ELR Gagetpown

Last weekend Steven and I had the opportunity to shoot 2000m at a combined PRS and ELR practice. We had 2 new rifles: PGW Timberwolf with 31" fluted 9T JC Custom Barrels Inc. in .338LM and a Barnard PL, 300 Norma Magnum 30" 9T JC barrel, McMillan ADJ-A5 modified stock. Scopes were Sightron VIII 5-40X56, mils, 40mm tube and Delta Stryker FFP 3.5-30X56 mils. Both rifles have Audere 20 MOA Adversus 1-piece 20 MOA mounts. Trigger Techs in both and Spearhead MB on the .338LM.

BJ Nicholson took us to the Musquodoboit Valley Rifle and Revolver Club, where we were limited to 300 y. The .338LM was all over the place, later determined to be due to a loose scope rail! The 300 Norma was tested with 3 loads and we quickly shot a group well under .5 MOA.

Gagetown: after loctiting/torquing the rail, we easily had hits at 600m, 1200 and 1600m with the .338LM with Lapua factory 300 grain Scenar with consistent elevation. We then tried the Norma and got hits/zeroes at 600 and 1200m. At 2000m we had many misfires but finally made a hit. We will try the CCI mag primers in the Timberwolf to see if that is the issue.

Thanks to BJ and especially Mark McMullin for organising the weekend, as well as Nick Buchanan - huge amount of work. Honourable mention must go to Mitch Croxall. This guy loves ELR and has the kit to prove it and generously shares a wealth of knowledge. This was a great opportunity to use nice kit and apply some ballistic homework.

Regards,

Peter

A very interesting post ; congrats on the long range endeavor .

Thanks Midnight Rider, we will be adding information including load data when Steven returns and have already edited the post.

Regards,

Peter

I'm interested to hear your thoughts on that Sightron SVIII. I haven't seen much about them online, but the little I have seems very positive.

Unholysavage, I just read reviews on Sniper's Hide and elsewhere. There is no doubt that the optics are on par or superior to scopes costing twice as much. They have a forgiving eyebox and reliable tracking. Steven preferred the Delta Stryker but he has to adjust the ocular to full positive to get a clear reticle view, which he finds too fine. His criticism I'm sure is due to his eyesight.

Sightron is on the move, being owned by Tokina, a huge Japanese company and they are under new management which listen to top shooters and reacts.

Regards,

Peter

Hi timothyferriss, thanks - is there any particular criticism of our set-up that you wish to share and could you recommend alternatives or modification? Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Peter

Im interested to see the load data. im a 338 guy but have always been curious about norma. The sightron has got me curious as well. Im jealous. Happy to hear you had a blast!!

phillybit, should be able to get data from Steven tomorrow, he was swamped today.

Regards,

Peter

nice Peter!

So you guys do out to play sometimes , nice setup.

Nice rigs! Is that Barnard PL a proprietary footprint or something 700 LAish?

For primers I would try the Fed 215M rather than the CCI. I have often found the CCI to be quite hard, and I have had my lowest SDs on 215Ms.

Harwood, footprint is proprietary.

Regards,

Peter

Was an honor to finally meet you Peter! Hopefully you all can come out Aug. 19-20!!
I still think that new Sightron will be a good fit on my 37XC
Looking forward to many more range days with you and your crew!

Thanks Harwood, Lapua will use only F215 in their .338 Lapua Magnum rounds.

Regards,

Peter

LdSH_Tanker, will send quote for scope. Good bunch at event.

Regards,

Peter

LOAD: Lapua-made Norma cases expanded to .306" as Lapua brass is tight when new. 82.5 grains N565, Berger 215 Hybrids loaded to .010" off lands, CCI Mag primers, V, 3000 fps +/- as we couldn't hook up Speedseeker - now have proper attachment.

Peter, call me, I think I may have a solution.