Wow did I have a bad day at the range.
Things went downhill fast even though it was a beautiful day. Sunny, light winds, mid 20's...nice.
I decided to shoot five 3-shot groups with different bullets that appeared to have promise at the 50 yard range.
Gun setup
Triumph Bone Collector Camo
Leupold 4-12 fine reticule with adjustable parallax
Leupold QR Base and Rings (Locktite used)
First group
285 Barnes Spitfire
with HPH-12 sabots
78 grains BH209 (weighed)
Federal 209A primers
Average velocity
1924fps
1.85" c-t-c (This was the good group)
Second group
300 Barnes MZ
with HPH-12
78 grains BH209 (weighed)
Federal 209A primers
Average velocity
1950 fps
2.9" c-t-c (disappointing)
Third group
250 Barnes MZ
with yellow hyper glide sabot
78 grains BH209 (weighed)
Federal 209A primers
Average velocity
1963fps
5.5" c-t-c (very very disappointing)
Fourth group
250 Barnes MZ
HPH-12 sabot
78 grains BH209 (weighed)
Federal 209A primers
Average Velocity
2018 fps
3.75" c-t-c
Fifth group
300 Shockwave
Hyper Glide sabots Yellow
78 grains BH209 (weighed)
Federal 209A primers
Average Velocity 1932 fps
7.5" c-t-c (HOLY CRAP!!)
I used this scope on my Knight ML's and I had no problems getting MOA groups.
Some groups with my Long Range Hunter
A nice group with my Disc Extreme with the same Leupold scope
I'm at a loss right now. In my mind a ML that shoots 3" to 7" groups on the bench is of no use to me. Yes I checked bases to make sure they were tight.
I used the same scope to shoot this group with my 22-250
I'm going to try it one more time then it's going to make a trip to T/C.