RobG
Well-known member
I need to go back out to the range but this is haunting me...
Last night my rifle was 1.5" low at 200yds and 20" low at 300yds. I don't remember what it was at 100yds - ball park +1.5".
20" is way too low. The box says -8.4" if zeroed at 200yds. My Federal ballistic chart says it should be -11.6" if drop is -2.3" at 200yds.
I'm shooting 180gr Barnes VOR-TX tipped TSX BT 30'06 factory ammo. The gun is a 1939 Savage bolt action, 24" barrel. It was cleaned by a gunsmith. I shot 6 normal jacketed bullets to foul the barrel and this was after about 15 shots with the the all-copper TSX bullets.
Why would it be so much lower at 300yds?
Last night my rifle was 1.5" low at 200yds and 20" low at 300yds. I don't remember what it was at 100yds - ball park +1.5".
20" is way too low. The box says -8.4" if zeroed at 200yds. My Federal ballistic chart says it should be -11.6" if drop is -2.3" at 200yds.
I'm shooting 180gr Barnes VOR-TX tipped TSX BT 30'06 factory ammo. The gun is a 1939 Savage bolt action, 24" barrel. It was cleaned by a gunsmith. I shot 6 normal jacketed bullets to foul the barrel and this was after about 15 shots with the the all-copper TSX bullets.
Why would it be so much lower at 300yds?