Depending on the bullet, load & velocity its starting to 'run out of gas' but will still easily ring steel...but wind can and will play hell with it. Case in point, my range trip today!
Savage 12FV, factory 26" 9 twist 223 Rem barrel, Bell & Carlson A2 Medalist Stock, Vortex Viper HS 5-15x44 mil/mil scope.
Using data from iPhone 'Shooter' app (75gr HPBT @ 2800fps, just a guess) every round was a hit on steel @ 275yd with a half-dozen hits on the 645yd plate out of maybe 20 shots using 650yd dope. I had a very slight right quartering tailwind so I dialed 0.3mil R windage, and spent the first 10 (yes 10) shots walking the damn ammo on target because downrange there was no wind and I needed exactly ZERO WINDAGE to score hits. Other times I'd get two hits in a row then wind would gust a bit and impact would be a foot left of target.
Longest I've shot prior to this is 230yd, so this was a challenge and learning experience but a HELL of a lot of fun...especially using fairly inexpensive factory ammo. Something about pulling the trigger, the rifle recoiling, then about a second later seeing the plate swing or the splash of the miss...
My rifle is the older "staggerfeed" 4.27" short action, and I'm running CDI DBM in that A2 Medalist. Works great with AICS 223 magazines.
The A2 Medalist is great from a rest or prone from a bipod, but my 10FP 260 wears a Manners T2 and it has my totally spoiled; the Medalist is heavy with a terribly unergonomic forearm in comparison.
Then again, it was 40% the price of the Manners...
Oh ok I got ya. Yea mine is the centerfeed version 4.40. I still want to look into a stock for it. That factory one sucks bad.
Yeah, the tupperware is pretty awful.
You won't be disappointed with the A2 Medalist and Red Hawk Rifles has the best prices on the internet for those stocks.
Yeah, the tupperware is pretty awful.
You won't be disappointed with the A2 Medalist and Red Hawk Rifles has the best prices on the internet for those stocks.
How is that Vortex scope working out? Almost bought one at the last 1500.
Nice lookin rifle. Like the fluted barrel.Savage 10 FCP, Leupold VX1 4x12-40, Harris bipod