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Thought it would be interesting to start a thread restricted to actual "group pictures." I propose that this thread be restricted to a picture of your SPORTER RIFLE with the best (100yd or M) 5 shot group you have ever shot. A SPORTER RIFLE will be defined (for the purpose of this thread), as one having a muzzle diameter of less than 0.70" and mounted in a traditional sporter style stock.
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CALIBER - 6BR
ACTION - Rem 700 (trued by Henry Rempel)
BARREL - 26" Shilen #4 contour / 1:8 twist - chambered & installed by HR
STOCK - B & C Medalist BDL
SCOPE - Leupold VX 11 6-18 X 40
BEST 5 Shot group - 0.144" @ 100M 90gr BER seated .005 off lands / 30.0 VARGET
Shot at 100M

 
Timmy - I was so flabergasted with the group shot with 30gr of Varget, I decided not to spoil my day by trying the other loads I was about to test! Rushed home and loaded some more with 30grs, but you don't see any brag pics of the groups I shot with them!... did get some groups in the 2's & 3's, but most were in the 4's.
 
Timmy - I was so flabergasted with the group shot with 30gr of Varget, I decided not to spoil my day by trying the other loads I was about to test! Rushed home and loaded some more with 30grs, but you don't see any brag pics of the groups I shot with them!... did get some groups in the 2's & 3's, but most were in the 4's.
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The reality of precision shooting. There's nothing wrong with 2s, 3s & 4s.
Did you by chance calculate your average for that load?
 
Sako- I shot only 12 groups using the 90grs ...average was 0.42 before I moved on to another bullet. I have a short attention span! Shot mostly 107 SMK's in front of 30gr of Varget. Average group size was about the same, but there was less deviation on either side of the "average." When I get a chance, I will bolt the action into a stock with a fatter forend...those skinny little sporter forends "roll" enough to make shooting interesting!
EDIT: Groups were measured during load development with the 90gr BER...powder weight varied over 1.5 grains. One group measured over 3/4"
 
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Aw yeah. Seen that trick before. Put a coin over the flier and nobody will ever know.:p:p:D:D

Nice shootin'
 
I don't shoot too much at 100 yards, but last Sunday I shot my personal best 3 shot group, at 460 yards. 2.1" c-c

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CALIBER - 260 rem
ACTION - Rem 700 (trued by Ted Gaillard)
BARREL - 23" Gaillard / 1:8 twist - chambered & installed by TG
STOCK - McMillan mtn rifle
SCOPE - Leupold VX 11 3-9x40

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shot six groups that afternoon, largest 3 shot was 3.7"....avg was 2.8"

123gr Lapua Scenar, 43.0grs H4350 - 2940 fps.
 
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I don't photograph groups very often. This is an old pic and I've posted it before, but it is fairly typical for the 6BR, in fact they are almost too easy. Maybe exclude 6BR's ;)

5 shots, 120M, Berger 105VLD ( the originals) 6BR, Krieger 1:8 It measures . 090MOA


This is a 10-shot group CyaN1de shot last year when we tried the new F-Class targets. This is a 300M group with a 6BR, Krieger 1:8 The black patch is over his one sighter.

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Tod- gotta love those 260's. Nice shooting. I have a couple 260's and they are my favorites (but I find them a bit harder to tune than the 308). What freebore do you have on the rifle in the pic? I'm getting ready to order a new 260 reamer and want freebore to seat a 120 SMK with the base halfway between the shoulder and neck/shoulder junction.
 
double wow, that's awesome :cool:

JEC said:
What freebore do you have on the rifle in the pic? I'm getting ready to order a new 260 reamer and want freebore to seat a 120 SMK with the base halfway between the shoulder and neck/shoulder junction.
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not much freebore, it wont even chamber factory ammo. I had Ted cut it so when at 2.82" OAL most hunting bullets will be just about touching the lands
 
I think I showed this one before somewhere.
I haven't been able to duplicate this 1.1" group since. Most will be in the 1.5 to 2.5" size at this range.(400yds)

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The upper left shot is the sighter before I adjusted the scope.
:)
 
Jason- from what I see on the target board from those rifles, that looks like a 100yd group. Nice shooting. Us old guys, can't focus on the front sight and any target beyond 25M!

OTHERS- Would like to see pics and some rifle specs as well....and as per OP, would like to see how your SPORTER style shoots with a light barrel (under 0.7" muzzle) and in sporter stock...not the heavy barrel gear in competition type stocks. There is lots of room on the board for threads, so if someone wants to start one for group pics of F-class or Benchrest...that would be cool!
 
OTHERS- Would like to see pics and some rifle specs as well....and as per OP, would like to see how your SPORTER style shoots with a light barrel (under 0.7" muzzle) and in sporter stock...not the heavy barrel gear in competition type stocks. There is lots of room on the board for threads, so if someone wants to start one for group pics of F-class or Benchrest...that would be cool!
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Ok, disregard my posted show-off target as the muzzle Dia. on my Sako Varmint rifle is a bit bigger than 0.700"
So, if I don,t have a "sporter" rifle and I don't have an "F-class/Benchrest" rifle, where do I fit? :(
 
My separate "plea" in the same post was just a request for posters to honor the comarison I invited in the original post. I wanted to be able to compare "oranges" with "oranges". It seems to me, that precision shooting can have a lot of sub categories...so I invited shooters who wanted to start threads for F-Class, Benchrest, Varmint rigs---to start separate threads. I also wanted to restrict the group shown to be a "one of" event, to avoid the flame that "all day, every day" claims (as seen in another thread I posted)...invites...resulting in steering the thread off course so far it fits the "ad nauseum" category.
 
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