starting out

The Big Fella

Well lads Ive recentley bought a .223 cz527 and Id like to shoot it at the range. Im new to centre fires and I started hitting a target at 310 odd yards yesterday and i was delighted with myself. Id like to push the range out a bit further at a shooting range if I could. Im near midlands shooting range. What distances could you shoot a .223 a (hunting rifle) and what price for a student the odd time. Thanks

Cass

Is she the Kevlar (1:9 twist) model?

She could easily manage the heavier 75gr rounds if so and would be better suited to the longer distances. Not the only round, but the better option.

Anyway, the midlands do every range from 25 yds to 1,200 yds, but i think getting out to 600 would be a good days outing. The membership for the midlands for the first year is €600, but €285 per year after that. There is no day membership so paying and shooting on a day per day basis would not be an option, but thats for all ranges not just the midlands.

The rifle should be a 24" barrel and well able to hit the 600 mark. To shoot on any of the "windmill" ranges (thats the unsheltered" ranges you must do a safety card before shooting. This consists of going to the 25yd zero range, and place a zero card up at 25yd. You then have a set point of aim and adjust your scope until you "hit" the line marked as 600 yards. once this is done you show it to the RO and then go out to the range itself.

An RO and instructor will accompany you to both work the targets and give tuition. The safety card shows your rifle can hit the 600 mark and means you will at least hit the backstop and not fall short. The instructor/RO will then help you in fine tuning the rifle to hit the "bull" at the distance.

A point to note before going to shotis to make sure that you have checked the available elevation on your scope/setup. For example if your scope has 60 MOA of adjustment and you use 25 to get your 100yd zero you have 35 MOa left. This will give you enough to reach 600. If your scope only has 30 MOA (highly unlikely) and you use 25 to get your zero you will only have 5 MOA left and this will not reach the 600 yd mark.

So once you have your 100 yd zero you need to check that you have sufficient adjustment left to reach the distances required.

The Big Fella

Ezridax wrote: »

Is she the Kevlar (1:9 twist) model?

She could easily manage the heavier 75gr rounds if so and would be better suited to the longer distances. Not the only round, but the better option.

Anyway, the midlands do every range from 25 yds to 1,200 yds, but i think getting out to 600 would be a good days outing. The membership for the midlands for the first year is €600, but €285 per year after that. There is no day membership so paying and shooting on a day per day basis would not be an option, but thats for all ranges not just the midlands.

The rifle should be a 24" barrel and well able to hit the 600 mark. To shoot on any of the "windmill" ranges (thats the unsheltered" ranges you must do a safety card before shooting. This consists of going to the 25yd zero range, and place a zero card up at 25yd. You then have a set point of aim and adjust your scope until you "hit" the line marked as 600 yards. once this is done you show it to the RO and then go out to the range itself.

An RO and instructor will accompany you to both work the targets and give tuition. The safety card shows your rifle can hit the 600 mark and means you will at least hit the backstop and not fall short. The instructor/RO will then help you in fine tuning the rifle to hit the "bull" at the distance.

A point to note before going to shotis to make sure that you have checked the available elevation on your scope/setup. For example if your scope has 60 MOA of adjustment and you use 25 to get your 100yd zero you have 35 MOa left. This will give you enough to reach 600. If your scope only has 30 MOA (highly unlikely) and you use 25 to get your zero you will only have 5 MOA left and this will not reach the 600 yd mark.

So once you have your 100 yd zero you need to check that you have sufficient adjustment left to reach the distances required.

Thanks Ezridax, Its the standard cz 527, I bought it for laming foxes primarily but Id like to test it out at the range. I was watching cutting edge sniper the other night so thats why I was looking to do some long range shooting.:D

Cass

The majority of what i said above still holds true with the CZ in 1:12 twist. The only factors that may change are your round/bullet choice and the consistancy and repeatablility of the lighter round at the longer distances.

Too many times i see videos on youtube of 700, 800 even 900 yard shots with a .223, but these are usually with a higher GR round and the conditions in the US (where most are shot) are fairly different to here.

Still i would be confident in saying your rifle should hit, consistantly, at up to 600yds.