This has been coming for a long time for me...for a variety of reasons including a crappy steyr pro hunter that wouldn’t shoot for crap.
Anyway - got couple hours today after reloading a few last night.
Set up my desk at just on 170m.
Used AR2209 - started at 55.0gns in .5gn increments up to 58.0gns.
Shooting zmax 168gn projectiles from lapua brass.
Was shooting 5 shot groups and waiting 10-15mins between shots, with carefully monitored barrel temp. This is a hunting rifle at 2.9kg so this is kinda pointless to be target shooting with it but it’s a lot of fun and I’d like to push it and see how far it can go.
The little sauer only has a bushnell 3-9x40 $90 scope and I’m definitely at the limits of range for that scope for target type shooting.
First was 55.0gns which was kind of better that I thought it would be...
Then each 0.5gn progression as I went - the last group being 58.0gns.
I’d be interested in hearing comments on what more experienced shooters would develop next based on the evidence.
Because of my lack of skill / bench set up - you’d almost have to excuse at least the worst of each group...so....the 58’s look good yeah? But so does 55.0 with an excused flyer...