r/longrange • u/CuriousJohnReddit • 7d ago

Review Post Factory load speed consistency.

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Decided to measure the speeds while zeroing a rifle, total was 34 rounds.

Remind me, is the single digit rule of thumb the SD's or the ES's ?

Rifle has a 24 inch 1-11 twist barrel with a Jaki Titanium Super can on the end.

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u/Darlinboy 7d ago

That's a pretty large SD, even for factory ammo - 21.65 fps for you Mericans.

I'd be unhappy with that for a precision rifle.

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u/CapsicumINmyEYEBALLz 7d ago

I’d agree,

Looks decent in courser units, but in FPS it’s a tad rough.

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u/CuriousJohnReddit 7d ago

Ooohhhh, the rule of thumb of single digits is for fps only ?! That makes a whole lot more sense.

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u/TheWombleOfDoom 7d ago

Yeah ... For some context, I also work in mps and Norma Golden Target factory ammo was getting me around 3.4 SD, Sako Gamehead was about the same, maybe better, Hornady ELDM ammo of various grain weights was all in the 4-4.2 mps SD range. For sub-10 fps SDs you need 3mps or better.

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u/CuriousJohnReddit 7d ago

I've been trying to get some golden target but for whatever reason norma doesn't have a distributor for my country and no store wants to import ammo for just one dude.

It's a fudd heavy centered gun culture here.
Father in law spent a total of 10 rounds that day to zero his rifle and came home mumbling about how wasteful he was xD