The Dirty Thirty

[DakotaMan]

Wind can change things in a hurry-Great shooting!

Thanks Ernie. With the left to right 90 degree wind, I started out aiming right at the left 8 on the target for those last four shots, gradually moving right as I shot.

[Ernie]

Wind can change things in a hurry-Great shooting!

[DakotaMan]

You and your pistols are amazing Ernie. Great to see such success. 800 yards is a long ways and wind can be tricky. Good shooting! I was zeroing my 6mm Dasher scope at 1000 yards and shot five quick shots to see where it was hitting. Then as I dropped the zero two clicks, the wind came up presenting a 7-10 mph wind as I shot my last four shots. They weren't so good but at least they were 10s. This is the electronic target view.

[FirstBubba]

Sometimes it is your day to look good...Truth be known, it is not always that day for me😁

Welcome to the commonality of man! 😉 LOL!

[Ernie]

Sometimes it is your day to look good...Truth be known, it is not always that day for me😁

[Milldawg]

It’s is a nice feeling when you can swag it and be right in front of a crowd.

[Ernie]

Sunday afternoon I went out with a couple of guys from church. One needed to do load development and chronographing and the other one wanted me to chronograph a couple of guns with my Labradar. I wanted to do some drop confirmations with the Dirty Thirty/308 Winchester. We had winds from the north west, which was a quartering headwind for us. I was shooting to the north. After the guys got all of their stuff done, Glen spotted for me while I started doing some drop confirmations. The quartering headwind noticeably pushed my bullets down as I extended distances, but I still had fun.
Even at 300 yards it took me more elevation to hit my target, then it should’ve. By 400 yards I had a sense of how much I should add at 500 yards. At 500 yards my first shot at the 10-inch diamond target was close to a center hit.


The 5-inch square target to the right was hit by a guy shooting a 7mm SAUM rifle with 195 Berger’s.
I did drop confirmations out to 800 yards, but with wind continuing to pick up, I stop there. We shot Glenn’s 41 magnum Smith & Wesson revolver, and had some fun. I decided I wanted to shoot one more shot with my 308 Winchester XP. I picked the upper right small dot on the big rectangular target at 500 yards.


It always feels good, when you just have a sense of what it should be and you are right, and the shot is very close to where you were aiming at a mid-range distance.

[Milldawg]

Nice looking rig and good shooting. Someday I may have some time to purse such activities at that level.

[Ernie]

I'm VERY impressed Ernie! I can see that although it was a take-off barrel, it was a good one. That is also a beautiful job on the finish. Was this an old X-Mark Pro that is adjustable? I've used them a bit and can get them down to 12 ounce pull weight with a Wolf Spring. Since this is a hunting rig, you won't want that light of a trigger but once you get down in the .3 MOA precision range, it can help to make your groups even smaller. Have fun with your beautiful new toy!

It was a new Remington gun, that was bought to customize. Chris does great work. All I got was the barrel. A regular Remington trigger will not work with a XP-100. It was the original XP trigger with it's linkage. The trigger linkage runs underneath the single shot action to the trigger, which is a long way forward of the trigger housing

[Pmacc60]

That’s a handsome rig you put together Ernie , just as accurate as beautiful . That’s one fine shooting handgun !!

[FirstBubba]

Well, come over and you can shoot it or hunt with it.

Fuel prices these days Ernie, and I can't even get out of sight! LOL! 😜

[DakotaMan]

I'm VERY impressed Ernie! I can see that although it was a take-off barrel, it was a good one. That is also a beautiful job on the finish. Was this an old X-Mark Pro that is adjustable? I've used them a bit and can get them down to 12 ounce pull weight with a Wolf Spring. Since this is a hunting rig, you won't want that light of a trigger but once you get down in the .3 MOA precision range, it can help to make your groups even smaller. Have fun with your beautiful new toy!

[Ernie]

"Neato, far out and groovy", Ernie!
That's one sharp looking rig!
Apparently shoots lights out too!
I'd hunt with that set up in a heart beat. 😉

Well, come over and you can shoot it or hunt with it.

[Ernie]

Nice shooting. Not that much recoil.
Do you like Hammer bullets?

Thanks.
Great muzzle brake makes a difference.
Yes, I like Hammer's

[FirstBubba]

"Neato, far out and groovy", Ernie!
That's one sharp looking rig!
Apparently shoots lights out too!
I'd hunt with that set up in a heart beat. 😉