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Just finished up my spring break but did do some shooting over it (Finally!). Went down to my Grandparents with my Brother & Dad and setup a 250YD shooting range down one of their fields. Decided to zero my .204 in at 150yds and this is the tightest group I could get:



This was with Factory Hornady 40Gr V-max. The 6 shot group measured 1.75". My rifle is a stock Remington 700 SPS Varmint. So what Im asking is the rifle capable of tighter groups (with factory ammo) or is this what I should expect

Here's some more pictures of that days outting:

Here's our Setup in the Field. The ground was realllly wet btw...


My brother shooting his .17HMR out to 150YDS...


My brother checking the ballistics on his .17HMR @ 200YDS. My .204 cooling down...


Looking over his head downrange. The white square in the distance is at 250YDS...


Here's my dad doing his part behind his 700 SPS V in .223...


My Brother spotting and calling shots at 250 YDS...



I also got my first grey squirrel this year with my .22WMR :

My dog "treed" him at the top of a tall oak tree. Not a long shot (probably 30 yards) but was exciting none the less. Got him right through the spine. My dog wants to "play" with it if you can't tell...


Trophy Shot...

Hey that is the way to spend a spring break. Great pics and great story. Keep up the great shooting and keep putting up pictures for all of us to enjoy. Thanks guys.

Ride Up!!!
Shane Gould

Thanks
It was definitely needed. I haven't shot since around Christmas so this was a nice break.

Nice shootin Racr350.
Looks like you have a nice long range target set up there at your grandparents.
And that's a trophy squirrel for sure. You can tell he is an old one that needed to be culled from the herd.

Yea the land sure is nice for shooting out there. Next time we're there, we're gonna stretch it out to 300 or 350. My goal is to get on paper at 400yds so im not too far away

Great pics and nice shooting!

There are other ammo choices out there to try so give it a whirl and see what ya can come up with! Y amay never know what your rifle really likes unless ya try it!

Yea I hear ya and I've got a few boxes of 39gr Federal Sierra's to try out. I'm hoping they''ll be even better after what I've read about them on here.

Don't forget about the 35 and 32 grain bullets. Nice kill on that rat. I hope you let the pooch have a taste.

Racr350 wrote:Yea I hear ya and I've got a few boxes of 39gr Federal Sierra's to try out. I'm hoping they''ll be even better after what I've read about them on here.

Ya might find a keeper in them!

Give 'em all a shot!

Hawkeye Joe wrote:Don't forget about the 35 and 32 grain bullets. Nice kill on that rat. I hope you let the pooch have a taste.

I'll definitely give them a try. And of course I let her have some "fun" with it..she earned it as she was the one that treed it for me.