foxshot Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 had myself half a day at work today to get my 223 ackley barrel run in ,fireform and zero,now all this is new to me ,going down the semi custom route i guess its down to 6 ppc's advice cheers martyn,anyhow i chamberd the first round and with great aprrehension i squezed off the trigger for the first time,removed the fireformed round and saw what looked to me like a perfect 223 ackley round formedthen proceded to clean the barrel ,shoot another round and clean again i done this for the first five rounds,shoot one clean barrel,then i shot 8 rounds and again cleaned barrel i done this 5 times,then shot the last five rounds then cleaned again ,all the time zeroing my sights this was the resulting targets i had others but these were the best two the bottom target should have had 5 shots in it but i pulled one,if i am correct i should be able to get beter results once i start load developing as these are fireform loads http://http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/...49editedtt0.jpg[/img],the run in period and zeroing took almost 4 hours and i was glad when it was done ,went home had some scran and got an itch to get out on some live targets so off back out i went resulting in one crow only 107 yds but the first killso early finish tomorrow load up some more rounds and off to scotland i go for some rabbit shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ppc Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Looks like shes doing well for you Colin,I bet you have plenty of confidence in taking on the more difficult shots now you are getting groups like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Its always an exciting time, zeroing and breaking in a new stick. The anticipation of its performance is always a tense and anxious time. Nice one Foxy. Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernchris Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Looking like it's gonna be a good'un Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col48 Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 hi Colin it looks like you have got yourself a shooter there, and some very good times ahead together. ATB Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6mmBR Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 The perfect start for a new rifle. Good luck Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varminter Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Hi buddy that rifle is sure looking mighty fine I know the first initial outlay hurts a bit but when you start seeing how semi / full customs shoot the premium price floats away!!!!! Go out and fill yer boots buddy All the very best.............. RAY........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxshot Posted August 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Cheers guys it did take a while to save and pay for it,i did fancy a change of rifle but didnt realy give the custom route a thought untill 6ppc's advice,but now the fun starts i have just got to get a load sorted and the bullet drop sussed then hopefuly get some half desent range shots in and get the confidence to take those longer shot's Now i am back in action i will be going out with the lamp for fox's this weekend for the first time in a while ,lets hope i have as good a night as som of you lads have had lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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