David Hancock Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 First time out with the Howa and the new Nightforce 5-20x56 IL. It dropped on to the DNZ Game Reaper rail perfectly and 7 shots delivered the three shot group at 100 yards with 50gn Norma. I now have a rig I have total confidence in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Nice group and the scope looks the bizz . Is it 223 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlts Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Nice shooting that man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hancock Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Yes. 223 in a 1:12 twist. I have never had a rifle which is so accurate as a factory tube. The trigger has been polished and honed by Mike Norris and it likes 50 Normas, and 40 and 55 Hornady V-max. Not so much 53gn Superformance which is interesting, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlts Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Yes. 223 in a 1:12 twist. I have never had a rifle which is so accurate as a factory tube. The trigger has been polished and honed by Mike Norris and it likes 50 Normas, and 40 and 55 Hornady V-max. Not so much 53gn Superformance which is interesting, Mike does a great job on the triggers doesn't he, both of mine are a huge improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Looks great, you take a good photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbal Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Yes,maybe about .4 for those three-I can't get my head round the new fashion for two shots that don't touch to somehow suggest a sub calibre group-not that you are saying anything like that.Good if reliable. A good trigger really does help,as does a scope with a fine aim mark-and a comfy stock.Norma usually pretty good too.They allhelp the shooter extract the most intrinsic precision from the rifle /ammo. Call it accuracy,though click across to centre the group to be quite consistent-unless there was wind.The nightforce will click as it should-repeatedly! Very pleasing result esp from a 'factory' rifle. gbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Yes. 223 in a 1:12 twist. I have never had a rifle which is so accurate as a factory tube. The trigger has been polished and honed by Mike Norris and it likes 50 Normas, and 40 and 55 Hornady V-max. Not so much 53gn Superformance which is interesting, A good friend has that exact same rifle. It never ceases to amaze me how accurate it is. We hand loaded 53gr vmax with h4895 and got 5 shot groups in the high 1s . Also shot extremely well with 60gr vmaxes and 55grain blitz kings. We have both shot it to over 600 yards and it performed very well - weather permitting. These lighter bullets get blew about a bit. He had a howa with the shorter barrel before that with very similar results. His gun also has a tuned trigger which helps with groups. It breaks cleanly at about a pound of pull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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