I finally got to shoot my first round of factory ammo through my new Steyr Mannlicher Pro Hunter.
I fired some with iron sights and got those figured out, using S&B 173-gr SPICE.
Then I mounted a 3-9x40 Leupold VX3 with fine crosshair, and fired a 5 shot group of 0.70 inches at 100 meters.
After wiping the bore, I fired another 5 shot group with Remington Core Lokt 175 grain ammo, for 0.625 inches.
That tells me what I need to know to go load up some 175s.
That is all the time I had, so next trip will be with 160-gr and 162-gr ammuntion by Norma and Hornady, then some Sierra handloads which shoot so well in other 7x64s.
I will probably shoot some factory 150-gr Norma and 139-gr S&B for a quick check, but my handloads in those will wait for the third trip.
I fired some with iron sights and got those figured out, using S&B 173-gr SPICE.
Then I mounted a 3-9x40 Leupold VX3 with fine crosshair, and fired a 5 shot group of 0.70 inches at 100 meters.
After wiping the bore, I fired another 5 shot group with Remington Core Lokt 175 grain ammo, for 0.625 inches.
That tells me what I need to know to go load up some 175s.
That is all the time I had, so next trip will be with 160-gr and 162-gr ammuntion by Norma and Hornady, then some Sierra handloads which shoot so well in other 7x64s.
I will probably shoot some factory 150-gr Norma and 139-gr S&B for a quick check, but my handloads in those will wait for the third trip.