Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Outdoor range time today,

heat and all(ah, the sacrifices I make!), which included trying the Federal .300 Blackout 190-grain Subsonic loads.

It took a few rounds to figure out elevation at 200 yards, less drop than my handloads, between higher velocity and that more ballistically efficient bullet shape.  The rifle has a Vortex Strike Eagle scope which has four stadia lines below the center dot, with a vertical arrow at the bottom below the bottom line.  Wound up with the fourth line being on the bullseye got this

Yes, I pulled one high.  Really, that five below is not bad, being about 3 1/2" center to center of the furthest apart.  For subsonic ammo in the last group at the end of a hot day from me, not bad at all.  I'll have to get some more of this, and I wish Federal would market the bullets for handloading.

That's a Birchwood Casey 17.25" Shoot n See target, and I like the things.

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