10/1/2010 - 1000 Yards .5 MOA

You could not have asked for a better night for shooting.  It was 75 degrees at 6:30 p.m. for this little outing.  I set up the target, and then ate an MRE using it's own heater (Lynn gave me some MREs).  Given how my shots were low last time when using 175 gr. Black Hills Match ammo in my Savage .308, I started out with 135 clicks of elevation.  After a couple of shots, it was clear that I was high and right.  So 2 clicks back down, and 3 to the left produced the best grouping yet at 1000 yards.  As you can see there is one shot that is sort of an outlier, but those other 3 shots rival, if not beat the best 3 shots I have taken.  They are .5 MOA at 1K.

To sum up, this took 133 clicks of elevation with Black Hills Match 308, using my Savage 308 with the Vortex Viper Scope.