400 yards is a long way. Good shooting. Keep practicing at that range and 200 yards shots will seem like child's play.

It snowed about 1" last night, so had to shovel a little snow off the drive. Whilst shoveling, i noticed there was only a slight breeze, so when finished, headed for the hills.






That last time out, it seemed like the rifle wasn't shooting as good as i thought it should. Whilst cleaning it, i removed the barrel from the stock, and removed some tape i had placed last summer to make the barrel more free floating. It also seemed the bullet were hitting low when compared to the setting on the cds dial, so i increased the powder charge to 130g BH. Because of these changes, it seemed prudent to check the aim. The previous photo shows where the bullet hit at 200 yard with the cds dial set at 2. This was satisfactory, so a move was made so to be able to shoot at 400 yard.


There seemed to be a few lion hunters out looking for fresh tracks in the new snow, and their tracks can be seen in the photo. The air was thick with a little fog, and a very very minimum snow fall. The temperature was 14 degrees, and the breeze was near zero, but inconsistant. The cds dial was twisted as far as it could go, before shooting at the 400 yard target.







I saw the first bullet hole; the second bullet hole, but i couldn't see where the third and fourth bullets hit. For some reason the light was such that no matter how i tried, i couldn't see bullet holes today. This made me wonder, so i had to drive the 400 yard to the target. At the target, i could finally see bullet holes.







Then, returning to 400 yard away, i was able to get off 5 more shots before it seemed the breeze was too much.

That is some great shooting. It appears your groups are a slight bit low/right as a whole, and about 12" or so around? (I don't know how big that circle is. Very impressive regardless, I doubt I could do that with my centerfire - and its a tack driver. (I ain't that good!)

That has to feel good....holding on something that far away and connecting within inches of where you aimed.

What would feel good is every shot in the red. The group can be moved left with 'clicks'. It can't be moved up at this range, unless the muzzle velocity is increased. The dial is turned up as far as it can go. Of course, one could use a dial without 'stops', and go for it. However, it doesn't appear this rifle is accurate enough to even shoot this far. Where is that 45 caliber Mountaineer??

How about a .45 V2?

It's my next gun.

That's some good shooting, but I think for that distance I would prefer a faster twist and bullet with a higher BC. That's just my personal preference .

What bullet did you shoot?

Oops never mind. 200gr SST.

Too much creep in the trigger to suit my taste. Yes, yes, i know, you are going to write how perfect the trigger is. I have read so so many posts about how sweet the CVA trigger are, but i don't agree. Myself, i own 3 Accura, and they are OK, but to be honest, the creepy trigger gets old after awhile.

It seems mighty mighty strange to me, that i happened to purchase the only 3 Accura rifle in the world that have trigger with creep. Now, don't get me wrong, they have a decent trigger, and one can make some decent shoot with them, but they are not perfect. The trigger on every Omega i own are far better than the trigger on every Accura i own. Omega trigger break clean; crisp, and are reasonable light for hunting. Accura trigger are light, but aren't without minor creep. Knight trigger are adjustable.

No, the V2 45 caliber will not come into my house. An Omega 45 caliber will get the next chance, and perhaps the 45 caliber Mountaineer, if it becomes a reality. This long range shooting is great fun; perhaps even addictive.

Funny how that works out huh? My Omega trigger was lousy.

We sure are unlucky with guns.