Range report, GGG match 175gr

Its been long time since I have the interest to write a blog or personal diary. But now I have little bit of free time in my hands I managed to start writing.

firts try with GGG Match at 100m

In last summer I bought some new ammo. A Lithuanian company named GGG has made ammo in standard NATO calibers to civilian markets very competitive price. They are offering bulk and different match grade cartridges. I was able to get 308 bulk and 308 match with sierra match king 175gr bullet. In their web page there are match loads with different sierra match king bullets.

I just tell shorty about GGG bulk in 308 win. It has a 9,55g fmj bullet and its a Nato cartridge. In my Remington I was able to get 1,5-2 moa with 5 shots at 100m, so my interest on this dropped and I dont have any pictures of it. Only thing that was attracted were case's. Copper case look like Lapua case with blazed neck(not really know if this is the right choice of words, neck of the lapua case's has made softer so its endure more re-loading). Anyhow I shot only 50 of these GGG Bulk and gave the case's to my friend. The price was in Finland 0,75€/pcs

Remington 700p with Dragunov at 300m range

 The GGG Match 175gr:

I have happily announced to everyone that I dont need to reload 308 anymore! I dont know what to say, this is as accurate as Lapua trainer and cost less. 1,25€/pcs with sierra match king, why would you want to reload. And if you are able to sell cases to reloader for 0,2€ pcs even better. I hope that they won't rice the prices. In Finland just a sierra match king bullet costs 0,50€. I have shot 60 of this product and accuracy seems constant. Need to boy more.

15 shots at 300m with bipod

I was so satisfied with GGG Match product that I have to find it in 223 and try out it in STI Custom. I the picture to right there is prone shooting with bipod(no sand bag any kind). The 15 shot group tells more about me than the ammo or rifle. First fore shots before was in 41mm group! That's under 0,5 MOA.

Remington 700 Police range report

I did spend a lot of time in range in Christmas holidays, espesially with my customised Remington 700. Before Christmas a gunsmith shortened barrel from 26" to 21" and but a 18mm thread in the end for a Aseutra j-zet suppressor. Now with shortened barrel balance with suppressor is quite good, espesially if you need to carry it in the woods.

Here are some results: I shot  Seller&Belliot 9,55 g FMJ and some handloads with Lapua Scenar 10g. S&B performed quite well, all the grouping were under 1 MOA also in 300m range. With 10g Scenar I got one load that gave under 0,7 MOA grouping. Although my scope rings started to move in some point when I fired hot loads. There was a Lapua case, CCI 200 primer and vihtavuori N140&N150 powders. COAL was 73mm(longest that fit in AICS magazine).

S&B 9,55 g 308 Win

S&B 9,55 g 308 Win

S&B 9,55 g 308 Win

Scenar 10g with Lapua case 73mm COAL

Scenar 10g with Lapua case 73mm COAL

Scenar 10g with Lapua case 73mm COAL

First attempt for a long range

My first over 300m shootings were  in a cold weather, -8 degrees Celsius and a little blustering wind. First distance was 320 meters according to my zeiss rangefinder( a Christmas present for my self, maybe I going to do a review of it some day). I shot prone with my remington 700 police with 20'' barrel with suppressor and Dragunov.

In 320 meters my Remigton 700 was easy to hit 200mm plate and head of practical target. One hit on the 100mm plate swing it over the beam twice! So maybe the 100mm plate is to lite for 308win. With Norma jakhtmact 9,7g fmj I had to adjust my scope 1,9Mrad to hit center. That was more than I expected, probably because of the cold weather. And Dragunov with leader surplus ammo hits easily 200mm plate with 350m sight adjustment.

Elevation adjustment for 320m

Remington 700, with norma 9,7 fmj = 1,9 Mrad
Dragunov, with leader surplus = 350m

At 489m thing got very difficult. Blustering wind starts to interfere in shooting. 200m plate was very difficult to hit, one out of five shot hit the target. But with practical target hit ratio was nearly 90%. And it was surprise for me how easy it is to hit target with dragunov! Only 4x scope in that thing! Of course first my friend looked with Remington's 18x zooming scope where I was hitting with dragunov so I know were to hold.

Elevation adjustment for 489m

Remington700, with Norma 9,7 fmj = 4,7Mrad
Dragunov, with leader surplus = 600m

No wind adjustment needed, if you shot in a wind bluster you did not hit the target.

Dragunov's 4x scope at 489m, camera did,n pick up the targets but with bare eye you can see the biggest target.

Remington 700 + grs stock

I have had a Remington 700 Police for five years now. The original HS stock does not fit me like a glove so I wanted something with an adjustaple ceekwell and lenght. Stock markets in Finland are narrow, but norwegian GRS stock were awailable and desing of sporter/varmint was intresting so I go with that. Stock weight is only 1,3kg.

Same time I wanted to changes box magazine to AICS type changeable magazine. I bought an Alutek triggerguard that accepts AICS magazines. Its a lot stonger and bigger than the original trigerguard, so it is not a drop in installation.

Alutek triggerguard and steel bedding pillars

I noticed that grs stock needed a bedding job. My friend milled me two pedding pillar from steel. They werent adjustible like the ones in gunshops so I cut them exacly the same lenght as in the HS stock.

 

I used Acraglass bedding gel. It has a nice working time also its easy to mix and spread. Before bedding I used electric tape to center the barrel and to make room for recoil lug. Then I waxed all steel parts so the recerver wont stick in the stock. There are lots of videos in youtube of pillar pedding.

Final result was success. Actoin works perfectly and now I have light and ergonomic rifle with AICS magazines.

8 shots at 100m. Lapua Trainer

Remington 700 police handloads part 1

After I taked part in beertrophy match I wanted to improve long range accuracy with my remington. I have owned remington for few years and shot some handloads with it. However my reloading diarys are gone and I had to started it again in excel.

I remembered that Sierra Match 168gr gave some resorts with vihtavuori N150 and I had primed lapua cells in the storage so I started with that.

First load:

Load number: 1

Case: Lapua

Primer: unknow

Powder: N150 43gr

Bullet: Sierra Match 168gr

Loading length: 73mm

Load number: 2

Case: Lapua

Primer: unknow

Powder: N150 43,5gr

Bullet: Sierra Match 168gr

Loading length: 73mm

I reloaded 20 rounds each load and headed to the 300 meter range. This time shooting conditions were quite difficult. It was snowing and there were about 5 km/h wind in 45 degrees of angel. I was shooting prone with dipod and large sandbag in rear.

Here is my 10 round groupings:

Load number 1: 90mm x 140mm and 120x150

Load number 2: 70x150 (one flyer) and 90x110

For the record, I have some problems shooting prone with dipods. The gun powerfully "jumps" left when recoiling. Load number 2 gives more stable goupings, so I will try 44gr load also.

10 shots at 300m 70mm hight and 150mm wide

Olutmalja kisa "beertrhophy match" Kuopio

I havent writen in a long time in my blog for personal reasons. But now I decidet to start writing in english mainly from my shooting hoppys for edducational reasons :) My text will have lots of miss spells and I'm not going to correct them so I can follow my progress.


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Leupold Mark 4 3,5-10x TMR

  I participate in "beertrhophy match" with my remington police 308 win. Match rules are simple, 30 shots at 300 meters and smallest gouping wins. participate feed is beer six-pack and winner takes it all. Shooting methods are free, but benchrest equipments are forbidden, dipod are OK and small rear bag is also OK. Shooting time is 1 hour.

My reloading diarys are gone and I haven done that for a while, so I bought Lapua Trainer whit 8g bullets for the job.

My offical shooting score was 181 mm, not as good I hoped. If you take out my 3 flyers the grouping should have been about 130 mm. Weather was eccelent, no wind at all and tempature 0 cecius. Alltogether beertrhophy is an eccelent shooting competition and it gives you an idea what kind of accuracy you realy can achieve whit you, your rifle and your ammo

Final score