Why he's a moron shooting 996 yards

Took my idiot friend Colton out to try his hand at long range. We arrive after 45 minutes of driving to the spot and Colton informs me that his wife wants him back home in 1.5 hours. Leaving us about 30 minutes to shoot. I wanted to kill him. We hustled to set up the target and head up the hill. After setting up the rifle we noticed something troubling. There were two bird hunters and a dog wandering about 150 yards to the side of the target. Not good. 

Frustrated we drove back down to the target, picked up our steel and heading further up the canyon in a last ditch effort to at least make a few long range shots. The condition were not ideal as we had to pack the 60 lbs target down a shale slide just off the road then scramble back up to the truck. Not a situation you want to rush thru. With only 20 minutes left until we had to leave to preserve Colton's marriage we took a few shots. Here is the result. 

I'll never take him again. 

He recently invited me to go test out his new Springfield XD-9 Sub Compact. He claims he has a spot here his home that we can shoot that wouldn't require 4WD. Turns out he wrong...again. He ops to use his dads work truck, an old Chevy 2500. Due to drifting snow we get stuck not 3 ft off of the pavement which just happens to be a main road thru town. Not an ideal spot to get stuck when trying to shoot guns in a area that is a questionable distance from homes. 

Thus I named this video "Moron shoots 996 yards" 

I'm back!

Wow, it's been a long time since my last entry.

I have many new videos and changes to report. The first that comes to mind is the COL of my rounds. Up to this point I didn't fully realize the importance of seating depth on accuracy.  I focused more on load recipe testing rather than seating depth testing. I've since learned my lesson and have improve my results.

I've learned that when developing a new load the first order of business is to test seating depth. Most shootings find that seating the bullets .001-.002" from the lans provides the best accuracy. This is not true for everyone and some rounds like berger VLD bullets see better group when touching the lans. Before trying different powder charges for load testing you should first test different seating depths until you find one that shoots the best groups.

Previous COL: 3.63
New COL: 3.678

208 gr Hornady AMAX
78.5 gr H1000
Federal Match Grade Large Magnum Rifle Primers

Not an amazing group but given it was shot in single digit temperatures with a cold shaky shooter I'm pleased. Turned out that the longest round I prepared shot the best group by far.

Boxes are 1'

Latest H-1000 Recipe

Caliber: 300 Win Mag
Bullet: 208 gr Hornady Amax
Powder: H-1000
Primer: Federal Match Grade Large Magnum Rifle
COL: 3.63"

500 Yard - 3 Shot Group

The 1000 Yard Club Goes European

My great grandmother came to the U.S. from Denmark around the turn of century at the age of 16 to be a nanny for a family in Salt Lake City.  When I was ask to take the top two Danish shot putters out for some long range fun I took it as an opportunity to draw closer to my roots. 

Be sure to watch in HD and you can really pick up the bullet vapor trails and see the effect of even the slightest wind on long range shots.