Collie range today 02/02/2017

[CINDERS]

Mate and I went up for a shoot today I only took mu APRS 308 and my Parker Hale 22/250 my friend took his 6mm BR, 7mm Rem Mag and his 460 Weatherby Mag.

My 22/250 has the nik of "The Black Hole" for good reason it is a money pit for oh so little gain, I have been fighting to get this thing to shoot and it has had me perplexed as it has a great barrel on it a Bartlein 1/12 TR but mediocre glass.
However I had set my COAL at 2.350" which is the standard for 55gn Blitz Kings so I thought hang on I will check the lede on this thing so out with the Hornady case and gauge set it up and what a shock I got.

The measurement I got from the Hornady gauge put the ogive at 2.153" which means the pills were jumping .197 thou bit like jumping over the Grand Canyon!
So I set 2 batches of 20 rounds one at a 30 thou = 2.223" and a batch at 20thou = 2.133"
The 20's seem to hold the edge but it was still a bit rugged at 175M even though I can hit the 5" gong at 214M it is still not quite there so will get back with better results shortly I have a few pics of her for Gil as I know he likes P H's the barrel is 28" Varmint profile.

The green target with the single hit that took the red spotter out was a little test I devised for my APRS I fired 1 round from a clean cold barrel dialed up from a 100M zero from my ballistic card for this gun at the 214M 5" gong spin drift was .1 L MOA, a center hit 1/4" > Rt was obtained
Then I dialed in for the second round at the 175M target and took the red spotter off not bad from a relatively unfouled cold barrel the inner 10 ring circle is 26mm in dia I put a bigger red patch in the center and the shot removed it. I know I go on a bit about my APRS but it is very nice to know it will hit on the first round from an unfouled cold barrel providing I do my bit with the other exterior ballistics. 42gns AR 2206h 168gn A Max 20 thou jump Lap case Fed 210M.

I have posted a couple of pics of my friends 460WM, it has a custom hand made stock with a dead mule in it he has just fitted a MARCH 1- 10 x 24 with the LTM-4 reticule.
He had 13 rounds from the bench & I fired 2 from the bench which is plenty for me at a 108 Ft/Lb of free recoil from that sucker with 500gn Woodleighs.
From a 100M zero holding on the first hash mark for hold over he connected on the 214M gong 2nd round so he went away happy as.
I also pictured the 460WM compared round to a 22/250 from my rifle to give those that have never seen a 460WM round get an idea of the damn thing........

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[Gil Boyd]

Whats that warm shiny stuff on the range.............oh yes its sunshine, wish we had some of that here at the moment
Nice rifles there

[browningautorifle]

I also pictured the 460WM

Lots of material in that one.

[CINDERS]

500gn Woodleigh, Powder charge 110 grains AR 2209 (H4350 or IMR4350) giving about 2,430fps & Fed 215M primer

[browningautorifle]

I'll bet if you check the numbers, you'll find the felt recoil and the muzzle energy are about the same. Something like Teddy Roosevelt's lion gun...