New scope on my .223
 

I added a new scope to my Charles Daly/Zastava .223 so I had to rezero it. After doing that I taped this quarter to the bullseye. 3 shots, 2 1/2 hits. @ 100 yards. Killed a groundhog shortly after. No pic, as it wasn't pretty. Hornady 40 gr VMAX makes a real mess of them.

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im impressed! next time show the gopher pics!

I got myself a Super Sniper HD, I'm excited. I plan on mounting it on something larger than .223 though...

I'm not sure the gopher would really cringe when showed the pix of the quarter with holes. Probably wouldn't even understand.

3 shots, 2 1/2 hits. @ 100 yards! Now that's shooting.

Show us the scope on the .223.

great shooting!! how did you tack the quarter so tightly.? i imagine the first shot would have sent the coin flying.

isnt punching a hole in a quarter against the law?

I wondered that too. Last time I did that, I lost a few.

Technically, yes.

He shot Liberty !!!!! Get him !

Good shooting! Did you try any of the ammo that I made for you?

Ok to answer some questions:
OJU gophers and groundhogs are different. Groundhogs are much bigger. The one I shot yesterday was around 10-12 lbs. No pics. It was ugly, kinda dissected him, I don't like posting graphic stuff like that.

The scope is a BSA sweet .223. 6-18 X 40 designed for the .223 round and has 3 turret drums in various bullet weights designed to compensate for bullet trajectory from 100 to 400 yrds. The scope I removed was a 4-12x40 Nikon that I was less than thrilled with. I have trouble with fixed objective lens scopes as I shoot with my glasses on and I have a progressive lens. The BSA has an adjustable objective lens that allows me to focus better and also acts as a range finder so you can adjust the elevation turret to get the correct trajectory. It sits on a pair of medium high weaver style steel mounts. Be warned this scope is a long sucker, it's about half the length of my barrel but seems pretty stable.

I used my lead sled from the roof of my van. Hey I was in the field. No shooting benches out there.
I didn't tape the quarter to the target. I had a friend throw it in the air.........just kidding, just kidding. I used two layers of that clear tape they use for packing, taped to a target, taped to a cardboard box out in the field at a measured distance. It held for all but that last shot on the edge and that only loosened it. Illegal? I dunno ...arrest me. Don't they have better things to do?

I'll post pics of the whole system later after I take some.

Art, yes I have shot a bunch of the rounds you sent me, but some rounds don't allow me to close the bolt. I suspect these are reloads fired in your gun that has a different shoulder on the chamber, so they are fire formed to your gun not mine. They work, but it takes a lot of pressure on the bolt to close it. They are range only as they are FMJ and and it's illegal here to hunt wit FMJ.

here is the set up. Yeah the scope is big, looks like you could hit something on Venus.

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Kinda oversize but it's not about looks here it's about whackin' groundhogs. This is my "truck gun".

Beautiful set-up. I have taken woodchucks @ 200 yards with a 22-250, not pretty. I prefer my 22 mag on chucks.
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Thank you. My BIL shoots em with 22-250 also. He shot one the other night at like 75 yards and we found half of it in one bean row and the other half a row over. nasty.

Very nice setup!!

Thank you Art.

Are we having a .223 thread now...
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Most impressive, well done!

Bill, that is stunning. yer gonna make me go get some pics of my CZ .223 now. Just what IS that beauty?

Here is the one I used to get some prairie dogs a few weeks ago (Savage FP110 in .223): http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1311549186.jpg

Those are nice Neil. I like the accu- trigger a lot. Huge improvement on those rifles. The 110 is one of the best shooters there is really.

I was really surprised by it as well. Must admit, I doubt my groups would anywhere be as good as yours (shooter's fault, not the rifle) but the first dog I got was a head shot at just a little over 100 yrds with 15mph crosswinds. I must have been lucky.

As I said before, the Daly is my "truck gun" here are my "good" groundhog guns. CZ .223 & it's little brother in .17 HMR.

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I may have been pretty lucky myself! LOL. Your shot is a good shot on any day.

Looks distinctly like a Sako.

It's a Sako model A1 with a nikon monach scope 6.5-20 power. It shoots WAY better than me.

We are all so humble about our skills. That one nice rifle. Great checkering pattern. Excellent set up.

Thanks, I like it. When I first got it I sighted in the scope then headed into some mountains to try it out on a rabbit and came back with a deer. Just luck as I had never seen a deer in the wilds before that :) 100 yard shot with a softpoint bullet.

targa & Bill, those are really nice. Mine is a little more plain but I hope to have a really good looking one soon.

targa, my shooting skills really is not that good. Later in the day on the prairie dog hunt I broke out the Rem 700 (308) to try and get a few on a mound about 350yrds from me. There were 4 of them sitting on the mound and I shot to the left of them, to the right of them, over them, in front of them and in between them (about 10-15 shots) and did not hit one.