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I finally had the chance to take my 6.5 Grendel AR out to the range today. My first trip was a disaster as a friend I was with pooched my IOR scope by removing the set screws from the elevation turret.
Today I went out to Angeles Shooting range with my wife. We met up with Nayt there as well. I was shooting out to 100 yards to zero my scope, then her and I traded off shooting 10 round each (a mag each). I got on paper and dialed my scope in fairly close to where I wanted it using 120g Nosler Ballistic Tip's. After that I switched over to Black Hills 123g HPBT factory ammo to really get it precise and see what kind of groups we could achieve.
Below are some pics of the targets, I have circled the best groups in red;
3 shot group.
The top 3 shot group was alright, the 4 shot group on the left wasn't shabby but the 3 shot on the right was my best for the day. 0.284 (I think) according to my Nayt's calipers.
Top 3 shot group wasn't to bad, the bottom group is a 5 shot string.
Below is a more recent picture of my rig. I've since added a Larue 9.0 railed free-float system.
Overall I was EXTREMELY pleased with the results. For it being only the 2nd time I have fired the rifle, I couldn't be happier. As my skill improves I imagine things will only get better. I imagine that as the barrel settles things may improve as well. I'd like to get a rear sand-sock to help as well with my stability.
The Sabre barrel performed flawlessly. I only had ONE failure to feed with the Black Hills ammo, and it was easily cleared and didn't happen again. It could just as easily been a minor hiccup with the C-Products 10 round mag.
I can't wait to take it out again! Once I start reloading maybe I can customize a load to this rifle. As I learn more about precision shooting I'd like to see how it performs out to some real distances.
Today I went out to Angeles Shooting range with my wife. We met up with Nayt there as well. I was shooting out to 100 yards to zero my scope, then her and I traded off shooting 10 round each (a mag each). I got on paper and dialed my scope in fairly close to where I wanted it using 120g Nosler Ballistic Tip's. After that I switched over to Black Hills 123g HPBT factory ammo to really get it precise and see what kind of groups we could achieve.
Below are some pics of the targets, I have circled the best groups in red;
3 shot group.
The top 3 shot group was alright, the 4 shot group on the left wasn't shabby but the 3 shot on the right was my best for the day. 0.284 (I think) according to my Nayt's calipers.
Top 3 shot group wasn't to bad, the bottom group is a 5 shot string.
Below is a more recent picture of my rig. I've since added a Larue 9.0 railed free-float system.
Overall I was EXTREMELY pleased with the results. For it being only the 2nd time I have fired the rifle, I couldn't be happier. As my skill improves I imagine things will only get better. I imagine that as the barrel settles things may improve as well. I'd like to get a rear sand-sock to help as well with my stability.
The Sabre barrel performed flawlessly. I only had ONE failure to feed with the Black Hills ammo, and it was easily cleared and didn't happen again. It could just as easily been a minor hiccup with the C-Products 10 round mag.
I can't wait to take it out again! Once I start reloading maybe I can customize a load to this rifle. As I learn more about precision shooting I'd like to see how it performs out to some real distances.
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