Steyr 308 Grouping/Zeroing

deerhunter1

Put Swarovsky 8x50 on steyr prohunter 308 , Manually bore sighted it, first 6-7 shots above cross 100mtrs. Quick adjust 6-7 shots into bull, not bad for an out of box factory rifle, with T8 Supressor, 150 gr Core lockt Remington.:D

It wasn't me!

Shoots brilliantly there DH. Those Steyrs are lovely rifles.

steyrman2

not to bad grouping have a few pics of my steyr groups if its all right to put them up in the last 2 outing using 125 btips first group were 10 shots using the mussle brake and a fixed 10x42 scope quick shooting at 250 yards other groups were 5 shot 165 amax at 150 yards

poulo6.5

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Put Swarovsky 8x50 on steyr prohunter 308 , Manually bore sighted it, first 6-7 shots above cross 100mtrs. Quick adjust 6-7 shots into bull, not bad for an out of box factory rifle, with T8 Supressor, 150 gr Core lockt Remington.:D

excellent shooting there deerhunter1. steyr make a good rifle. well wear

deerhunter1

steyrman2 wrote: »

not to bad grouping have a few pics of my steyr groups if its all right to put them up in the last 2 outing using 125 btips first group were 10 shots using the mussle brake and a fixed 10x42 scope quick shooting at 250 yards other groups were 5 shot 155 amax at 150 yards

Very very nice;)

4gun

..Well wear, now all you need is a fine deer to round it all off.

stick shooter

Fair play, very good shooting there.

Cass

Nice going. She is working well for ya.


Seems to be the right thread so excuse me for the "small hijack".

Ye are all Steyr men. What would be best in a Steyr Mannlicher, Pro Hunter in 6.5x55. My mate bought one a couple of weeks ago and dropped over tonight to ask me to check the twist rate rate. its a 1:8. He is using 140 gr rounds, not sure of the make, but wondering what you lads recommend for this rifle and to suit the fast twist rate?

Tackleberrywho

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Put Swarovsky 8x50 on steyr prohunter 308 , Manually bore sighted it, first 6-7 shots above cross 100mtrs. Quick adjust 6-7 shots into bull, not bad for an out of box factory rifle, with T8 Supressor, 150 gr Core lockt Remington.:D

That's a great group for 8x.

Plenty of Deer live in Fear.
I prefer zero'ing on cardboard as it is easier to see the strikes IMHO.
I gave up shooting A4 as it turns to shi*e in this damp weather.

The shoot and See's are good if you could not be arse walking up and down to the Target too

I reinspected my groups the other day with Superperformance .308's

I actually had a 3 shot and a 2 shot nice groups.

After that teh Moderator was too hot to see through the heat waves

I have noticed the ASE seems to heat more than the reflex

tfox

Ezridax wrote: »

Nice going. She is working well for ya.


Seems to be the right thread so excuse me for the "small hijack".

Ye are all Steyr men. What would be best in a Steyr Mannlicher, Pro Hunter in 6.5x55. My mate bought one a couple of weeks ago and dropped over tonight to ask me to check the twist rate rate. its a 1:8. He is using 140 gr rounds, not sure of the make, but wondering what you lads recommend for this rifle and to suit the fast twist rate?

I have the exact same rifle. Shooting 140 gr federal fusion at the moment, dropping sika, fallow, reds and foxes no problem

1" high 3/4" groups at 100 yds, 2.5" low at 200. €35 a box which isnt bad these days.

A lot recommend 120gr Norma's, havnt tried them yet myself but will get couple of boxes and try them out when stalking finished.

Cass

tfox wrote: »

I have the exact same rifle. Shooting 140 gr federal fusion at the moment, dropping sika, fallow, reds and foxes no problem
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Thats what he is currently using, i think. They are definitely 140gr and he is getting great results. He just asked what i was using when i had the 6.5, but the problem with mine was she was a heavy, 26", target barrelled rifle and was unbelievably fussy when it came to any ammo bar the Lapua target stuff. So didn't want to keep suggesting rounds as his gun may not like them. Also the Norma i used are expensive, and he uses the 6.5 for deer and foxes, so at €2.50 per round its not cheap shooting (fox wise).

ianoo

had the same rifle myself and used the 140 gr federal rounds with no probs ,but found the 120gr normas gave tighter groups on papper although the price of them ment i stayed with federal fusions for all my hunting ...

ian

tfox

ianoo wrote: »

had the same rifle myself and used the 140 gr federal rounds with no probs ,but found the 120gr normas gave tighter groups on papper although the price of them ment i stayed with federal fusions for all my hunting ...

ian

My thoughts exactly, at €50 and over a box it's expensive shooting !! If I get anything under 1" at 100 yds I'm happy

deerhunter1

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

That's a great group for 8x.

Plenty of Deer live in Fear.
I prefer zero'ing on cardboard as it is easier to see the strikes IMHO.
I gave up shooting A4 as it turns to shi*e in this damp weather.

The shoot and See's are good if you could not be arse walking up and down to the Target too

I reinspected my groups the other day with Superperformance .308's

I actually had a 3 shot and a 2 shot nice groups.

After that teh Moderator was too hot to see through the heat waves

I have noticed the ASE seems to heat more than the reflex

I fired off a box of MC 150gr for zeroing and grouping, then Ten rounds of 150gr Core Lokt exact same trajectory and grouping. Barrel very hot, but with the Neoprene sleeve on the Moderator I had no problem with heat wave.

Tackleberrywho

deerhunter1 wrote: »

I fired off a box of MC 150gr for zeroing and grouping, then Ten rounds of 150gr Core Lokt exact same trajectory and grouping. Barrel very hot, but with the Neoprene sleeve on the Moderator I had no problem with heat wave.

I have that self adhesive camo tape on it.

The Reflex does not appear to have the same issue.
Perhaps as it was a frost day the effect was worse as the air was very moist and was almost like fog :eek:



Edit:I hate Paint, Should read 150 grain SST Superperformance

poulo6.5

Ezridax wrote: »

Nice going. She is working well for ya.


Seems to be the right thread so excuse me for the "small hijack".

Ye are all Steyr men. What would be best in a Steyr Mannlicher, Pro Hunter in 6.5x55. My mate bought one a couple of weeks ago and dropped over tonight to ask me to check the twist rate rate. its a 1:8. He is using 140 gr rounds, not sure of the make, but wondering what you lads recommend for this rifle and to suit the fast twist rate?

I had a steyr prohunter before the rifle I have now (also a steyr)
I found it worked best with 120gr Norma BT's