Had a good day at the range on Sat...
I have a Bushnell elite 4500 6-24 x 40 on a Sako 85 varmint in 204 & ive been getting sick of the scope on that rifle...its murky & just doesnt cut the mustard for dusk sniping of bunnies due to the lack of light.
So i pulled a Leo VX3 6.5-20x50 scope with varmint reticle off of another rifle not currently being used, & mounted it on the Sako for (hopefully) some bunny headshot action out at 300yds & beyond...
Took my time & mounted it all proper like to get it plumb with the action etc etc...
Also used the last 4 of a batch to get on paper & sight it in, then wacked thru a couple of a fresh batch of each load at 100m to confirm its ready for some over the bonnet 300yd action at bunnys heads...
One load is the Sie 39 BlitzKing for when the wind has something to say (left target), & a 32 gr for those magnificent nights when the wind drops off to nothing at dusk.
Pretty happy...this is how it printed
without a shift of the turrets between loads...Yay for me...!!...
- S85 VLS 204 Leo VX3.jpg (126.74 KiB) Viewed 3274 times
Now for the every day 204...which is a stock standard T3 with a sporter barrel.
Earlier this year i purchased an Optisan 6-24X56 for spotlighting on the everyday Fox/Bunny/Roo rig, but mounted it in a hurry & hadnt set it up correctly (in terms of being true level & eye relief).
So while i was there & the Sako came together without much fuss having only taken a few shots to confirm, i decided to re-mount the scope on this rifle, shift it another notch forward on the rail & set it up properly level.
Again i used the last few of a batch to get on paper after bore sighting, then threw down 2 of a fresh batch & this is how this rifle printed.
Last weekend i was out tipping skippys over for a farmer & used all my Roo ammo & didnt have time to reload any... So It was a shame i didnt have any of them to check at the same time...
But thats easy enough to check next time, & at the end of the day, it may have been one of those shots couldve ruined the perfect sighting in target day i had...because usually when i do this type of exercise i ALWAYS get one or 2 shots that fly which can bring that confidence back a peg...hence why i left these at 2 shots for confirmation..
Here's that target...
- T3 204 Optisan.jpg (119.18 KiB) Viewed 3274 times
So i cant bloody wait to get out there, & im sure hoping i get good wind free weather next week & them bunny's are out early nibbling the green shoots while sunning themselves...
Cheerio...