6.5 Grendel 2,000y 130g nosler rdf

[mel]

If this wind dies down I'm going to go for it tonight
Calcs showing 2818 inches of drop at 2k

2k y is beyond my scopes ranging capabilities for this caliber so I'll have to set the max range and play with the bc numbers and velocity numbers till my scope displays the correct bullet drop


Wind is currently 13 mph but supposed to drop to 4/5 mph between 8-9pm gives me just enough light to try this

[mel]

weather never broke just got worse

maybe tommorow

[mel]

Weather is perfect right now if this keeps up once I'm done with work going to do a 1500y and then go for 2k

[mel]

things are looking good

im going to wait till about 7:30 tonight

[mel]

Videos comming but here was my lighting conditions and shooting location

[mel]

[video=youtube;cPGuamJb7Lk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPGuamJb7Lk[/video]
couldnt do the 2k without a spotter so did just over 1400y
should have a spotter tommorow for this

[kpswihart]

Great shooting.

[mel]

ty ill post up the other videos when i get to work were i have much faster internet

[Double Naught Spy]

Very nice!

[mel]

Ty doing some more tonight

[USNavy06]

Maybe I missed the details on the rifle so I’m sorry in advance if I did but what barrel is that and what length? That’s awesome!

[mel]

Maybe I missed the details on the rifle so I’m sorry in advance if I did but what barrel is that and what length? That’s awesome!

20 inch Wilson recon barrel

[mel]

Not going to get to it in the next few days 15-30 mph winds but here's my 2-3k shooting spot

[mel]

thursday looks like my best day for a while were getting wind gusts over 35mph today

[boombatz]

Mel,

Is that an x-sight hd pro? I’ve been seriously debating that scope vs an Athlon ETR. I like the ranging capability but worried it would be useless at distance, looks like that’s not the case! Would you recommend it over traditional glass?

Thanks in advance

[mel]

Mel,

Is that an x-sight hd pro? I’ve been seriously debating that scope vs an Athlon ETR. I like the ranging capability but worried it would be useless at distance, looks like that’s not the case! Would you recommend it over traditional glass?

Thanks in advance

ranging on the x sight 4k pro is limited to 1640y unless u know the tricks to make it do balistic calcs out further
besdies that heres what u need to think about
the 4k pro is primarily a hunting/nv scope it was never meant for lr stuff
if ur not gtoing to do any nightime stuff i would get the athlon for the money

by the time u buy the scope and the lrf ur at about 1,000$ and that doesnt include the cost of upgrading the ir illuminator

while it works for lr stuff its not optimal by any means

[boombatz]

I appreciate it sir! I don’t do any night stuff/hunting at the moment, it just seemed like a great capability. The furthest distance I have available is 1000yd so my thought was the ATN might suffice and provide the ballistics advantage?

[mel]

I appreciate it sir! I don’t do any night stuff/hunting at the moment, it just seemed like a great capability. The furthest distance I have available is 1000yd so my thought was the ATN might suffice and provide the ballistics advantage?

though not as fast as say the balistics calculator built into the scope , u can do the same with any glass scope and one of the ballistics apps u can download on ur smartphone

atn does have the daytime only version but its only 100$ cheaper then the full featured version so not even worth it

the atn or any ballistics calc is only as good as the information u put into them , i jst happen to use the atn cause i have one already well i have 2 actually one of the older models and the 4k pro and i like the video recording , if it wasnt for the video recording id put my 5-25x56 glass back on my gun

[boombatz]

Thanks Mel,

I ended up going with an Athlon Ares ETR 4.5-30x56, thanks again!

[Cockednlocked]

What is your load data for those really great shots? Did you run a ballistics chart based on load, weather, altitude, etc.? My loads (123 Lapua Scenar, 30.5 grains CFE-223, Hornady brass, WSR primer) start to go transonic around 1135 yards and are subsonic by 1300. My longest shots with hits have been at 1125 yards. My rifle is an AR-15 with 20" barrel. Your muzzle brake looks a lot like mine, what is yours?

I'd love to reach out past 1400, that's Creedmoor country