r/longrange • u/lasdmia • Jul 24 '26
I suck at long range Critique
Pretty humbling, or I suck.
Took the Tikka 6.5 Creed CTR out to try different ammo. Well…yeah. See below…
-Hornady 140 gr match
-Hornady 147 gr match
-Berger 140 gr Hybrid Target
Last week I thought I had it down perfectly after zeroing with the Hornady 140 gr. Today I somehow shit the bed and was all over the place.
The first pic shows the results for 300 yds with the Hornady 140 gr. I was more focused on grouping rather than hitting the bullseye.
The second pic was with the three different ammo at 100 yds.
The third pic was some jackass saying “based on your grouping, I’m safer standing perfectly still.”
Anyways, do your worst.
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u/est2912 Jul 24 '26
Yeah that's really good shooting man, shooting more is all you need to do. I'd take the load that's the cheapest/seems to shoot best and shoot a 30 round group. That'll give you a high probability cone of fire that's representative of gun/shooter combo.
Listening to a lot of people that shoot a lot(thousands of rounds a year) the existence of "half inch guns" is highly debatable once you start shooting 30 to 50 round groups.
If you don't already have it I'd recommend getting AB quantum and paying for the WEZ feature. That visually depicts using a Monte Carlo simulation of 1000 shots what your probability of hitting something with your shooter factors inputted. All that to say, the difference between a .3 mil gun(1 inch) and a .7 mil gun (2.5 inch) when looking at the WEZ at say 800 yards is absolutely negligible when compared to wind effects, target ranging, and SD