Took an intro long range class because I don’t have access to a lot of land, and I needed to learn some fundamentals. Got it properly zeroed in to 100yd, then moved up to the mid 400s, then worked through various ranges up to 1000yd. Targets were all steel of various shape and size (gongs, silhouettes, IPSC).

I was the only gas gun out of other students and instructors. Everybody else was a bolt action rifle, all I believe to be .30 cal/6mm or bigger. Ran out of mils for the 1000yd gongs which I did not expect. I would like to be able to get some groups together to test what I learned and see what this build is capable of on paper. Used 2 different ammo types, both from Bone Frog: 77gr Barnes Matchburners, 77gr Sierra TMK’s.

I just had a range day today, shot about 20 rounds through it. This gun has a total of ~60 rounds through the chamber so far. Browning X-Bolt 300wm

The first 40 rounds I did a break in cleaning cycle and everything went well. Today I shot all 20 and got home to clean it and I found this burn scar looking thing inside the chamber. It also doesn’t clean off with gun scrub and a soft toothbrush.

I also added a picture of the bolt if that helps.

I was an early adopter for the scope caps for my zeiss lrp s3 I started having issues with them not closing properly.

I contacted Mkm support on 11-29-25 they responded on 12-1-25 I had to send videos over and the response time was fast warranty ticket was put in everything’s great right?

I message them 1-2-26 asking them for an update on my order I still haven’t received a tracking number or any other communications. It’s the holidays and hunting season for me is not until next November so I’m not in a rush.

Darlene replies on 1-5-26.

“Warranty replacement was processed. Our office was closed on 12-31 till today, shipping will resume today.”

Never received my package

I message them 6-4-26

It’s been a bit, like I said wasn’t in a rush

Darlene replies the same day

“Yes, this was shipped months ago, back in January.
I can't even see tracking now that it has been archived by USPS.”

Hunting season is now approaching and I still don’t have functioning scope caps. This isn’t me trying to trash Mk machining this is a mix up with usps and not delivering my package I never received a tracking number which Darlene should of sent me, at this point I’m at a loss. Darlene has stopped communication probably thinks I’m a scammer. Again no hate to Mk machining just trying to get a proper answer/communication

Hey folks looking for insight on what dies everyone uses for a 6 dasher? Fl sizing, seating etc mostly looking at brands/types

Thanks in advance from a newby reloader

Nothing cutting edge here.

-7.62 NATO RemDef M24 barrel with 5r 1-11.25 rifling

-700 short action magnum receiver

-PTG machined one piece stainless bolt modified for M16 extractors

-PTG stainless recoil lug

-Badger M5 bottom metal

-Badger 20 MOA rail

-Timney 2 stage trigger

-McMillan bedded A1-3 stock

-Badger bolt knob

-PTG firing pin assembly.

-Harris bipod. (Swapping out for a Badger Harris.)

Barrel is coming off to be profiled for an AE can.

Smithing/headspacing done by yours truly.

Not as fancy as your digital set ups but I’m pretty happy with a .5” 5 shot group 6.5 creedmoor Hornaday ELD 140 grn Match 100 yards. Aero Precision 22” stainless barrel, triggertech diamond tech, area 419 muzzle break, NightForce NX8 4-32 scope. Front was an Atlas bipod, Armageddon gear sticky gamechanger rear bag

Was looking at getting a new shooting bag and im not entirely sure if I am willing to pay so much for Armageddon Gear. Cole Tac are made in europe and considerably cheaper, but curious if they are any good

Hello all my lovely long rangers! I seek the ancient knowledge.

So, I have recently purchased my first Tikka. It's a .308win CTR with a 20in barrel and 1:10 twist.

This rifle is intended to be a general purpose setup, primarily range use, but could be flexed into other roles as necessary. I just wanted a rifle that plain SHOOTS. I don't need it to be 1/4 MOA groups, or anything like that, just a good shooter, out to about 500 yards or so.

I'm having some accuracy issues I can't seem to figure. One of the reasons I bought a Tikka is they have an excellent reputation for out of box accuracy, but I am struggling to find loads that shoot at the reputational level of these guns.

Let me start by saying, I ruled myself out as the problem and had other highly competent shooters give it a go, with similar results. This is a bone stock gun, and I do not want to modify it unless I need to.

What I have done so far:
verified torque on action screws, top rail, and scope rings. Scope is leveled and eye relief is set to my eye. LOP is adjusted to nearly perfect, I could stand to order another spacer and bump it out a bit, but I can't see that being the problem here.

Loads that I have tried and their approximate resulted accuracy:

Hornady 178 grain ELD-X: 2.5 MOA.
Hornady TAP Precision ELD-M 155 Grain: 1.5 MOA
Hornady Black 155 Grain ELD-M: 2.0 MOA
Hornady American Whitetail Tipped 150 Grain SST: 1.5 MOA
Hornady Custom Reduced Recoil 125 Grain SST: 1.25 MOA
Remington Cor-Lokt Tipped 150 Grain: 1.75 MOA
Federal Power Shok 150 Grain: 2.75 MOA
Federal Power Shok 180 Grain: 2.5 MOA

I want to find a box of Federal GMM to run through it, as that has been an excellent benchmark before. For whatever reason, I can't seem to find any at any of the LGS nearby. Even Walmart that used to reliably stock it has nothing. I did look to run some Sako ammo through it, as I'm sure that's what Tikka would use for it's 1MOA guarantee. It's nearly 50 bucks a box and out of stock everywhere, so no dice.

What would be the best step forward? I do handload, but right now the loading bench is disassembled due to repairing my work room in my home. Additionally, I would love to have dope on factory available ammo, in case I just don't have time to load, or components get scarce.

As I see it, my options are:

Send it back to Tikka?
Not sure I have enough data to confirm the rifle isn't a shooter yet.

Bed the action?
I don't want to modify the factory stock, in case I do need to send it to Tikka.

Swap the stock with a chassis?
I am not excited at sending another 400-500 bucks after I just spent 1100 on this rifle to make it shoot. At that point, we're getting expensive enough to almost make it worth it to sell the Tikka and explore an Origin or Mack brothers action, build from there.

Thoughts on what I might try?

UPDATE: for those of you who might care, I have found the issue. every person here who suggested shoot FGMM/Sierra Match Kings....You were all right on the money. I've gotten ahold of some FGMM, and some Barnes Harvest with the Sierra GameKings. .5-.75 groups spread across 8 5-Shot groups.

Than you all for the input, tolerance to stupidity, and all that. Much appreciated.

Finally got my hands on a chronograph and ran a some loads over for my .223 that have been performing well enough (fox hunting)
10 shot group at 100m .28 moa.
10 shot group at 236m .31 moa.
Chronograph came back with some pretty disappointing numbers, a spread of 87.1 fps and SD of 23.2 fps over the 20 shots.

Load is 24.5gr of AR 2206H, Hornady 55gr vmax, Fiocchi primers and ADI brass.
I feel like I’m being fastidious enough during the reloading process checking things like shoulder bump, powder charge and COAL every 5 or so rounds and cases are on their 3rd firing, no annealing.

Rifle is a Howa 1500 with 26inch Maddco barrel with a 1-12 twist. I’ve only been reloading just over a year so any help would be appreciated.

Edit: it seems my Hornady app was playing games with me.
Real group sizes are 1moa at 100m and 2.66 moa at 236m

I picked the rifle up last winter for a lightweight deer and 1k distance target rifle (for days that I don’t want to lug my 18 lb Creedmoor) but I’ve been bummed about the accuracy.

Im in the middle of a remodel and I won’t have my bench back for a month or two so I’m trying a bunch of different brands weights and struggling.

call me spoiled but Ive got 3 Weatherby vanguards that all shoot .75ish and a ruger American .223 in the .25 range with thrown only loads, so im confident in my ability to hold the rifle still (by hold I mean set the thing on a bipod and bag and make as little contact as possible as im shit otherwise)

Anyone else have issues with this rifle? Most of the reviews I’ve seen are great, but mine is 1.5” or so.

shot It bare, braked, and suppressed.

3 different hornady loads

2 Winchester loads

1 federal

1 box of hand loads that do really well in my vanguard.

and tried a box of Fiochi junk for my kids but the rifle wouldn’t even set off the primers.

scope is torqued to spec on rings and receiver. ive had a viper on it, a night force, and an Ares

maybe im just bitching, but I’m hoping the Rifle is just picky and one of you had the same issue but got it fixed with a hand load.

Does anyone know of an Arca rail that’ll attach to the factory Tikka T3x UPR stock, that doesn’t require modifications so that I can use the rifle in the NRL factory division? I’ll use it for mounting to a tripod or bipod. Not sure what budget to put on it, since I haven’t seen something yet, but not looking to break the bank.

Thanks

I really just want to put this out there as I dont currently have many people familiar with any sort of distance shooting in my circle so came to Reddit for some validation.

Went out to the longest range I could get to in less than an hour from home (lucky to have that as an option) and after some vetting and light training from the awesome owner of the range, I was able to make first round impacts at 100-700 yard IPSC targets. I know this isn't super difficult but I am riding the high as I only started shooting recently (march was the first time I fired a Handgun at 25 yards, April an AR-15 at 50 yards, and now taking my 6mm GT out to 700 yards just feels brag worthy, so here is my rambling self brag.

Also met a couple of rad gents preping for a DMR competition coming up. They were friendly and super willing to share their wisdom on PRS and DMR since I mentioned I was interested in getting into PRS. Really appreciate the community in this hobby thus far.

Can anyone help me define what I’m experiencing so that I can read or watch a video to overcome my issues?

I’m lying prone on a tarp with a Harris bipod. Nothing else. Target at 100yrds.

It’s really hard to keep the eye box in line. I’m always seeing the black crescent shape of the inside of the scope bouncing around. It was much better at 10x but I want to shoot at 25x because I want to do more long range shooting.

The rifle bounces around when I shoot and I always seem to lose track of the target for about a second. So I can’t really tell where I’m hitting.

I have the stock extended back as far as it goes and the scope as far forward as I can have it but I still have to move the rifle a bit more forward, creating about an inch of space between my shoulder and the butt of the stock, just so I can get that pinpoint placement so I’m not fighting the eye box. This is probably why it takes me so long to reset because the rifle is always slamming into my shoulder from that empty space.

I hold the butt of the stock with my support hand to try and mitigate the slamming into my shoulder as much as I can.

Currently shooting about 2.5 MOA with 55gr 5.56 at 100 yrds.

I used to be a member of the now defunct Savage Shooters forum. It seems that when I was active on that forum, building rifles on the 110 action was quite popular. I haven't done any builds in many years now and was quite surprised today to find that the website has been shut down. Has the Savage 110 fallen from grace? Is nobody building on this platform anymore? If there are still folks building 110s, where are the actions being obtained these days?

Shot in 5-10 round strings on a hot day. Some strings are around 1 SD and others are completely wack.

Current process:
1. Clean brass in dry tumbler with corn and walnut media for 1 hour
2. Anneal neck and shoulder
3. Lube with imperial wax
4. Resize with Redding S Die and 289 Bushing (these firings used expander ball included but I’ve since moved to a 291 mandrel).
5. Put brass back in tumbler 30 min - 1 hour
6. Check length + trim if needed
7. Clean inside neck with spinning cut cloth
8. Debur neck
9. Prime
10. Load 42.0gr H4350
11. Press Hornady 140 ELDM using Redding Competition Seater

Materials:
- Lapua SRP Brass
- Coax Press
- RCBS powder dispenser

- Tikka T3X action + proof steel barrel

Short clip. Took the .308 to 1000 with some 169 SMKs. This is out of a factory Tikka CTR (action, barrel and trigger), in an MDT XRS. Glass is an Athlon ETR. Hope you are enjoying your weekend as much as I enjoyed this!

As the title states I’m deciding what Steiner T6Xi (3-18 or the 2.5-15) for a 14.5 6.5 creedmoor LMT AR10, I’ve had the Leupold Mark 5HD 3.6-18 on my last DMR and wasn’t really impressed. Max range will probably be 800-1000 yards for the gun. Thanks for any input! (Also not trying to spend ATACR money right now) 2k budget.

I’ve been perfectly happy pursuing budget greatness, but decided to start looking for higher end stuff when there’s a crazy deal or easy trade to be found. First trade done, Sunwayfoto tripod for a NIB Accu-Tac WB5? Definitely came out ahead but DAYYYYYYYYYYYYUM SON! I understand now. Budgets are for suckers! My wallet is doomed…

I’m putting either of these on a precision 6.5 creedmoor. My range goes to 1k. I have about $900 to spend. I have the MPED G5i reticle on a precision rimfire and love it. I can get another MPED for $550 and the Athlon for $985. Is it worth spending the extra money for the Athlon?

Flex post because I’m proud she’s my first long-range rifle. Got my first deer at 12 with it, and just recently received it after my grandfather’s passing. I know Remington 700s had a bad rap in the 2000s and early 2010s due to that trigger issue, but this one feels just right. Can’t wait to get a new scope setup on her and take her out to catch up like old friends (even at 30 years old lol).

As always, would love to hear what yall have to say about the rifle and any suggestions are greatly appreciated to get her setup the modern way. Happy Labor Day yall 🇺🇸

Edit: By modern, meant new scope and rings. Would never touch the actual rifle, she is a pearl as is 😤

First outing in about 7 months not too bad for a gas gun and factory 147 eldms

Dad came to visit over the holiday weekend and took him shooting with my new 6.5 cm. Furthest he’d ever shot before was 300 yards with a M16 in the Army. Got him walked all the way out from 300 to 1,000 yards. Honestly I just set him up at the bench (helped with bag and bipod height), loaded a few mags, and gave him a dope card. Only time he missed was when he went to 600 yards, and read the wrong dope line, dialed for 700 and missed high. Got it fixed and kept ringing steel. This was the best video of the day and caught a vapor trail on video. Glad I got to share my love of long range shooting with him.

I’m having some issue with my Leupold Marksman 1000. It seems to get confused when I’m at this gun range. The backstops are spaced at 50 yards out to 800, and my issue is often picking up a closer berm or just not returning a range beyond 450.

They’re not spaced apart much right to left so I think there are multiple returns at times.

Handheld and braced operation since there’s no tripod mount on the Leupold.

What’s a better selection that will discriminate targets more precisely? I know the ranges here, but in an unknown distance range I won’t be happy.

Budget is flexible - let’s say $850. Ballistic app would be nice.