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7/8" Group at 517 yards with a RUGER...PIC
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Yes, I said that right. A Ruger 25-06. A buddy came over and shot a 7/8" group at 517 yards today with his Mk 77VT in 25-06. He was using 100 gr Nosler BT's. He had 3 shot group with one flyer.
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I have a ruger 77 MKII that is uncanny accurate as well,..with a pencil barrel to boot[:0] although I am not placing any bets on 7/8" at 517yds with it[;)]
Wouldn't such shooting qualify as World Class? What sort of rest? What was the weather, in terms of temperature and wind? That sort of report is phenominal all right.
ECC: "Yes, I said that right. A Ruger 25-06. A buddy came over and shot a 7/8" group at 517 yards today with his Mk 77VT in 25-06. He was using 100 gr Nosler BT's. He had 3 shot group with one flyer."
Wouldn't such shooting qualify as World Class? What sort of rest? What was the weather, in terms of temperature and wind? That sort of report is phenominal all right.
Just sand bags. Temp in the 60's. Very light and sporadic cross wind. Just some backyard long range guys shooting for fun...with the help of a WHOLE lot of luck[;)][:)]
pictures man, we need some pictures[:D] You can't get us all worked up like that and let us down[:0]
He took his target home. I'll see if he can take a pic and email it to me.[:)]
Ya never know, I've heard of people bashing Rugers QC. But, I still think my most interesting shots were with my .257 Rbts. in a Ruger M77 MKII Ultralight.
I sniped a coyote right at 600 yds about ten yards out into the calving field. Five minutes later I nailed his buddy at 620 yds. about 5 yds. into the field. Ruger's are accurate rifles in spite of what some people say. A friend of mine came up from Nevada to Montana where I lived at the time and nailed a gopher at 365 yds 'off the knee'. Contrary to popular belief Ruger barrels are not made of re-bar, they shoot.
I'm still drooling...[:p]
I read with interest the 517 yard shot, 7/8inch group. You should have included the scope, type, etc. I have a Ruger #1 Varmint 25-06, topped with a 24 power Leupold scope. I have killed woodchucks in excess of 500 yards with it, but it is not a target rifle in the sense that I would attempt small groups with it, such as 7/8 inchs. I shoot 1000 yard benchrest in Williamsport, Pa. My best aggregate of 10 shots was 7.775 inches with a .50 cal, match barrel LAR, 750 gr AMAX bullet seated on 233 grains Hodgdon .50BMG powder, CCI Primers. The record is 2 inches at 1000 yards. Your 25-06 is inherently capable of greater accuracy than you or I or anyone else for that matter can ever achieve. But, unless you have it mounted in a Shehane composite stock with a 36 power Unertl on top, the 7/8 inch group is probably the only time you will ever do that shot at 517 yards. One question, what did you use for a target? Bill
The scope was a Luepold Vari-X III on 14X...and yes, this is probably the best group that rifle will ever see. I sure wish we would have had something with more power on it, b/c this particular group would have been even better. The stock is the factory laminated stock. BTW...the world record at 1000 yards is right at 1.5"...not 2". It's actually just over 1.5, but I don't remember the last two numbers. There was a whole lot of luck involved here, but the rifle does have potential. I shot a 1.75" group just before he shot his 7/8" group. As for the target, it was just a piece of cardboard stapled to two stakes with a piece of computer paper stapled to it...with a 3" orange dot.
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