I took my EdGun R5 .30 (long) out today to test of the 62 grainers that Dale sent me some time ago. He sent me two different hardnesses if the same bullet, one soft lead and the other BHN-7. My R5 was only turned up to 135bar and only shooting them in the low 800's, but they shot straight and I wanted to see if they were consistent on paper and how they impacted objects in a terminal ballistics sense. I also wanted to see how the R5 felt with the 1-8 on it, since I hadn't ever had anything else but the 7-35.
So I get out there, 70+ mile drive, and the fog was RIDICULOUS out there in the mountains. I can't really see much past ~50m, and my range finder is reading 25-28 meters no matter where I aimed it. I just setup my targets and shooting mat in my usual spots, with the targets at 35m and 102m. My first objective was gathering BC data, but my LabRadar was also being flakey in the fog (readings were weird past 10m) - so I said screw it and shot without collecting data.
I didn't have a problem seeing the 35m zeroing target, but the fog and heavy mist obscured the one I set to 102m.
Every now and then, the breeze would clear the moisture enough where I could see the outline of it, but I was still shooting at it blind for the most part. I just held over using points on the target outline and shot each group, while trying to keep the groups from each bullet type separated.
It was a challenge to say the least! This scope's parallax is also fixed at 125m, usually not a problem for me when I can actually see what I'm shooting at, but I'm sure that made things worse.
The groups were averaging 1.2-1.5" in the heavier fog. I decided to pack up and drive down to another spot that was a few hundred feet lower in elevation. The fog was terrible there as well, plus I now had a heavier wind component to deal with. I shot these at 99m
I could see some of the red coloration of my splatter targets for a couple of brief moments, so I used those opportunities to shoot groups with each bullet type. When I got home, they measured out to this..
At this point, I can't tell too many differences between them. The soft lead bullets seem to be grouping more consistently, but I needed another test of these fat little beauties. I look around and see some 2 to 4 inch trees that were cut down, still planted in the ground and I decided to take aim at them from the hood of my vehicle (~15m out). The first one was the BHN-7, I was more curious about these guys - and I fired one right through the tree.
The sound of the impact was incredible. I took aim at the stump behind it with one if the soft lead bullets..
I'm anxious to shoot more of these. I'm not so sure that I should hunt small game that I plan to eat with them though, I'm just afraid there won't be much left with how these blast things apart
So I get out there, 70+ mile drive, and the fog was RIDICULOUS out there in the mountains. I can't really see much past ~50m, and my range finder is reading 25-28 meters no matter where I aimed it. I just setup my targets and shooting mat in my usual spots, with the targets at 35m and 102m. My first objective was gathering BC data, but my LabRadar was also being flakey in the fog (readings were weird past 10m) - so I said screw it and shot without collecting data.
I didn't have a problem seeing the 35m zeroing target, but the fog and heavy mist obscured the one I set to 102m.
Every now and then, the breeze would clear the moisture enough where I could see the outline of it, but I was still shooting at it blind for the most part. I just held over using points on the target outline and shot each group, while trying to keep the groups from each bullet type separated.
It was a challenge to say the least! This scope's parallax is also fixed at 125m, usually not a problem for me when I can actually see what I'm shooting at, but I'm sure that made things worse.
The groups were averaging 1.2-1.5" in the heavier fog. I decided to pack up and drive down to another spot that was a few hundred feet lower in elevation. The fog was terrible there as well, plus I now had a heavier wind component to deal with. I shot these at 99m
I could see some of the red coloration of my splatter targets for a couple of brief moments, so I used those opportunities to shoot groups with each bullet type. When I got home, they measured out to this..
At this point, I can't tell too many differences between them. The soft lead bullets seem to be grouping more consistently, but I needed another test of these fat little beauties. I look around and see some 2 to 4 inch trees that were cut down, still planted in the ground and I decided to take aim at them from the hood of my vehicle (~15m out). The first one was the BHN-7, I was more curious about these guys - and I fired one right through the tree.
The sound of the impact was incredible. I took aim at the stump behind it with one if the soft lead bullets..
I'm anxious to shoot more of these. I'm not so sure that I should hunt small game that I plan to eat with them though, I'm just afraid there won't be much left with how these blast things apart
