Savage AXIS II .223
Vortex Crossfire II 3x9x40mm
22" barrel w/ 1:9 twist
Gusty winds: (for reference) - per Berger ballistics tool:
52 Gr ELD-M with B.C. of .247 on a 9 O'clock 10 mph crosswind at 2850 fps will move the projectile 1.34"..
Sort of defeats an effort to shoot anything under a 1 MOA if wind is gusting or swirling. If 10 mph flips direction (it does that here), then the horizontal shift would be 2.68" group size. That's not factoring in what head/tail-wind might do to change in elevation. At various times I measured 8-10 mph, and gusts up to 13 mph, mostly from about 10 O'clock direction.
Put another way...shooting into the 13 mph from 10 O'clock is 1.51" of windage adjust. If wind drops to 8 mph from same direction, adjust is .70"...so, a difference of .81". Ew.
100 Yards:
Hornady ELD-M 52 Gr:
Accurate 2015 22.5
IMR-4198 20.5
IMR-3031 23.5
X-Term 23.5
Win 748 25.5
CFE 223 27
Hornady V-Max 55 Gr:
Accurate 2015 22
X-Term 23
Win 748 25
Sierra Blitzking 55 Gr
X-Term 23
Win 748 25
