700 yard .75 MOA 270 Encore group

[Robbin]

Finally got my custom dial from Leupold. What a great addition to a scope for 63 bucks. I shoot 400 a lot with my VH reticule. So I've got reticules for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 600 yards. The 2, 3 and 4 are right on the money but the 5 and 6 allow for more drop than my 130 grain Berger VLDS drop. I ordered a custom dial and it came it so when we were done at 400, I backed up to 600, then decided to see what it could do at 700 with my last 3 shots.
That was a 3 shot group at 700, cold barrel, 1st , 2nd and 3rd shot at that distance. I didn't shoot a bunch and find the range.
My custom dial on my Leupold worked perfect. I dialed to 7 (for 700 yards). I over corrected for the wind, went with 1 MOA left correction.
Should have gone with .5 MOA correction. The group is 5.5 inches, that's .75 MOA at that distance. The vertical spread was less than 2 inches. The wind died on one shot so I ended up with a 5.5 inch horizontal spread. It was only a 3 shot group, but not bad. Dead deer all three shots
....gun)

 

[hemiscrub]

nice shooten, wheres the pics? you gotta love the 270.

hs

 

[Robbin]

I don't know how to get pictures on here. I've tried in the past. Seems like I've got to post them somewhere else and link to them. But I don't have anywhere else to post them to.

I guess I should have listed the load.

130 grain Berger VLD
Nosler custom brass, light neck turn
52.3 grains of RE-17 with a MV of 3070
Rem Large rifle primer

I use very light neck tension..

 

[iSnipe]

It was only a 3 shot group, but not bad. Dead deer all three shots....

Maybe so, maybe so...

but besides windage, etc, don't forget to dial in the Pucker Factor.

Good shootin'!

iSnipe

 

[Robbin]

ISnipe, you are correct, I've missed them a lot closer than 700!

 

[Jinx-)]

TC nice quality riffles, I tired my ICON on 500 yards it produced 0.43 MOA or 2.17" group using .308

 

[cavtrooper94]

Glad to hear it. I'm playing with my 7mm Mag Encore and hope to mount a Leupold soon. Glad to hear the potential is there.

 

[Robbin]

Glad to hear it. I'm playing with my 7mm Mag Encore and hope to mount a Leupold soon. Glad to hear the potential is there.

I would suggest a 1/4 MOA click, it doubles the amount of rise you can get in a single turn. I've got a 1/10 click. But when you settle on a load, order a custom dial from Leupold for 63 bucks. You dial the yardage and shoot.

You need the bullet weight, caliber, BC, muzzle velocity and zero range.
In two weeks you get a custom dial.

The work great, I have three, a 223, 308 and 270.