stagpanther
New member
I've never shot these 22lr offerings from Lapua--mainly because I've never seen them available. So when they popped up at Creedmoor sports a few days ago, I said why not, I already spend big bucks on premium RWS and Eley ammo, I'll give em a shot (pun intended).
Yesterday was a bit breezy here in coastal Maine--winds gusting to over 50 mph; but today the sun came out for the first time in recent memory and the winds backed off to a more reasonable 15 to 25 mph. Normally I wouldn't even consider shooting match grade ammo in anything over a few mph occasional puff, but I was burning with curiosity.
I set up my target box with a left-over practice target on it and anchored it with a big stone at 53 yds, the prevailing wind direction coming from my 8:00; my technique came down to choosing to fire when the box stopped rocking back and forth. This group is the very first 10 shots of X-Act I've ever fired, I was very pleasantly surprised by how well it fired in the wind, I'm going to have to rethink that as one of my primary excuses for not shooting in windier conditions! Actually the measured group is 9 shots--the one to the right I'm calling a flier due to not getting the shot off before the box rock and rolled again.
Team Lapua--sign me up!
Yesterday was a bit breezy here in coastal Maine--winds gusting to over 50 mph; but today the sun came out for the first time in recent memory and the winds backed off to a more reasonable 15 to 25 mph. Normally I wouldn't even consider shooting match grade ammo in anything over a few mph occasional puff, but I was burning with curiosity.
I set up my target box with a left-over practice target on it and anchored it with a big stone at 53 yds, the prevailing wind direction coming from my 8:00; my technique came down to choosing to fire when the box stopped rocking back and forth. This group is the very first 10 shots of X-Act I've ever fired, I was very pleasantly surprised by how well it fired in the wind, I'm going to have to rethink that as one of my primary excuses for not shooting in windier conditions! Actually the measured group is 9 shots--the one to the right I'm calling a flier due to not getting the shot off before the box rock and rolled again.
Team Lapua--sign me up!