This rifle had fired exactly 100 shots when I acquired it from a mate. Included in the package was the brass (100 Starline SR), a new Harris bipod, Hornady dies, a muzzle break and various other bits and pieces. The load my mate had settled on - the first one he tried - was 40gr of H4350 behind the Sierra 107gr MatchKing. I added a Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50 FFP and got down to business.
I loaded up a ladder with the same powder, starting at 40gr, but with the Hornady 108gr ELD-M, and was pleased to see that it shot very well, unfussy in general and with a very clear accuracy node of 42gr H4350 at 2.800", grouping well under 0.5MOA at 100m, with three in a row under 0.4MOA with the best being 0.29. No need to continue any further. Velocity was checked with the chronograph and validated with a drop test at 300m, both matching the Quickload estimate of 2985fps. The new gun rest is quite exciting, beats lying prone in thistles and sheep dung. And it goes like a cut cat!
We had some early dramas trying to use the rifle on the hill for pest control duties, due to not being able to get up onto the higher country because of a very poorly placed windfall tree.
Once the tree was dealt with (in hot weather, with limited mechanical assistance... not fun), me and the wife finally got up the hill to test it out on some goats. This was spectacularly successful, despite a brutal wind. We dropped them on the opposing face between 400-500m with ease, no dramas with accuracy, windage or killing power. It's way ahead of the 1:10" .243 Win in all performance criteria, with an easy 200m+ additional effective range. The 108gr ELD-M is a corker of a bullet on this class of game.
I'm delighted with the rifle, the 26" barrel and muzzle brake are both new experiences for me, and both have busted some preconceptions as I didn't think I'd like them at all. Wrong! For a cheap factory rifle it's crazy accurate and incredibly easy to shoot, with practically zero recoil and a very steady and clear sight picture - you really do get to see all of the action. The 6mm version of the Creedmoor is a really really effective little case.
I have some 6mm Creedmoor action pictures, unfortunately a pig dog pup at my phone cable and the phone is as flat as a pancake, so that'll have to wait for a couple of days. In the meantime, here's a snap of the wife walking off the hill tonight with her SuperVarmint, after another successful goat mission.
I loaded up a ladder with the same powder, starting at 40gr, but with the Hornady 108gr ELD-M, and was pleased to see that it shot very well, unfussy in general and with a very clear accuracy node of 42gr H4350 at 2.800", grouping well under 0.5MOA at 100m, with three in a row under 0.4MOA with the best being 0.29. No need to continue any further. Velocity was checked with the chronograph and validated with a drop test at 300m, both matching the Quickload estimate of 2985fps. The new gun rest is quite exciting, beats lying prone in thistles and sheep dung. And it goes like a cut cat!
We had some early dramas trying to use the rifle on the hill for pest control duties, due to not being able to get up onto the higher country because of a very poorly placed windfall tree.
Once the tree was dealt with (in hot weather, with limited mechanical assistance... not fun), me and the wife finally got up the hill to test it out on some goats. This was spectacularly successful, despite a brutal wind. We dropped them on the opposing face between 400-500m with ease, no dramas with accuracy, windage or killing power. It's way ahead of the 1:10" .243 Win in all performance criteria, with an easy 200m+ additional effective range. The 108gr ELD-M is a corker of a bullet on this class of game.
I'm delighted with the rifle, the 26" barrel and muzzle brake are both new experiences for me, and both have busted some preconceptions as I didn't think I'd like them at all. Wrong! For a cheap factory rifle it's crazy accurate and incredibly easy to shoot, with practically zero recoil and a very steady and clear sight picture - you really do get to see all of the action. The 6mm version of the Creedmoor is a really really effective little case.
I have some 6mm Creedmoor action pictures, unfortunately a pig dog pup at my phone cable and the phone is as flat as a pancake, so that'll have to wait for a couple of days. In the meantime, here's a snap of the wife walking off the hill tonight with her SuperVarmint, after another successful goat mission.
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