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And that take was one and done. As he was lining up, I told him to hold .2 left. I had already given it .1 up from my run, which I hit the 1 MOA @ 1k about 30 mins before this shot. You can hear me call it in the background. I was genuinely surprised because I assumed he would shoot the 2 MOA target.

Nope. Not whatever I wanted. I built a single stage out of the parts on hand. We didn't have any more 2 stage parts. You got the last of that. If there were more available, I'd have built a 2 stage because you're right. That thing is money. Can't explain it. Ya hafta experience it. IYKYK

I don't even have the new 2 stage! I had one for a minute, then had to give it away... Dammit man!

6.5 is totally legal. Especially in the wind. (What wind hold?) That would put you in the Heavy Metal Class (AR 10). Quite a few guys run that, and we run them sometimes. @98Z5V likes to bring his superior 260 and flex all over the inferior 6.5's. 🙄 Obviously the most common round is 223. 6 ARC is also popular. For 223, whether you shoot factory or roll your own, you'll want to run at least a 73 gr projectile. 75's and 77's are best. 69's start to do weird things at about 600 yds and become unpredictable. @Cunuckgaucho If you want to borrow a gun that has cleaned many matches, I got you. Like he said, you're welcome to borrow one of @98Z5V's, but all his AR's are still learning. I'll get you one that's already trained. @Matt.Cross I know where there is a MK12 in 6 ARC that shoots pretty good. 😉

The one on the pole stage was because of a bad spotter call. I could see that it was wrong and made the correction myself. Opposite of the spotter. The other one you're referencing was just straight up disbelief. I didn't give @Magwa enough credit. I'll never underestimate him again. Lol.

Here ya go, boys. @98Z5V gets to make a cameo because our camera man had to take a piss when I shot the rock stage. And make sure to congratulate that sum bitch on his first clean match! It was well deserved, as he did a good job working through some issues. Cuz ya know. Dude has issues.

Safe to say, the student has now become the teacher...

Here's some light reading with some pictures that will give you more to contemplate, or validate where you're already headed, and what we've said. https://precisionrifleblog.com/2020/09/05/best-elr-scope-and-scope-mount-and-rings/

@BigNate I like what you're doing! This is going to be awesome. You have quite the list of potential optics, and you're headed in the right direction. It all depends on how far you want to try and stretch that thing out by dialing. With the right amount of pre-MOA cant, you can reach out pretty far with just about anything on that list. I've hit out to 2,300ish yds with less than what you have listed there. I've done it with the Athlon Cronus (which is beautiful), an Arken SH-4J and an Athlon Ares. I've shot through a MK4 and MK5 and both are great. What all these have in common is they all have (same with your list above) an internal travel of around 32 MILS, give or take. If you have the right amount of MOA built into the rail and the mount, you can nearly bottom out the scope with a 100 zero and have ALL the internal up travel for dialing. 30ish MILS is a lot. But it will limit your potential for the really long distances. But that may not matter to you. We put the Zeiss LRP S3 ($2,300ish) on my girlfriends 300 Norma Magnum. It has a 20 MOA base and 40 MOA mount. I did all the maths (carry the 2...) and with what is available this is what I came up with for that set up. That glass has 55 MILS of internal travel, the only one that I know of unless you get into the uber premium stuff, and still it's right there. After zeroing at 100, it currently has 45 MILS of actual dial left over. That gives this setup the ability to dial somewhere in the 2800+ range. That's a long ways with a 100 yd zero, which is exactly what we were going for. Only having 32 MILS of total adjustment would limit dialing to right around 2,500 yds, which is still a long ways. So you have some decisions to make. I'd get the best glass you can justify with a reticle that makes sense to you. Buy once, cry once. I know @Magwa is happy with his Razor, as he should be. It's a premium piece of glass. I'm happy with my Cronus, too. Leopold is great. And the Zeiss is absolutely gorgeous. We make all these shot in the 16x-18x range. Until it happens, I can't see going over 20x. However, what's nice about having a scope that can zoom to over 24x, is I believe that when you're in the lower end to middle of the zoom range, the image is better than if you turn an 18x all the way up to max. Or even a 24x turned up to 20x. The closer you get to the glass' max, the worse the image becomes regardless of quality. Some more so than others, of course. What we experience at the higher powers (20x+) is the mirage becomes exponentially worse and the returns diminish quickly, no matter the quality of the optic. Plus the ability to keep the target in view to spot impacts/misses is harder when you're zoomed way in. 34mm tube is a must, and most all of the best scopes have that. Makes a HUGE difference over a 30mm tube. More light transfer, clearer image, more available dial and wider field of view. 50mm or 56mm objective is up to you. It can or can't be a benefit. The scope can only use as much light as can fit in the tube, so sometimes a bigger objective doesn't make any real world difference. Some guys say 56mm is just a gimmick. But they look cool! This is all just my opinion and experience. Take it for what it's worth. I can hardly wait for Fall Shoot! This is going to be EPIC!!

Make sure you bring it in the Fall and lets see what she can do!

That was so cool it took a minute to register! Disbelief and excitement all at one time! Let's do more of that!

I make you look goooood...

Wash it with beer, pack it with dirt. Will evaluate in the morning. You're gonna need another beer.

It doesn't have a giggle switch, but it still makes ya giggle!

He's a buddy of mine that I met a couple years ago. Ex Canadian SF Combat Vet. Him and @98Z5V have all the things to talk about. He's all about sending rounds down range. I'm pretty sure he had the highest round count at this shoot. Lol.

We had a couple guys this time with accurate range finders that can do longer distances. From where we were set up we got ranges between 1755-1762 yds. Is that right? @98Z5V? Amazing that I was able to get that close to exactly a mile just with OnX Hunt app. Close enough to call it close enough!

I didn't get a chance to do any scouting for longer target placement on this trip. We're headed back out in a couple weeks, so I'll try to get some recon done at that time. We have some ideas...

The focus of this shoot, for me, was to get Joy's new rig all broke in and sorted out. @Magwa is a lot to blame for this! After she hit the Mile, 2k and the 2300 with his new Savage in 338 LM last Fall, she made the call to my gunsmith from the platform and told him, "start the build". We literally took the barrel off the lathe the Saturday before the shoot. All of the critical dimensions were held to a tolerance of .00005". It's absolutely as perfect as can be made. I got it all assembled and test loads put together for it before we left for the dirt on Thursday. Still had to mount the scope and rail while we were out there to be ready for when Joy showed up on Friday. I had a bunch of my old 220 gr ELD-X's that I used to run in my Win Mag before I switched to the 225 ELD-M at the relentless ribbing from @98Z5V. I picked up the cheapest available powder that had a book recipe, StaBall HD. Book max is 83 grains so I loaded the brand new, sized and neck turned Lapua brass with 80 gr and found some old CCI 250 Magnum primers to start the party. Seated the bullet to book spec and ran with scissors. Did the whole clean/shoot break in process for the first 20 rounds and then we launched repeatedly at a mile for the next 80 rounds. It was impressive, to say the least. This thing is gonna be an absolute HAMMER when I get the actual load put together for it. 250 gr A-TIP's, Retumbo or N570 powder and Fed GM215M's. Target speed is going to be 2,900 fps with the 250's. With the break in ammo, it settled in right at 2,915-2,920 with 8-12 SD's. I'm expecting low single digit SD's with the final load. The barrel is a hand-picked Hart, 1.25" dia, 1:8 chambered in 300 Norma Magnum and finished at 29.5" by my buddy Andrew Schear who owns Thermal Suppressors here in Phoenix. Check him out online. He makes some nice stuff. Action is made by Kauger Arms, a family company out of Georgia making some really high quality actions. Timney Trigger set under 1 lb. Chassis is from Accuracy Solutions and the Bi-pod is an Accutac HD-50. Glass is a Zeiss LRP S3 with 55 MILS of internal adjustment. 20 MOA Base and a 40 MOA Sphur Mount. Zeroed at 100 yds, my calculations say that we should be able to dial to 3K. Wow! It will have a 5 port Super Beast Brake from Muzzle Brakes and More as soon as it shows up. We ran her 30 cal Thermal Suppressors can on it for this shoot. I tried to let everyone take a poke with it that was standing there while we were shooting. I think everyone that shot it, hit the mile. Pretty impressive setup.

That's a pretty impressive list!

Just when I thought we eliminated all the riff raff... Looking forward to having you out again. Bring that MRAD and let's let er eat!

Yes sir! How many different rigs have you hit a mile with? 3? 4?

You made the highlight reel! But not for your shooting prowess...

The view of camp from the mile. This Guy! Kenny and Shawn brought their grandson Gavin for the weekend. And Shawn's Dad, Jim was there, too. Joy hit the mile on her 3rd shot with her new 300 Norma Magnum. Then backed it up with 2 for 4 when the shot marker fell off. Drove out to fix it and noticed only one hit? Upon closer inspection, she had 2 hits less than an inch from each other. We'll take it! Sunset from the 609 609 night shooting 5 for 10 with the 22 DPC. Easy to tell the difference when compared to all the 30 cal impacts. Kelly got on the mile with his 6.5 CM AR-10! He's been trying for a couple years! Success! Dad taking his turn at the mile. 2 for 5. I had to try the 1 MOA target at a mile. Got it in 3.

I went 5 for 10 with my 22 DPC. Basically a 22 ARC. 90 gr SMK going 2770 got it done.

Whew! What a great shoot! Lots of firsts. We had some new people come join us and we added some new names to the Mile Club! And we have the smallest caliber making hits at a mile as well! As always, Kelly killed it with the food. @98Z5V Was nice to see that Win Mag back in action and pounding steel at a mile. Joy's new 300 Norma Mag made its debut fresh off the lathe. Man, that thing is impressive! We ran 100 rounds through it for fire forming and barrel break in. I picked up the cheapest powder that was in stock at my local reloading shop that was listed in the book, used my old 220 ELD-X's and some God only knows how old CCI 250 primers, loaded it to book spec under max load and sent it. That thing was hammering the mile all weekend! The weather was warm and the mirage was heavier than we've seen in a while. But I'd have to say a good time was had by all. @Cunuckgaucho No Roadrunner sightings to report.