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Originally Posted by chetly
1200 yards uphill in the mountains is pretty impressive.
I have a Ruger precision rifle in 6.5 creedmoor
that I have a Vortex Razor gen 2 5-25 that shoots sub MOA at the Sacramento Valley gun range on their 1000 yard range.
My favorite to shoot is my AR-15 with a 6.5 Grendel 20" Bear Creek Armory upper with a Primary Arms 4-14x44 ACSS scope. Shooting factory ammo at or below MOA at 1000 yards with an $800 rifle is pretty fun.
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Ruger and Savage have both put out great bolt action rifles that are amazing. I had a Savage 10 BA Stealth.... and that rifle could shoot! I had put my NightForce B.E.A.S.T. scope on it (5 X 25).
What I notice the most from switching to the HEAVY Surgeon/McMillan built rifle is the follow up. This rifle weighs so much that the recoil is really minimized - and at long range, I can see my own hits. Makes it nice when I'm at the range without a spotter. I couldn't do that with the Savage.... it just jumped too much.
I have a NEMO ARMS XO (6.5 Creedmoor) with the steel barrel - and while it shoots great - I can't reach out there and spot for myself.
I have switched to the heavier Hornady 147gr ELD Match rounds from the 140gr. Where I shoot - it's really fluky winds - and the heavier the round - the better. And while 7gr doesn't sound like a lot - I'll still always choose the heaviest round I can get.
I can't claim that I can shoot "sub MOA" groups -- because we're shooting steel - and nobody is hiking up these hills to put fresh paint on them. LOL ---- but I have found that I can choose an "area" on the target and shoot it repeatedly. Lets say -- I decide to call out "bottom left" -- I can nail that call. Our steel is 24" X 24" for the most part -- so at 1000 yards -- that's 2.4 MOA