A friend and I went on our first hog hunt of the year today. I was shooting my new 270AR wildcat that I learned about from a recommendation from a member of this forum to look into the 68 forum. Anyway, y'all probably know about ************** barrels and may have heard of his new wildcat that's based on a larger 308 case size. Today I shot my first hog with my new rifle.
This was also my first AR upper that I assembled myself (aside from swapping a 9mm barrel out in an upper one time) I've always just bought complete uppers for simplicity but had no choice with the 270AR. I had to learn how to assemble one and I'm pretty darned proud of the way this new rifle shoots. I've got to be honest when I say this is my most accurate rifle I currently own.
I really have not shot the new rifle much other than to look for an accurate load using the Hornady 120 SST with both 8208 XBR and 1200R powders. I've probably got just under 100 rounds fired so far and when loaded to approximately 2800 ft./sec with both powders, I am getting three shot groups that are waaaaaaay under 1 inch at 100 yards. I guess it just took my getting a really nice barrel to see that I really can shoot better?
So far, I've shot a handful of vermin, and now my first hog of the the new season.
Here's a pic of my target shot with loads using 1200r powder:
First target, bottom right red square was my most accurate test load. Not sure exactly how to measure, but it looks like 1/4" group three shot group to me.
Here's a pic of today's hog. This one was running when I shot it at about 50 yards away. Had to blood trail it, but was no problem finding it. 80-100 lbs.
Big Thumbs up to **************!!
This was also my first AR upper that I assembled myself (aside from swapping a 9mm barrel out in an upper one time) I've always just bought complete uppers for simplicity but had no choice with the 270AR. I had to learn how to assemble one and I'm pretty darned proud of the way this new rifle shoots. I've got to be honest when I say this is my most accurate rifle I currently own.
I really have not shot the new rifle much other than to look for an accurate load using the Hornady 120 SST with both 8208 XBR and 1200R powders. I've probably got just under 100 rounds fired so far and when loaded to approximately 2800 ft./sec with both powders, I am getting three shot groups that are waaaaaaay under 1 inch at 100 yards. I guess it just took my getting a really nice barrel to see that I really can shoot better?
So far, I've shot a handful of vermin, and now my first hog of the the new season.
Here's a pic of my target shot with loads using 1200r powder:
First target, bottom right red square was my most accurate test load. Not sure exactly how to measure, but it looks like 1/4" group three shot group to me.
Here's a pic of today's hog. This one was running when I shot it at about 50 yards away. Had to blood trail it, but was no problem finding it. 80-100 lbs.
Big Thumbs up to **************!!