Post by Ghost on Dec 30, 2011 7:51:35 GMT -5
Well the doctor said I was ready to shoot so yesterday I went out with my nephew and his buddies and let him break the cherry on her. I wanted him to do it, I guess because I don't get to see him but two or three times a year because he is in the Marine Corp.
Anyway here is how the story goes.
I was a bit worried that we may have not figured the recoil out right and it would kick a bit harder than we thought. Well after shooting her "Shelly" my worries were put to rest. The best I can explain it, she has a recoil that would be comparable to that of a 223 or a 6.8 Rem SPC. Not bad at all. I was able to put about 60 rounds through her before my shoulder began to get sore. I shot my nephews 6.8 Rem SPC AR-15 and it hurt worse than Shelly.
As for accuracy, she is scary accurate. Once I had her dialed in I began to try to find something a bit harder to hit. So we went down range to the target board and drove a nail into the front edge of the landscaping timber and then bent it up so that about an inch and a half stood above the top edge of the timber. We then place a coke can, mouth opening down, over the nail so to give the can some support. We then backed back to 100 yards and I gave it a go. I took three shots at the can and it never moved. You can imagine the heckling I received from my Marine nephew for missing the can. So I began to get a bit miffed so I figured I would call my fourth and final shot. I told them that I would aim for the nail, which I could see quite well, and nock the can off of the timber. After touching her off the can went flying off of the landscaping timber. We then walked down to the target and I went to get the can. Low and behold I found four holes in the can, needless to say that shut my nephews mouth and his friends as well. As he was putting up a new target I looked at the nail. I told Dave, my nephew, to take a look. The nail had been sheared off level with the top of the timber. We looked at the top of the timber and we could see where the bullet carved out a small grove across the top of the landscaping timber. Neither myself nor my nephew and his friends could believe our eyes. Shelly is one accurate rifle. I am very proud of what we have built. The only thing I need to do now is to find a chronograph and check the speed. I am getting the same impact point at 100 yards on both a 168 Sierra Match King and a 155.5 Berger hand load. So I figure that I can develop two different data programs off of that, since the impact is the same at 100 yards. Once I get my speeds I then can start developing some live range data for further distances. I am so excited. Going back out again today.
I have pictures and video of yesterday and I will get more today. Once I get them on my computer I will load them up on here.
I want to say thanks to KT, Grizz, Hillbilly, Gob Father, Larry, Rickie for all the information over the years that helped in building this rifle. Thanks guys, you are all awesome people! You all aided in the development of this rifle, directly or indirectly.
Anyway here is how the story goes.
I was a bit worried that we may have not figured the recoil out right and it would kick a bit harder than we thought. Well after shooting her "Shelly" my worries were put to rest. The best I can explain it, she has a recoil that would be comparable to that of a 223 or a 6.8 Rem SPC. Not bad at all. I was able to put about 60 rounds through her before my shoulder began to get sore. I shot my nephews 6.8 Rem SPC AR-15 and it hurt worse than Shelly.
As for accuracy, she is scary accurate. Once I had her dialed in I began to try to find something a bit harder to hit. So we went down range to the target board and drove a nail into the front edge of the landscaping timber and then bent it up so that about an inch and a half stood above the top edge of the timber. We then place a coke can, mouth opening down, over the nail so to give the can some support. We then backed back to 100 yards and I gave it a go. I took three shots at the can and it never moved. You can imagine the heckling I received from my Marine nephew for missing the can. So I began to get a bit miffed so I figured I would call my fourth and final shot. I told them that I would aim for the nail, which I could see quite well, and nock the can off of the timber. After touching her off the can went flying off of the landscaping timber. We then walked down to the target and I went to get the can. Low and behold I found four holes in the can, needless to say that shut my nephews mouth and his friends as well. As he was putting up a new target I looked at the nail. I told Dave, my nephew, to take a look. The nail had been sheared off level with the top of the timber. We looked at the top of the timber and we could see where the bullet carved out a small grove across the top of the landscaping timber. Neither myself nor my nephew and his friends could believe our eyes. Shelly is one accurate rifle. I am very proud of what we have built. The only thing I need to do now is to find a chronograph and check the speed. I am getting the same impact point at 100 yards on both a 168 Sierra Match King and a 155.5 Berger hand load. So I figure that I can develop two different data programs off of that, since the impact is the same at 100 yards. Once I get my speeds I then can start developing some live range data for further distances. I am so excited. Going back out again today.
I have pictures and video of yesterday and I will get more today. Once I get them on my computer I will load them up on here.
I want to say thanks to KT, Grizz, Hillbilly, Gob Father, Larry, Rickie for all the information over the years that helped in building this rifle. Thanks guys, you are all awesome people! You all aided in the development of this rifle, directly or indirectly.
