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I took mine out to Tucson for Thanksgiving weekend. While everyone else was out shopping for Black Friday specials, I was out in the desert throwing lead with my Brother. Had an awesome time, and managed to covert another shooter to the cult of MK-12ism 
I swapped out the UTG rings for some ARMS 22 rings with the TRC cap and updated LII levers shortly before leaving for Tucson. The Duracoat was barely on for a day before I packed everything up to put in the car. Turns out the TRC cap, designed for the Leupold scopes, is nearly a perfect match for the contours of the Bushnell 3-12X44 FFP as well. After re-zeroing with the new rings I did shoot a few quick groups to see how well it does with my 77 grain MK-262 clone-ish load. LC brass loaded with 23.5 grains of Ramshot TAC using CCI #41 primers and a Nosler CC 77 grain HPBT loaded to mag length of 2.25" (No crimp). I think the rifle liked the 69 grain SMK's I shot a few weeks ago a bit more than the 77 grain Nosler bullets. Those were averaging about 3/4 moa, while the Noslers are hitting about 1 moa or slightly less. However, most of the groups consisted of 3-4 shots within 1/2 moa along with 1-2 flyers opening the group up. It's been a while since I shot regularly, so the flyers might very well just be me, sucking. The location we were at didn't really have the terrain for long distance shooting. I like to have a decent backdrop and this area was very flat. More people started showing up later in the day as well, which would have complicated things if we had set up further back. As it is, we had a steel plate set up at 200 yards. Not really much of a challenge, but fun to shoot at anyway.
Pics:
The obligatory poolside shot:
groups shot while re-zeroing the scope:
Not sure where the 5th shot is. I'm assuming it went through the hole created by the cluster of three shots. Either that or several inches away...
Closer to getting dialed in.
I swapped out the UTG rings for some ARMS 22 rings with the TRC cap and updated LII levers shortly before leaving for Tucson. The Duracoat was barely on for a day before I packed everything up to put in the car. Turns out the TRC cap, designed for the Leupold scopes, is nearly a perfect match for the contours of the Bushnell 3-12X44 FFP as well. After re-zeroing with the new rings I did shoot a few quick groups to see how well it does with my 77 grain MK-262 clone-ish load. LC brass loaded with 23.5 grains of Ramshot TAC using CCI #41 primers and a Nosler CC 77 grain HPBT loaded to mag length of 2.25" (No crimp). I think the rifle liked the 69 grain SMK's I shot a few weeks ago a bit more than the 77 grain Nosler bullets. Those were averaging about 3/4 moa, while the Noslers are hitting about 1 moa or slightly less. However, most of the groups consisted of 3-4 shots within 1/2 moa along with 1-2 flyers opening the group up. It's been a while since I shot regularly, so the flyers might very well just be me, sucking. The location we were at didn't really have the terrain for long distance shooting. I like to have a decent backdrop and this area was very flat. More people started showing up later in the day as well, which would have complicated things if we had set up further back. As it is, we had a steel plate set up at 200 yards. Not really much of a challenge, but fun to shoot at anyway.
Pics:
The obligatory poolside shot:
groups shot while re-zeroing the scope:
Not sure where the 5th shot is. I'm assuming it went through the hole created by the cluster of three shots. Either that or several inches away...
Closer to getting dialed in.
I still need glass but when I do we are taking a trip to the desert!!
When your brother is ready for his upper let me know. Lol
Sent from my IPad so... Ease off the spelling
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