Guns and Ammo: AAm Edition

[WhiteFeather]

Went to the range yesterday. Weather was amazing (got up to 68 degrees) albeit very very windy, and we had it all to ourselves (although I have not met one rude or disrespectful person there). Brought my Sig, Weatherby and the new Savage. Of the three, my Sig was shooting the best. I was unable to bring any handloaded .308 (I ended up losing a spring on the press for the primer as I was changing them out to load the large rifle primers (but I did end up finding it after I got back...)), but I did have my .223 handloads, plus some 62 gr 5.56 I wanted to test through it. The Savage was pretty accurate but the sights are a little off. I'll have to see if I can adjust them later. I also ended up taking the scope off as I wasn't even hitting the target, or the target holder.

As for that contest, I totally forgot about it and was shooting in 3 shot groups (as I normally do), so they don't qualify for that, but it was still probably the best I ever shot with my Sig.

This is with 62 gr Federal I picked up at Gander Mountain at 100 yds, sitting with a bipod and a 1-4x Nikon scope. (plus a pretty wicked wind, as in it threw my hardcover case on to the range...)



The shots on the outer rim of the target was me adjusting the scope, as I had it set for the 75 gr earlier.

This is 75 gr Hornady Match BTHP with 24.7 gr of Hogdon Varget, same conditions as above.





(I was a little off on the bottom right corner, and I threw one of the shots)

Next time, I got some 80 gr Hornady A-max I'm going to try out, though I definitely will pick up some more 75's. I also got 168gr Sierra Match King's for the .308, and I might pick up some 175 to run through it as well.