Remington 5R range report

[klf]

I have been running my new 5R in .223 for about two weeks now. I have a Nikon Buckmaster 6-18 sitting on a weaver Picatinny base and Millett tactical bases. I have less than 500 rounds through it and she is dumping three shotters in less than a quarter inch at 100 yards. The five shotters are up around the .7" range. I'm using the Sierra 60 grain varmiteer with 22.8 grains of AA 2460. It's a keeper. I shot the groups below on Saturday. The conditions were ideal with no wind. The only limitation was the big loose nut behind the scope. This one is a keeper. It is a sweet little caliber that I can shoot all day long without taking a beating.

[Silent]

Sounds like you definately have a keeper on your hands, hopefully with some more load development and practice you can suck those groups down even tighter.

[Pappabear]

Id like to get one of these to practice with in combo with my 308.

[markm]

Get it out to 3, 4, and 5 hundo.

A gun that shoots good like that needs to stretch a little.

[klf]

Get it out to 3, 4, and 5 hundo.

A gun that shoots good like that needs to stretch a little.

I wish I could. I'm stuck in hill country with 100 yard gun clubs.

[markm]

Come on out to AZ and shoot with Pappabear and markm. We'll get you on our 1000 yard range!

[klf]

Come on out to AZ and shoot with Pappabear and markm. We'll get you on our 1000 yard range!

I think I would have to shoot it, go find it, stick it in another charged case and shoot it again to get it to go that far.

[markm]

We don't usually run the 223s out that far. 700 or so for those.

[a0cake]

I've shot MK12's out to 1k. You're looking at around 19 MILS of elevation for 1,000M w/ MK262 from a 100M zero. The SMK's go transonic at a ~700M. They're pretty decent about staying stable but it's a challenge past that distance. It's a really good time though. I recommend it for a change of pace if you ever get the chance.

OP, sounds like a great rifle. The Varmints don't stand a chance.

[anthony1]

You can get a 223 to 1k easy, well not as easy as other calibers but it'll get there anyway. I live in the hills to, the key is to shoot hill to hill for long distance in hilly terrain. Climb a big hill set up, shoot over little hills into side of next big hill, that how we always did it anyways.