testing out the new 260 barrel on some of the sss targets plus a couple of crows. shooting the 223 out to 700 yards with factory ammo I created this video with the RU-vid Video Editor ( / editor )
Oh man I've been waiting impatiently for the next video for awhile, I was so happy to see another upload. nice shooting mate, always nice to see other lefties haha.
Hi rips happy new year my friend,yet again your always out to impress us all with your fantastic shooting....well done m8 hope to see more again this year!!!!!!
Really amazing and fascinating what you are showing right here. In all your other videos as well! This is a kind of very nice motivation for hunters in my opinion, by learning how important it is, to include for example weather environment. Best regards from Germany Sven
You are my number one choice on you tube when I need rifle tips. Great vids keepem coming. You are the living the dream. :) I am just like you in terms of I just wish I could get out more often.
Love it Mark! Thanks for doing a bit with the 223. Tried some 53grn superformance in mine on steel a couple of evenings ago. Seems to be a cracking round! Atb Marc
Happy new year to you Mark. You should be happy with the barrel, I have one on a 17 rem very clean barrel very little copper residue, which is unusual for that caliber.
Rob Kilcollins Cheers mate and yes the targets were on the 'right' not left as I said on the video lol, half asleep I think! I've not got out too much as work and crap weather has got in the way!
Love your videos 😀 i just bought a New Scoope . Burris 5x25x50 xtr 2 . Looking forward to long range varminting with my 223 rifle. Also bought reload equipments And lapua bullets for good accuracy😀 .
Good shooting. We just started shooting 700 yds for Independence Day. We were using a 300 Win Mag and 308 Win rifles. It is tough shooting that far. I can only go out to 750 yds in my back yard. Some day we may make it that far.
Top shooting fella. Take it they are Hardox steel otherwise they'd look like a golf ball after a few shots! Had a plink/fun with my HMR at the weekend on the round steel type target you normally use but didn't push any further than 160m/175 yards which is way past what I would shoot Charlie's. Hope you have a great season this year and look forward to your videos as always. ATBFrankie
I still rather hit a half gallon creamer jug at range with an accutip or JHP than steel. It sounds almost exactly like hitting a fat Prairie Dog or Coyote. But, steel's my second favorite range target. By the way, awesome marksmanship dude!!!
Awesome video bud! SSSTARGETS are all we use as well, brilliant targets at low price and great customer service! What more could you possibly ask for? All the best, Ash
Hi your shooting is fantastic, we here use 6.5s with 123gn bullets and they are great. I was just wondering if you've had any experience with with 22-250s?
in all the yanky vids with alot of lip noise and fair enough some good shootin its great to see the UK doing the business without a fuss. great shooting
Great shooting there, 260 Rips, but I noticed at 9:09, when you changed the scopes and pulled the unit 'back' into battery on the pic rail. It should be pushed forward, so the recoil lug in the scope ring, is up against its respective slot on the rail. It may not make any difference on the likes of a 223, but if you were setting it on your 260, or a viewer does that on his 308 etc, then the first shot fired would slam the scope forward a tiny bit. I have seen pic rails flogged out from this happening. Was this deliberate or slips? :)
Tony Small You got me there I wasn't aware that could happen, thanks! I've not noticed it move on the 223 or 260 but I will certainly keep that in mind 👍
No worries mate. I've been repairing, building and customising rifles for fourty odd years now, and I notice little things like that. ;) Something else that I noticed with that change over ( not a criticism ) is that when you tightened the rear QD ring, the front of the scope lifted off the rail. To me, this points the the fact that the rings need to be lapped, so that the scope tube is will be held in alignment. At the moment, your scope body is under stress and that can effect the internal workings and may lead to unaccountable loss of zero. To lapp the rings, remove the scope from the rings, but leave the bases attached to the rail. I use a straight piece of 25mm dia bright steel bar, with one layer of 240# wet or dry emery paper wrapped around it. This then measures 1" dia and is rubbed back and forth in the lower rings, until you get at least 80% contact at the bottom of the rings. You can then mount the scope and know that it is not being stressed in any way.
Mark, if you've got access to a welder, you can add some sort of "shelf" of steel plate sticking out the back of the crossbar on that target. This will give something for the two plates to run into and stop them swinging right around and tangling up on you. Only took me a year to post this LOL
g00167015 not a bad idea 👍 I’ll probably just do the same thing but with a bit of wire so it’s easy to replace if it takes a round! Cheers for the tip 😉
260rips The reason I thought of the shelf is because you can put oranges or coke cans etc on top of it to give you a couple more bits to go at........all the while, the two plates will clatter against the underside of the shelf each time they are hit. 👌
Cracking upload as normal, I have shot out to 300 with my .243 and have a .222 that I am about to start seeing how far I can stretch its legs too.. I will have to rebarrel the .243 within the next year 👎.. been my go to gun for 3 years and close to 2000 rounds
260rips I think that's the route I'll go, it still is grouping " ok" still under 1inch with certain home loads, got a long way to go till able to shoot to the distance and standards you do though 👍👍.. keep the up loads coming never get old watching them
Hello Mark, how did you find your sassen barrel you had put on rifle in your other video? What make have u had put on the 260. Looking at getting custom build now, dont know what sort of money your 260 cost.
Hi, wondering if you have particular mounts on your rifle or scopes. Trying to get a similar setup to swap between cobra centaur nv and day scope, the local gun shop is saying it won't work. Did you have to do anything special to be able to do it. Also I notice you missed the first few with the 223 is that due to the change of zero or was it due to the distance? Any chance of you doing a quick video or just explaining what point of impact shift at 100or 200m you would expect? Cheers in advance Sam.
MiNe Yours Hi mate I use Leopold quick release lever mounts. You will need a picatinny rail on your rifle and some form or quick release mount on your nv. I use a drone pro nv which is supplied with a quick release mount. Both scopes hold zero no problem. With the 223 I was using factory ammo and a phone app. I've not taken it out that far before. I fired a couple of rounds at the dirt first to see bullet strike before walking the rounds onto the target. As it happens the app was spot on with its predicted drop👍
thedog24633210 Thank you the 223 is a very capable round especially with a 1/8 twist and heavier bullets. I zero mine at 100 m as I generally use this rifle just for night foxing
I see you use optisan scope for 223 Rem . I use this for 308 Win as well works good keep settings even I have fired 500 shots. Not so good as the most expesive in bad light but the best for this price !
complimenti sei un ottimo tiratore.qui in Italia non ne abbiamo spazio a disposizione come voi.e se ci fosse non è possibile tirare in campagna senza autorizzazione
Mark Allen To be honest I had a 6.5x55 I found a great all round cal and when deciding on building a custom rifle I was planing to keep the same cal until my gunsmith suggested the 260 as he had one and it performed very well. This was several years ago when the 260 was very unheard of, since then it has become quite popular along with similar 6.5 calibres such as the creedmoor 👍
Those plates are not light. It's actually very impressive for that projectile to flip them over. A testimonial to how much kinetic energy that thing has.
Chris X thank you! Both cals will shoot well long range. The 260 and other 6.5 cals have become very popular with their excellent ballistics. 308 has the advantage of being available in more factory rifles and good choice of factory Ammo though! My 260 is a custom rifle built on a rem 700 action in an aics stock. I’m using handloaded 143 grain eld bullets which with a moderate load will do around 2800 FPS.
260rips - I thought it might be a Remington, how do you find the AI Stock? Keep making great videos! Wish i had the balls to put up shooting videos, im a shooter from the Uk but keep it off the net due to do-gooders.
Chris X thanks mate the ai stocks are really nice to shoot the only down sides are they mark easily, are heavy and they are expensive! Other than that I love mine 👍
Paul Darby Thank you Paul, my 223 is basically a tikka t3 in a McMillan hunting stock with a 1-12 18" sassen barrel. The bolt handle has been changed for a custom one and the bolt fluted 👍 all work done by dane & co custom rifles
@260rips ... From what range would you set your rifle at and how many inches would you give for compensation? For example, I had a 220 swift and I just estimate my bullet drop, generally 2 inches above the mark at 100 yards
Hi Mark, Glad to see you've got the new barrel on the 260... See you went with the 1-8 twist this time. Are you planning on Shooting the ELD-X? or are you still shooting the AMAX? My 260 is almost built BTW... Just waiting for the barrel to be shipped. Went with a Criterion 260 Rem Match (1-8 twist) Varmint contour @ 25". Will be topped with a Sightron SIII 6-24x50 FFP MOA-2 reticle. and it's in a Pro Varmint Laminate stock.Just wanted to say Thanks to you for being the inspiration behind my 260. Now if I could just shoot as good as you.... LOL!!
Thanks for the kind words on my setup... Had to go Savage action though as Lefty bolt actions are unobtainium in either Remington or Savage. Had to buy a brand new rifle just to strip in down for the build I wanted. I'm still 10+ weeks out from receiving the barrel, but will try to update you on my ELD-X load development and results, if you haven't already started your load testing.... Cheers to you also. :-)
S Hardison Yes they hard to get hold of, tikka t3 is a good action which is what my 223 originally was and my 260 was built with an old lh rem700 bdl action from an old 22-250
Daryl Hatheway Yes it was about a 12" group but I was holding over a tad as the app needed a little adjustment so not really a fair test plus I was getting shimmer off the hot barrel. Will have to have another play at that 👍
What Optisan are you using there? Do you not use Nightforce any more? Reason I am asking is I use a 56mm Taipan on my .243 but it has died and I cant decide what to replace it with, needs to be ok with add on like sniper cam and LL700. Great vids as always by the way.
rimotu66 Yes my preferred scope is nightforce. This is an mtc viper on my 223. As I mainly use my 223 for shorter range foxing with a night scope I only use a cheap day scope on it, that said the viper is excellent value for money and also works well with the sniper cam 👍
Thanks for the speedy reply, hate to be a pain but what Night Force would be a good replacement for the Taipan? Obviously I need side focus. Cheers, Jon.
hi mark never going to be has good as you but for my first bolt action rifle can say which would better 22LR or 17hmr which one do you think someone go for hollow points shooting up to 150 yards for rabbits crows magpies many thanks Paul .
Richard Mather No with quick release mounts on a picatinny rail there is no shift in zero. As far as shooting foxes with a 243 at 700 yards that as with any rifle depends on how well you know it's ballistics! If it shoots accurately and you know the drops, if the weather conditions are suitable then yes. With a 100 grain bullet the 243 can perform equally well to the 260 with its 140 grainers.
hi mark good vide .ive just orded a fox target from sss targets.can you tell me when you had your 260 rebarreld what barrel did you go for and who did the work for you cheers garry.
Hi mark im looking in to getting some quick realese scope mounts. What make do you use? Is there a mark on your rail or something so you put them backnin same place??
I’m using a couple of lh rifles here, the first is my 260 which is a custom build based on a Rem700 action with a bartlien barrel the other is my 223 which is a semi custom Tikka t3 with a sassen barrel 👍
Hola desde España, en mi país no disponemos del calibre 223. Que calibre me aconsejas para largas distancias 308, 243, 270, 7mm ??? Gracias y enhorabuena por tus vídeos.
Hi mate, Yes....Temp will affect some powders , if its a very hot day powder when heated will raise working pressures within the cartridge upon firing. This will cause a bullet to impact higher than if you were to fire the same load during a very cold day causing the bullet to impact lower. If you work up a maximum load during winter its always best to drop the powder charge by a couple of grains when used in summer to avoid overpressure a (ruptured case) Also , the point of impact will rise (not taking into account powder pressures) if you shoot during a cold moist winters day compared to the bullet impacting a little lower during a dry hot day. Some powders such as the Australian ADI and Hodgon which is manufactured by ADI are temperature tolerant and are resistant to changes in pressure caused by hot or cold climates. cheers.
ken paterson some farmers like to see the results and I leave them in an allocated place, often the farmer will throw them in a slurry pit or dead bin. Many shooters will simply throw them into thick undergrowth away from footpaths etc, in summer they will quickly decompose. If possible they should be buried
Many thanks for your quick response. Up till now I have been giving the pigeons and rabbits to the farmers for dog food or the local scout group. You make the long range work look easy. I know I’m going to have problems. 😀
ken paterson pigeons and rabbits you can often sell to local butchers, bird sanctuary’s for their birds of prey or maybe a local zoo. I sell rabbits and pigeons to a local zoo or butchers. You normally get a £1 a rabbit gutted but in their skins, head shot.
Scott Morgans Good question, I would say a good 500 yards for consistent hits. This rifle was built to fire light bullets and ideally for out to little more than 300 yards with its shorter barrel. If I were looking to build a 223 for longer range say to 1000 yards I'd be looking to launch the heavier bullets 👍
