6-21-11 Range Results N-120 Revisited

[dennis31]

Shot 60 gns of N-120 with Barnes MZ, SST, Nosler and XTP. One fowler Nosler 2766fps 5 min between loading, copper cooling rod used between every shot. 10min between target 1&2 15min between 2&3 10min between 3&4 and 15min between target 5. Target 5 was 63gns H4198. All targets are minute of deer, was hoping barnes to shoot a little tighter as this will be my hunting bullet. Will probably get a couple of files and try knurling to see if any improvement. Beat ES was the worst group XTPS, go figure

[12ptdroptine]

Them Nozlers look awful good to me.. Please tell me what they are?
Thank You Drop

[Richard]

Dennis........Nice targets. I have also gotten good results with the Nosler 200 gr. hollow points also. Most of my shooting has been with them.
Try them Noslers with 10/60----4759/H-322.
Richard

[tar12]

Dennis what happened? A while back you posted some very promising groups....

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80 degrees F is the difference..... I've never been able to match the accuracy that I get when I shoot at 25 or 30 degrees when I shoot at 80 or 70 or 65 degrees..... Cooling rod or no cooling rod, 10 or 20 minutes wait, shade or no shade. Might be me, but that's the way it is... The cooler it is the better my rifle shoots.
Zen

[dennis31]

Drop: The Noslers are 10mm .400 200gn JHP bullets similar to XTPS

Richard: The noslers have been shooting well and that 10/60 i have shot and has shot well at times.

Tar12: I think i have given up on the Barnes and will be shooting noslers this hunting season .NOT

Panhandle: I agree, too d**n HOT. But lately its been when i have time to shoot. Not when i want to shoot when condition have been more favorable.

[tar12]

Jun 21, 2011 19:03:37 GMT -5 @panhandle said:

80 degrees F is the difference..... I've never been able to match the accuracy that I get when I shoot at 25 or 30 degrees when I shoot at 80 or 70 or 65 degrees..... Cooling rod or no cooling rod, 10 or 20 minutes wait, shade or no shade. Might be me, but that's the way it is... The cooler it is the better my rifle shoots.
Zen

Its not just you Zen. I have noticed this for years. Thats why I do not bother in hot weather. I chased my tail those first 2 years. Fall of the third year brought 2 weeks of wild temp swings. It was in this time frame that clued me in with temps from the mid 30s to upper 70s/mid 80s. This was the first I realized true consistancy.Some 11 yrs later this basic concept still holds true for me.