More copper down range, then lead

Never touched the scope the entire time shooting today.................

I had a dozen knurled Barnes 290's that I headed to the club to shoot this morning. I set up a couple targets on the 200yd range, then shot a few SST bullets just to foul up the barrel. It was fun.....

Started shooting the knurled Barnes and the groups would be acceptable to most, but I imagined it better. What I did notice right off the bat, was that the 290gr bullets shot 6" higher at 200yds, than the 300gr WM bullets. Now the Barnes being 10grs lighter, but a lower BC of .223, compared to the WM BC of .250. Notice my first sentence?

I set up a target at 300 yards and shot my remaining six rounds. Again, all bullets 6" high of the center and the group size was 4". Acceptable to many, but again I imagined better. I sent a second set, really taking my time. Same thing, 6" high with a group size of 4".

After checking the time and knowing I had a ton of leaves to pick up before the rain, snow or rain/snow that will be hitting here, I decided to shoot just 3 more rounds.

Three 300gr WM bullets at 300yds. Sorry the tape covers the one bullet hole, but its there.
Note: patches are from shooting the SST

that is some good shooting in my book. Did those three SST all fit under that one patch?

Good shooting from the 300 yard bench. Should have no problem hitting that 9" kill area on a deer with plenty of room to spare. GOOD HUNTING :!:

Ray........ :yeah:

Very nice shooting. Do you know the energy at that range?

The target group shows 3 Whitetail Medicine bullets, sold by Ultimate Firearms. The covered holes were shot with the SST bullets. They shoot different for some reason and that's yet to be figured out............. :huh?: The Barnes were 6" above the centerline.

At 300yds the 300gr WM bullet has approximately 1,421 foot pounds energy and the velocity is approximately 1460fps.