814 above 3,000 fps I thought .814 was wishful thinking on their part till I tested some today at 1,350 yards. my drop chart was off by 4 MOA. I was able to get on today with 26.5 MOA which works out exactly to a high BC of .814 which is really amazing. This bullet has truly changed the game of long range shooting.
My next post will show some pictures of our optics we use.
