600 yard steel shooting with 5.56 - 9/2/2017 - Sub MOA @ 1000 (lol but for real)

[opngrnd]

I took the subject rifle of this thread to a PRS match.

It wasn't until the third stage that I realized I had been using a 200y zero for my holds when the scope had recently been reset to a 100y zero.

I wouldn't have won - but I would've been top 5 for sure. Still, 16th out of 37 people and I shot 3/7 stages with an incorrect dope? What's that say about them

Good shooting! Do you compete with the rifle suppressed?

[Vegas]

I took the subject rifle of this thread to a PRS match.

It wasn't until the third stage that I realized I had been using a 200y zero for my holds when the scope had recently been reset to a 100y zero.

I wouldn't have won - but I would've been top 5 for sure. Still, 16th out of 37 people and I shot 3/7 stages with an incorrect dope? What's that say about them

Funny stuff. That’s kind of crap I would do. My favorite waste of ammo is not dialing back down after a long range session. Line up next session to check zero, boom, clean paper. Oops.

[Pappabear]

Funny stuff. That’s kind of crap I would do. My favorite waste of ammo is not dialing back down after a long range session. Line up next session to check zero, boom, clean paper. Oops.

If I had a dollar for every time I pulled that move. My slow mind goes " oh shit what happened BAFFLE STRIKE- loose scope rings / base or....I could just turn the turret back to zero". To make things worse, our 1,300 yard target is exactly 10 mils on the 300's with a NF 10 mil per revolution.

PB

[Failure2Stop]

I took the subject rifle of this thread to a PRS match.

It wasn't until the third stage that I realized I had been using a 200y zero for my holds when the scope had recently been reset to a 100y zero.

I wouldn't have won - but I would've been top 5 for sure. Still, 16th out of 37 people and I shot 3/7 stages with an incorrect dope? What's that say about them

Dude, I came off a PRS stage and forgot to pull my elevation off and went into a hold-over stage with like 2.5 mils spun on. Went off the stage without successfully engaging 2 targets, when it should have been a "how fast can you do it stage". Cost me significantly. It's the simple shit that gets you in the end. Day one stuff.

[Tigereye]

You still shooting the 77gr XBR load?

Onyx,
Do you mind sharing this load? I'm loading the XBR at 23.4gr w/ 77gr SMK and Wolf SRM primers. The SMK shoots a little better than the Nosler CC in my guns.
Thanks,
Eric

[Tigereye]

I took the subject rifle of this thread to a PRS match.

It wasn't until the third stage that I realized I had been using a 200y zero for my holds when the scope had recently been reset to a 100y zero.

I wouldn't have won - but I would've been top 5 for sure. Still, 16th out of 37 people and I shot 3/7 stages with an incorrect dope? What's that say about them

Euro,
You still using the SHV? Is it the 4-14X50? What would you recommend for a 14.5" Centurion barrel that I want to stretch out to 5-600?
Thanks,
Eric

[Onyx Z]

Onyx,
Do you mind sharing this load? I'm loading the XBR at 23.4gr w/ 77gr SMK and Wolf SRM primers. The SMK shoots a little better than the Nosler CC in my guns.
Thanks,
Eric

It is similar. I use CCI450's mainly, but the Wolf SRM primers give similar results. TMK's work well with this load as well.

[Tigereye]

I'll order up some TMK's and give it a go.
Thanks

[MarshallDodge]

I took the subject rifle of this thread to a PRS match.

It wasn't until the third stage that I realized I had been using a 200y zero for my holds when the scope had recently been reset to a 100y zero.

I wouldn't have won - but I would've been top 5 for sure. Still, 16th out of 37 people and I shot 3/7 stages with an incorrect dope? What's that say about them

Nice shooting.

What it says is that many think they can win the game with gear. While quality gear is a plus, only trigger time will win matches.

[MarshallDodge]

Onyx,
Do you mind sharing this load? I'm loading the XBR at 23.4gr w/ 77gr SMK and Wolf SRM primers. The SMK shoots a little better than the Nosler CC in my guns.
Thanks,
Eric

FYI, 23.4 8208 behind a 77 is above the max listed load of 23.2 on Hodgdon's website. That being said, my experience is that 8208 works best near or exceeding max loads and that is where I run it.

I have played with the TMK and didn't find that it was worth the extra money spent. If I were shooting at a competition level, where 1/8th MOA would make a difference, then maybe that would be the bullet of choice.

Nosler is introducing a 77 RDF which hopefully will shoot well in an AR chamber. The 70 RDF shoots great in one of my 223 bolt guns, where I can seat the bullet into the lands, but I think the ogive is too sharp for the long jump to the throat required of an AR.