I had a quickie range session this morning.. I've had this White 97 .50 for SEVERAL years. Well I have not shot it in a couple of years so I thought I'd break it out today. I had no scope sighted in on it as I had robbed the scope that was on it. The reason was I could never get this White to shoot any better than two inches or so at 100yds. I put the old beat up Nikon Monarch 3-9X40 on it using the Burris QR Zee rings. I had to actually sight it in of course which took a little while. I was using some 495gr No Excuses because I was saving Bats trashcan for real shooting. Now the SURPRISE! I was using Swiss fffg that Bat had given me over a year ago which I had never tried before!
Well I had always liked 70-75gr fffg Triple Se7en in Whites so I stuck to 75gr fffg Swiss and Bats 495gr Trashcan. MAN...am I a BELIEVER! I shot two 3-shot groups at 102yds and finally a five shot group in the center. The first group is the top right, second is top left, then the center group. I was even moving the MOI for each group to center it on the target AND shooting them about as fast as I could! Barrel got REALLY warm.
That photo is WAY misleading as that center group looks way larger than it is. Try 5 shots in 0.97 inches! That Swiss fffg is pretty hot stuff too! 75gr and a 495gr bullet got me 1295fps. That's about 30-50fps more than what fffg Triple Se7en will do...
I think I'm gonna leave the scope on this one for a while!
Well I had always liked 70-75gr fffg Triple Se7en in Whites so I stuck to 75gr fffg Swiss and Bats 495gr Trashcan. MAN...am I a BELIEVER! I shot two 3-shot groups at 102yds and finally a five shot group in the center. The first group is the top right, second is top left, then the center group. I was even moving the MOI for each group to center it on the target AND shooting them about as fast as I could! Barrel got REALLY warm.
That photo is WAY misleading as that center group looks way larger than it is. Try 5 shots in 0.97 inches! That Swiss fffg is pretty hot stuff too! 75gr and a 495gr bullet got me 1295fps. That's about 30-50fps more than what fffg Triple Se7en will do...
I think I'm gonna leave the scope on this one for a while!