New kid

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I've been a shooter most of my adult life and in the beginning there was a heavy barrelled 303 out at the ANZAC Range at Liverpool. I moved on to hunting and then benchrest and a whole lot of things, but later I decided it was time to get back to the paper hunting. After a lot of thought I decided on a 6.5 Creedmoor. I like building things so bought a Howa heavy barrel and action and ordered a walnut thumbhole stock from Cameron Hatcher. I fitted a 6.5-20x50 Vortex Viper with a 20MOA rail and Warne rings. Ammo is a problem but I got 100 rounds of factory and have begun loading the fired cases. My local range is at Casino in Northern NSW where I've been shooting mostly hunting rifles. A 600yard range is there and run by the Casino Rifle Club. I have stocks of 2209 and 2208 powder, and 123gn Nosler Custom Comps as well as a few hundred 140gn Amax. This rifle is not the most expensive one but it shoots, and that's important.
So how am I doing so far?

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Mate that's fine , I know Casino as we holiday down there and always drop in and say hi to Chris at the Gun shop there! Above is my first Opm ( wild dog talked me into going which was good !), the Nationals in b grade , I didn't even know how to score ! Sorry to those who were there and I scored for u . G loch , poor bloke! Had only gone to 3 club meets at Cannonhill rc before I went to the nats ! That's black Betty with the 20" above ! My first ever 300 yds was at that comp which was a 57.3 ( which was a pb for some years at that range )
Had been at my local Ssaa for 5 years and turned into a black sheep when I wanted to break static clays at 900 yds . Nearly got kicked out of the club !

My first Rifle was a rifle that I bought for my 18 th birthday present . Was a cmc mountaineer or aka a howa . I hunted with it for a while then in 2006 I turned it into a target rifle which looks very simsilar to urs ! Many rounds at 100m followed , so many that I cut a 4" sucker in half that was in between the backstop and target ! Everyone thought I was nuts! Spending every minute on the net learning the theory behind long range ballistics !
I was just very, very driven! And saw it through ! If there's one bit of advice for a newguy ! Don't give up ! Be very determined to see this sport through. There's a lot to get ur head around and see like an apprenticeship ( which I am still indentured!)

Good luck ! Graham Sells Dalby Tara Rc

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Nice looking timber stock there head space ,next time I am shooting at casino I will look out for it or you. Try some Berger's 130 VLDs you should get about 3000 fps out of them most 6.5 like them depending on the chambering.

Chow

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Thanks for your responses gentlemen, I'm looking forward to some interesting times trying get my head around moa scope adjustments, ballistics and all the rest. But I'm up for a challenge. When I wear the barrel out on the Howa I'll probably go for a Maddco, just like to support the locals. I went up to the range at Belmont today, that's big turnout for a country boy! I think I'll stick with Casino.
I thought about the Bergers but I want to see how the 300 140gn Amax will shoot, plus the 200 123gn Custom Comps I have. That target I posted was using Hornady factory 120's. The Custom comps shoot a lot better, and the Amax are still in development. Here's a shot of a reasonable 123gn target. I usually patronise the Barker boys over at Pro Hunt.
Cheers,
John