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MY 700 SPS REALLY REALLY REALLY SHOOTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« on: August 29, 2007, 09:25:42 AM »
I have not had any luck getting any groundhogs with my new 243. So after I hit the fields this morning I went to the range to play with the new toy. I want to climb to the top of a mountain and scream my gun shoots at the top of my lungs for all to hear. I shot my very best 300 yard group of my whole life today. The group I shot was a 3 shot group two were touching and the third opened it up to 3/4''. To me this is beyond belief. I have it zeroed at 200 yards using 58 grain Hornady Vmax. I found out today that with my scope set at 25 power that the first mill dot down hits center of the target at 300 yards. I still can't believe the way this gun shoots. Once it is broke in it should even do better. Although I have a hard time imagining the it could shoot better. Sorry for running on about this but I had to tell someone who cares because when I brought the target home my wife was like so what.     Dale
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Re: MY 700 SPS REALLY REALLY REALLY SHOOTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2007, 10:40:42 AM »
THATS WOMEN FOR YA !!!!!

Glad to see you are enjoyin your new toy. That's not bad at all for 300yrds.
Did you ever adjust the trigger ?

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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2007, 11:29:53 AM »
Well Dale ya know I did tell ya didn't I? What I wanna know is if you can shoot 3/4" groups at 300 yards with it WHY IN THE WORLD do you wanna go messing with it?


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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2007, 11:45:30 AM »
Well Dale ya know I did tell ya didn't I? What I wanna know is if you can shoot 3/4" groups at 300 yards with it WHY IN THE WORLD do you wanna go messing with it?
GB I still have to think about squeezing the trigger. Wondering when it will break. If it was a tad lighter I would like it alot more. Dale
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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2007, 01:46:49 PM »
Welcome to the dark side. Now don't go missing with it it an't a handie you have a real shooter ready.
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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2007, 02:18:18 PM »
Good shooting Dale!A groundhog will not be safe in the whole state of Pa!!
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2007, 05:45:27 AM »
Im glad it shoots good for you, I also use my mill dot scopes for aiming points on my 222 223 and 17 hmr, like you said, the key is to remember what power you shot with at the range because the space will change at different powers,  Can you see impact with that 243 or does it recoil enough that you loose the target in the scope?  I Dont know if you have enough mill dots or not, but that baby should reach a hog at 500 yards with no problem, Next year i want to join south fork rifle club at beaverdale pa and start clicking for yardage, My club only has a 200 yard range and for further shots i have learned where my gun hits by watching the dirt fly while hunting, i now have my 223 deadly out to 350 yards.
good luck with the groundhogs, they dont seem to active latley back here in bedford county, or maybe i got em thinned out, aint sure yet.

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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2007, 07:03:36 AM »
Im glad it shoots good for you, I also use my mill dot scopes for aiming points on my 222 223 and 17 hmr, like you said, the key is to remember what power you shot with at the range because the space will change at different powers,  Can you see impact with that 243 or does it recoil enough that you loose the target in the scope?  I Dont know if you have enough mill dots or not, but that baby should reach a hog at 500 yards with no problem, Next year i want to join south fork rifle club at beaverdale pa and start clicking for yardage, My club only has a 200 yard range and for further shots i have learned where my gun hits by watching the dirt fly while hunting, i now have my 223 deadly out to 350 yards.
good luck with the groundhogs, they dont seem to active latley back here in bedford county, or maybe i got em thinned out, aint sure yet.
  Inrut no you can't see the impact. It recoils to much. Allthough I had a 204 that you could. I got my first Groundhog kill this morning with the new rifle. I is no virgin anymore. I got him at about 350 yards.       Dale
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2008, 12:37:00 PM »
I just wanted to bring this back to the top to show how happy I was when I got my new SPS Varmint to the range. Here is the target I shot that day at 300 yards. Dale
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2008, 01:37:57 PM »
Excellent 300 yard target! I really like the SPS!

I would really like to shoot my SPS and LTR  , both .223s , at 200 or 300 yards. My range is 100 yards max. I just about finished fire forming my first 100 rounds in my SPS. The next group of reloads will be neck sized with my Lee Collet die. I think I have already found my accuracy load with the SPS. I only had my SPS to the range 3 times so far but each time my best group improved over the previous range session.

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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2008, 01:46:57 PM »
What kind of groups are you getting at 100 yards? Dale
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