Thought I share this 4 shot group I shot at 500m last weekend with my Howa Mini 6mm ARC in the factory stock. I had freshly annealed my Hornady brass and loaded up a bunch of 103gr ELD-X with 30.4gr of LVR.
I'd already developed this load and shot some pretty good groups at closer distances and this was my 3rd trip to the range where I have been practicing with the wind at 500m (550yd)
Today we had a varying tail wind of 4-8mph and to start a session I thought Id throw 4 down range. Now there are 12 yellow plates of varying sizes and I chose to try and centre hit the 300x300mm plate after dialling in 9 MOA, after firing 2 rounds a fellow range user thought he would spoil my group with his hard hitting TIKKA CTR 6.5 CM, as you can see my group went small his went big LOL.
Quite a noticeable diff in damage on the plate, normal range etiquette is you don't shoot someone else's plate as there are plenty of plates and they get repainted every 30 mins. 4 shots 0.261 MOA
I'd already developed this load and shot some pretty good groups at closer distances and this was my 3rd trip to the range where I have been practicing with the wind at 500m (550yd)
Today we had a varying tail wind of 4-8mph and to start a session I thought Id throw 4 down range. Now there are 12 yellow plates of varying sizes and I chose to try and centre hit the 300x300mm plate after dialling in 9 MOA, after firing 2 rounds a fellow range user thought he would spoil my group with his hard hitting TIKKA CTR 6.5 CM, as you can see my group went small his went big LOL.
Quite a noticeable diff in damage on the plate, normal range etiquette is you don't shoot someone else's plate as there are plenty of plates and they get repainted every 30 mins. 4 shots 0.261 MOA