Alright guys. How does your lightweight mountain rifle shoot?
Some details about your gun, what you shoot and how it groups would be awesome. Better yet, pictures
Feel free to post about your production rifles or your custom rifles it doesnt matter as long as it's a lightweight rifle. Call it, under 7 lbs ish?
I've had a few "mountain rifles" over the years, everything from Tikka T3 Superlite, to Rem 700 Mountain SS that all shot around MOA ish. Some 1.5ish and some just under sub moa reliably. All of the Kimber's I've had have shot very well.
Went out today and shot 12 rounds to sight in a new gun. Was really curious to see if this rifle had more than just good looks. The ammo is also expensive at $90 / box and hard to find so I shot sparingly. I am also going to use the brass to work up some hand loads.
Rifle/Caliber/Scope/Ammo:
Kimber Mountain Ascent in 280AI paired with a Leupold VX-3 4.5-14X40 Boone & Crockett shooting factory Nosler Trophy Grade 140 NAB @ ~3150fps
Sight in:
just a visual bore sight at 100 yards. Hit the target 5" left and a little low. Dialed it up, shot 2 more rounds and then moved out to the next target.
1st and 2nd group 3 shots:
Saw a 4ft X 4ft plywood target stand in the distance. Someone was kind enough to haul it in and leave it up so I drove down to it and stapled up two targets. I drove back as far as I could and put the laser on it - 340 yards. First two groups were about 4" - not stellar, but not bad.
Final 3 shots:
Settled in with rifle at this point and squeezed off the last 3 rounds allowing 5 minutes between shots for cool down.
My MOA calculation is simplified (1.931/3.4). I'm not a great shooter but this rifle made it pretty easy. I'm impressed with these tiny barrels. Need to clean the rifle, and shoot another 100 or so rounds before fall hunting season. Will see how it shoots once broken in.
Some details about your gun, what you shoot and how it groups would be awesome. Better yet, pictures
Feel free to post about your production rifles or your custom rifles it doesnt matter as long as it's a lightweight rifle. Call it, under 7 lbs ish? I've had a few "mountain rifles" over the years, everything from Tikka T3 Superlite, to Rem 700 Mountain SS that all shot around MOA ish. Some 1.5ish and some just under sub moa reliably. All of the Kimber's I've had have shot very well.
Went out today and shot 12 rounds to sight in a new gun. Was really curious to see if this rifle had more than just good looks. The ammo is also expensive at $90 / box and hard to find so I shot sparingly. I am also going to use the brass to work up some hand loads.
Rifle/Caliber/Scope/Ammo:
Kimber Mountain Ascent in 280AI paired with a Leupold VX-3 4.5-14X40 Boone & Crockett shooting factory Nosler Trophy Grade 140 NAB @ ~3150fps
Sight in:
just a visual bore sight at 100 yards. Hit the target 5" left and a little low. Dialed it up, shot 2 more rounds and then moved out to the next target.
1st and 2nd group 3 shots:
Saw a 4ft X 4ft plywood target stand in the distance. Someone was kind enough to haul it in and leave it up so I drove down to it and stapled up two targets. I drove back as far as I could and put the laser on it - 340 yards. First two groups were about 4" - not stellar, but not bad.
Final 3 shots:
Settled in with rifle at this point and squeezed off the last 3 rounds allowing 5 minutes between shots for cool down.
My MOA calculation is simplified (1.931/3.4). I'm not a great shooter but this rifle made it pretty easy. I'm impressed with these tiny barrels. Need to clean the rifle, and shoot another 100 or so rounds before fall hunting season. Will see how it shoots once broken in.
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