RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

Pretty good shooting there Sabot. Just a shame that you were getting that vertical stringing........ No really that is nice. How much do you figure that ball drops at 100 yds with the 60 gr load? Have you ever shot paper at 100 with it?

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

bronko22000

That verticle stringing is all me... I am still learning how to use the "V" peep that I got from RMC. I fail to make the same sight picture each time. I end up trying to peak over the sights to make sure that I am holding a 6 o'clock hold and by doing that I mess the whole thing up. I just need to do a whloe lot more shooting with that gun - actually any open sight gun.

I have not shot paper beyond 50 yards with this gun but I fully intend to shoot a 75 and 100 yards before the first Rhondy shoot. I did shoot a clay pigeon at 100 tards - it took me two shots. I could see where the first shoot hit a few inches below the pigeon and the second shot and this is really weird, I remember moving the front sight up in the 'V' peep and aiming, by the way a clay pigeon @ a hundered is very small, but anyway i remember the shot going off and I remember a split second after I shot I could still see the pigeon - then when the smoke cleared it was gone. I looke through the binos and it was definitely shattered...

Don't think you could hunt with 60 grains seems awful small but I am not using it for hunting - just trying to hit all the different targets along the walking trail...

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

Hornady's ballistic calculator indicates that a .490 rb at 1700 fpscan be sighted for a 100 yd zero, and will be 2.6" high at 50. That's not so bad.

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

UncleNorby

Thanks... that is exactly the information I needed... my calculater will only go as low as .1 for a BC...

Can I find that calulator fairly easily on the Horanady web site???

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

Sabot - are you sure the pigeon didn't fly away....:D
Shooting stuff like Dave's ice blocks, your clay pigeons is fun. I live up here in the PA hard coal region. We shoot in one of the old strip mine areas. We like picking out pieces of shale at various ranges and watch them disappear when hit.

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

bronko22000

Never thought about that.... I have been know to miss a bird here and there...

I used to shoot in an old rock pit - I would often pick out chunks of Basalt to shoot at.... I just like to see something happen when the bullets hits....

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

Hornady's calculator is but a few clicks away. Go to their site and you should find it.

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

Thank's for the report on the MX Mike. I received my Camo/SS ACCURA as promised from Mark @ CVA today, it's a beauty! Now I have 3 bottles of MX BC you talked me in to buying to treat both barrelsof my ACCURA's with, it should last awhile. Now I have to put the scopes on and treat the barrels and wait untill the snow stops, we got 2 feet yesterday! I'll be testing the ML's with a 240gr HP XTP Mag Bullet and 120gr. of T7 2f....I cant Wait!

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

Breechplug.. it sounds like you're all set. Remember to just dry patch. Also keep track of if the first shot is a flier. I was talking to Don at Western which sell the Montana X-treme Bore Conditioner and he was asking if the first shot was a flier or not from the group. I told him I would pay attention as in my Bison it was not for a change. So just pay attention to this is you can.. thanks.

RE: Renegade @ the Dinger Farm
 

Breechplug

I wondered when it was going to get there... Everything check out OK?

I think we are at the beginning of spring here. We will still get an occasional snow maybe some sub-zero for a short time but I think the worst is over...