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Predator Tactical Long Range Challenge
sititunga
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#21
10-25-2011, 12:51 AM
RStewart Wrote:I had originally planned to see how the Grendel would do but they are making it so arduous to shoot a semi (I would need to have about 20 mags), I'm going to go with a 700 LTR in .308.
Sorry guys, really wanted to have some fun with the G.
1100 yards is longest distance. Most are going to be closer in.

What load were you planning to use? I've been finding that the 108 Lapua which I'm pushing at 2730 fps starts to run out of puff at about 1050 in colder weather. What load are you planning to use in your LTR? You're going to have to choose the right bullet and push it very hard out of a 20 inch barrel in order to be effective at anywhere near 1000 yds.
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10-25-2011, 01:40 AM
sititunga Wrote:What load were you planning to use? I've been finding that the 108 Lapua which I'm pushing at 2730 fps starts to run out of puff at about 1050 in colder weather. What load are you planning to use in your LTR? You're going to have to choose the right bullet and push it very hard out of a 20 inch barrel in order to be effective at anywhere near 1000 yds.



i was hitting a 12"x 12"target at 1200 yards with the factory 123 amax. 1100 with a hand load should not be a problem.
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sititunga
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10-25-2011, 04:57 AM
Was this during the summer? I think as the colder weather creeps in performance falls off at that distance.
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10-25-2011, 11:09 AM
sititunga Wrote:Was this during the summer? I think as the colder weather creeps in performance falls off at that distance.

no it was last week, temp were around 55-60 degrees.
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sititunga
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10-25-2011, 01:08 PM
oxn316 Wrote:no it was last week, temp were around 55-60 degrees.

Once you get down below 50 in my experience you see a big drop off. I was shooting a match at the weekend and found that I was 3 MOA below my summer impact points between 600 and 1000 yds. I just didn't think that temperature was going to have such a huge impact on my dope. Conversely if you compare the 6mm AR Turbo 40 Improved, a Grendel wildcat, and run the numbers it's way more effective. You can run a 6mm Berger 108 gr bullet at slower speeds than the same weight 6.5mm Scenar and be supersonic further down range. The Turbo 40i is definitely the way to go if your looking to reliably engage 900 + yds targets across the temperature spectrum. The Grendel is great to about 900 but that's where it ends IMO.
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RStewart
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10-25-2011, 10:04 PM
Well, the two-headed monster called work has reared it's ugly head, so I have had to withdraw from this one altogether.
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10-25-2011, 10:44 PM
But what about my bet money?
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10-25-2011, 11:19 PM
bwaites Wrote:But what about my bet money?

Your check is in the mail! Smile
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