[Josh45]

Man, That is some good shooting. The best I have done so far is a .792 with Marlin XL7 with a Leupold XV-II.
I really need to get it together and find a load that works all the time. Im happy with that as well but your grouping is just fantastic.

 

[Josh45]

Nice group. My 06 seamed to like 4350 powders the best with 165 gr boat tails. Every gun will be different and takes awhile to dial them in. I got mine to dial in for groups and could shoot 300 yd groups under 3 inches and for a stock hunting rifle that was great. (it did harvest a moose and elk too)

Thats funny, Because my 06 seemed to like 4350 as well with a 165 Gr BT
Hasn't harvested anything YET...
You beat me to that!

 

[Josh45]

PCSO1,

Try a 5 shot group.
Another forum that is mainly about reloading told me that 3 shots prove the rifle and 5 shots prove the shooter.
Give that a go before you make any other changes. As for my grouping, It was .792, Not .729. My mistake. I also used a bipod and sand bags for the rear.
Gonna try a sleigh maybe next time if I can find one for cheap.

 

[Josh45]

Actually, I looked back just now, and you had the right group size listed in your post. I just transposed it incorrectly. Either way, that's a great group size in my book. :thumb:

I'll give a 5- or 7-shot group a try next time I go to the range (using the same bipod and sandbag setup again) and see what happens. I honestly don't know how consistent I can be at this point. However, with two groups in a row under an inch though, it does boost my confidence in my shooting fundamentals a bit, and that's probably a good thing for me. But, who knows, I may have just gotten lucky. Like I said in an earlier post, I was beginning to have serious doubts about my abilities before last weekend, so I'm really not sure what I'm capable of. If it goes the same way it usually does when I shoot handguns, I will probably have some really good days, with quite a few not so good days mixed in. Oh well. That's what makes it fun. I like the challenge. I guess I'll find out soon.

I'll try to produce a couple more sub-MOA groups before ditching the sandbags, just in an effort to further prove the gun's capabilities with this round in my mind. I figure that once I've done that, I have no one to blame but myself when I have crappy range days in the future. But, I also don't want to get too dependent on the sandbags because I don't fancy myself as being a benchrest-type shooter. I've always had more of a "hunter mentality" with shooting, meaning that I want to know what I can honestly do with my gun in the field under less-than-ideal conditions. Nothing at all wrong with benchrest shooting, I just don't envision myself doing much of it. Although, I have to say that it is pretty rewarding when I see small group sizes, regardless of what method is used to put them on the paper.

Sound about right to me.
Nothing wrong on finding the ammo that your firearm likes best and then trying to see what you can do off hand since your going for hunting.
Kinda funny how we are doing the same thing. Bench rest shooting for max accuracy then trying off hand to see what it would be like in the field.

Let us know how it goes!