I was lucky for some time that a buddy had a range I could use almost always.
500 yards was the max i shot and i did a lot of my load work at 200 and300 yards.
I was trying my hardest to make tight groups at 100 and then i was able to use his range.
my 100 yard loads did not look so well at 200 or 300.. they all kept opening up way too much.
I had many .3" groups and a couple that would shoot .2's at 100 every time i went to the range.
I was very disappointed when those great 100 yard loads went to crap at 200.
So I decided I needed to make loads and test them at 200 then 300.
I got some really good loads many under 1" at 200 yards.
1.25" at 300.
Then I would shoot those loads at 100 yards and they did not impress me .75" group usually looked scattered in a group.. not in a line or anything.
But 200 and 300 yards they proved to be good.
My guns are factory stuff that are cheap. no aftermarket triggers or barrels or stocks.
I do tweak my stuff though.
If you have an opportunity to work loads at 200 yards I would do that and not mess so much with 100 unless you are only going to shoot 100 yards.
Maybe I am the odd one out here having my tight 100 yard stuff open up at 200 to unacceptable levels.
Worst offender was my .308 with Varget powder and 175 A-Max.
Deer was almost 200 yards away. Had the load that did .3's all the time at 100 yards.
I shot that deer but not where I was aiming.
It hit nearly 12" away but dead right there just the same.
That is when I started shooting paper at the distances I was going to hunt at. HUGE eye opener for me.
500 yards was the max i shot and i did a lot of my load work at 200 and300 yards.
I was trying my hardest to make tight groups at 100 and then i was able to use his range.
my 100 yard loads did not look so well at 200 or 300.. they all kept opening up way too much.
I had many .3" groups and a couple that would shoot .2's at 100 every time i went to the range.
I was very disappointed when those great 100 yard loads went to crap at 200.
So I decided I needed to make loads and test them at 200 then 300.
I got some really good loads many under 1" at 200 yards.
1.25" at 300.
Then I would shoot those loads at 100 yards and they did not impress me .75" group usually looked scattered in a group.. not in a line or anything.
But 200 and 300 yards they proved to be good.
My guns are factory stuff that are cheap. no aftermarket triggers or barrels or stocks.
I do tweak my stuff though.
If you have an opportunity to work loads at 200 yards I would do that and not mess so much with 100 unless you are only going to shoot 100 yards.
Maybe I am the odd one out here having my tight 100 yard stuff open up at 200 to unacceptable levels.
Worst offender was my .308 with Varget powder and 175 A-Max.
Deer was almost 200 yards away. Had the load that did .3's all the time at 100 yards.
I shot that deer but not where I was aiming.
It hit nearly 12" away but dead right there just the same.
That is when I started shooting paper at the distances I was going to hunt at. HUGE eye opener for me.
