01-06-2018, 02:42 PM
Something isn't right. Wonder if you need Larue involved, they guarantee sub-MOA or your money back. I'd get a conversation going.
Here's what I did by "accident" before I took it out to hunt.
We had some surprise time in the afternoon, and I headed up to rent a lane at the 100 yd indoor locally to check zero - my 104 and optic had been removed/fiddled with by several relatives over the TXG holiday, and all had been interested in the "removable scope". We got there around 1435 and were told all lanes were booked for the rest of the day. "Ive got one now, till three, want it?" Ok, I took it, hurry hurry hurry. All I need to do is confirm zero.
First shot, exactly where I put it before, for a 250-ish zero, and slightly left. I tend to pull right slightly when excited, so I zero about an inch left at 100. Just my personal experience and practice. Second two were lowered to remove a little elevation, I'm shooting for a 200 zero. Might be a bit low for that, but it works for a hunting zero. Two touching. Nice, ok, move over an inch and see if I can do it again. HURRY! Three (almost) touching. These were with Federal AE 120s because I forgot to load up a mag with my hunting rounds the Black. So, while I was confirming zero, my buddy was throwing some rounds of ELD-M in a mag. I pulled the target in and he walked up with the mag. He coughed, and asked what we were doing here...
![[Image: 38614144495_0a51925b5a_n.jpg]](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4635/38614144495_0a51925b5a_n.jpg)
The ELD-M is dissapointing. It won't group. It tends to string 2moa left and right, and 1 moa vertical. I'm pretty sure it's not me, I've been more carefully attempting to push these into some kind of good group, they are 60% the price of the Feds on the shelf.
![[Image: 39537349311_497a431fb2_n.jpg]](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4593/39537349311_497a431fb2_n.jpg)
So I know my barrel doesn't llike Hornady's ELD-M Black load as much as I would like, but it gets the job done when white tails are in order. I would't go past 300 with them though.
I am VERY interested in what the American Gunner does in it. Too bad there's no SW local anymore...
Here's what I did by "accident" before I took it out to hunt.
We had some surprise time in the afternoon, and I headed up to rent a lane at the 100 yd indoor locally to check zero - my 104 and optic had been removed/fiddled with by several relatives over the TXG holiday, and all had been interested in the "removable scope". We got there around 1435 and were told all lanes were booked for the rest of the day. "Ive got one now, till three, want it?" Ok, I took it, hurry hurry hurry. All I need to do is confirm zero.
First shot, exactly where I put it before, for a 250-ish zero, and slightly left. I tend to pull right slightly when excited, so I zero about an inch left at 100. Just my personal experience and practice. Second two were lowered to remove a little elevation, I'm shooting for a 200 zero. Might be a bit low for that, but it works for a hunting zero. Two touching. Nice, ok, move over an inch and see if I can do it again. HURRY! Three (almost) touching. These were with Federal AE 120s because I forgot to load up a mag with my hunting rounds the Black. So, while I was confirming zero, my buddy was throwing some rounds of ELD-M in a mag. I pulled the target in and he walked up with the mag. He coughed, and asked what we were doing here...
The ELD-M is dissapointing. It won't group. It tends to string 2moa left and right, and 1 moa vertical. I'm pretty sure it's not me, I've been more carefully attempting to push these into some kind of good group, they are 60% the price of the Feds on the shelf.
So I know my barrel doesn't llike Hornady's ELD-M Black load as much as I would like, but it gets the job done when white tails are in order. I would't go past 300 with them though.
I am VERY interested in what the American Gunner does in it. Too bad there's no SW local anymore...