|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,284
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,284 |
I'll keep singing the praises of the 6.5x47 'till the day I leave this mortal life. This weekend I competed in the Utah State Sniper Shoot. Not only did I win the LR Precision Rifle portion of the match but took 1st place overall.
Took home a nice LAR upper and a bunch of the new Barnes Match Burner bullets in .22, 6.5mm and 30 cal.
Alan
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 16,512
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 16,512 |
Congrats Alan!
Alan, been hearing about reamers w/various freebore. Does your rifle(s) shoot 120/123s as well as say 130/139-142s?
Thanks.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,284
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,284 |
Cliff,
My rifle started out with a .108" freebore. Around 800-900 rounds it grew an extra .080" and hasn't grown since. It's got around 1100 plus rounds now. (I also haven't cleaned the barrel since round #300).
I only tested the 123 MK when I was matching it up against the 130 Berger VLD I chose. It shoot nearly as well with Varget.
My best friend shoots a rifle nearly identical to mine and he uses the 123 Scenar and Varget and his groups are much smaller than mine. But then, I'm only a 1/2 MOA shooter. My rifle shoots better than me.
Now, as you recall in my posts above, my "little" Pierce shoots the 140 Berger VLD to 1/2 MOA all day long with Rel 17 and Fed 205M primers.
Hope this helps.
Alan
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 16,512
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 16,512 |
Thanks Alan,
I know what you mean, anything under 1/2 moa starts to become work, conditions have to be ideal, and some days are just not as good as others - for ME.
That does help - thanks sir.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 3,757
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 3,757 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 631
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 631 |
NRA Life Member
"You might as well be wrong, as be right and not know it"
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 457
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 457 |
Last edited by rem06; 02/14/13.
is that extra 25fps worth detonation? NRA life member
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,468
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,468 |
Great shooting and keep singing, it is a great little cartridge.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 172
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 172 |
Has anyone taken elk size game? Sounds like it real close to a 270 win. Everyone in my camp shoot them for elk and do fine.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 13,401
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 13,401 |
rem06,
Not to hijack the thread, but could you tell me about your portable shooting table? Brand? I need one for my day's farm - I've got space there to shoot 600 yds but can't have anything permanent there. Thanks!
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” ALDO LEOPOLD
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 9,209 Likes: 3
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 9,209 Likes: 3 |
Has anyone taken elk size game? Sounds like it real close to a 270 win. Everyone in my camp shoot them for elk and do fine. This is what a 142smk does to an elk at about 1700fps. Although not a x47 it was similar velocity.
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
|
|
|
|
586 members (10gaugemag, 10Glocks, 1badf350, 1936M71, 12344mag, 61 invisible),
2,468
guests, and
1,412
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,195
Posts18,485,034
Members73,966
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|