group shooting at 200 yards

louie the fly · Post by **louie the fly** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:52 am

Hi all,

I want to try and do more testing of my varmint rifles at 200 yards and get a better handle on reading the wind.

As per the photos, I was pretty happy with my groups although I feel the wind did probably get the better of me.

Loads are:
204 Ruger - 39gr sierra blitzking - around 3750fps
25/06 Rem - 90gr sierra blitzking - around 3325fps

Both these loads have been shot over a chronograph but I have doubts regarding its accuracy.

I had a cheap kestral wind reader with me and checking the forecast for the day I came to the conclusion that the wind was around 7-10kmph coming from right to left. I normally just shoot my steel targets out past 200 yards and just hold on the edge if there is some wind at play.

As a side note this is the first time I have done group shooting over the ute - usually I use a table with the bags. Overall I was pleased with the setup.

Happy hunting

trevort · Post by **trevort** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:57 am

Best way to see what the wind does is to set the targets out further than the standard 100m sight in distance

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Post by **MISSED** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:43 am

The 25/06 would have been a bit lively of the bags

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