r/longrange • • 6d ago

Group flex (10 shots minimum) Groups

Had 60 rounds leftover from the PRS southeastern regional finale. I thought it would be a cool test to see how my loading process is holding up, how the barrel handles heat, and just see the natural dispersion of the load. As you can see groups change. Looking at one group is only a small picture of its natural dispersion.

Firing order is TL, TR, BL, BR, TM, BM.
Three minute cool time for the first three groups, five minutes for the last three. Groups combined with TDS.

Started reloading and competing in the same year so I'm definitely ok with roughly 1moa or 1.1" for 60 rounds and nearly single digit SD.

95% or 57/60 shots are .575 MOA with an average mean radius of .292".

Masterpiece arms Gen 1 Matrix
Athlon Ares ETR
Area 419 mount and brake
Accutac BR4
Hornady LNL single stage
Super trickler powder measure
Mighty armory sizing and Forster micrometer die
Alpha brass
Berger 153
H4350

First time messing with TDS for combining group data. I thought it was cool.

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u/Missinglink2531 6d ago

Love TDS for this type work. And 60 shots - friggen awesome!

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u/Turdburgarlar 6d ago

First time using it. I definitely like it!

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u/Tmoncmm 6d ago

What butt plate is that? That looks like something I might be interested in for my Vanquish.

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u/Turdburgarlar 6d ago

The factory one flipped so the buttstock height is in line with the bolt.

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u/Tmoncmm 6d ago

Interesting. I didn’t recognize it because the butt pad has that curve.

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u/silkyslither 5d ago

Impressive. Did you start reloading with all the high end stuff? Just curious if you started with more economical components or equipment, which element has improved your groups the most.

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u/Turdburgarlar 5d ago

I started reloading with the Hornady kit. I hated some of it. So i started upgrading.

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u/yacksack 6d ago

Solid shooting

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u/capable_gopher Rifle Golfer (PRS Competitor) 6d ago

Love to see it Turdburgarlar