300 yard 223 testing

[mr.big]

dang wind is rough,,from a calm zero at 100 yards I dialed in 4 moa elevation and just left the windage alone,,I made notes on what the wind was doin to the bushes around the target and just sent 6 that way as fast as I could get on target..pretty good on elevation but just a tad over 2 moa off.I give up for now..

1 MOA is as good as I can do in these conditions.

2-9-10 30 degrees and wind swirling both ways
LC 08 brass
68 Hornady BTHP
26 grs Varget
CCI 400 primers

 

[mr.big]

should I really expect much better than 1 MOA from an 18 inch AR,fed from a magazine.the scope I am using has M1 knobs and I certainly plan on learning to use them in this wind,,

I may try the 75 Hornady BTHP,,I think it has about the highest BC of any bullet you can shoot from the magazine and a 9 twist.

 

[rdl65]

I think 1MOA out of an AR15 is very good. A lot of people will claim to do much better but thats just people talking.