14 December 2005, 05:58
steve4102Range Report Temp. Sensitivity
When to the range this weekend and tried a little experiment with warm rounds and cold rounds.
Temp. 15 deg and calm
Rifle Rem 700 30-06
Load Winchester Supreme 180gr Fail Safes
Cold Loads (15 deg) 2575,2595,2584fps
Very accurate
Warm loads (kept in truck next to heater)
2631,2621,2620fps
Very accurate and POI unchanged
Load #2
150gr Accubond 61.5gr Ramshot Hunter
Cold rounds: 2896,2885,2881
Warm Rounds: 2896,2905,2908
POI Unchanged
Load #3
150 Accubond 58.5gr Ramshot BigGame
Cold Rounds:2965,2952,2944
Warm Rounds: 2989,2964,2951
POI Unchanged
As you can see the fps from warm to cold was minimal and POI was unchanged. It looks like the below zero shit is on it's way. I will try this test again when the temps are about 20 below and see what happens.
14 December 2005, 09:36
popenmannthanks steve, that's excellent data.
15 December 2005, 07:01
Fish30114steve thanks for the info. It's good to see some real world data to help filter through all the company data.
Regards--Don