New rifle hits the market - Larue Siete

[chazroh]

I went creedmoor, 22-250

 

[WoodsCraft]

Another chassis rifle , I have no doubt its gonna be accurate .

 

[soonerman]

What calibers did you get?

6.5CM & 7.62x51

Based on availability of ammo and what I have on hand.

 

[ssgrock3]

6.5CM & 7.62x51

Based on availability of ammo and what I have on hand.

I did the same soonerman. I just love a .308, the 6.5 is a tack driver out a ways. A friend competes to targets out to 1400 on the string of fire.

 

[chazroh]

I would have done 308, but I already have a couple sweet 308s

 

[JEVapa]

Hoping to punch holes in paper this Friday, and see which of the factory loads I got does best.

That should give an idea of a load to target once I get reloading started.

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/6-5-creedmoor-140-gr-eld-match#!/#specs

This is the commercial ammo we use a lot for stuff. There's a bunch of others out there but we've found this works really good overall. Most anything with Berger tac Hybrid 140s is good too.

 

[soonerman]

Finally got out and put a few rounds through it. I shot like total crap, was in a hurry, but still impressed by the system as a whole. The bolt is smooth as silk cycling the rounds, the trigger is so crisp it surprised me a couple of times. It definitely shoots better than I do. The stock and medium riser was a perfect and solid fit, with a repeatable cheek weld. I collapsed the stock down to level 2, I believe. I tried three different factory loads, pictured below, at 100m.

The shoot-n-c target was to get on paper with the Hornady Black. I got an impact at 9:00 just off bullseye when aiming at the left edge at 9:00. I brought it 16 clicks left and put the next two on the X and 11:00. Moved from there to the grid targets.

Groups 1 & 2 are Hornady Black 140gr.BTHP, 5 rds ea.

Group 3 was Winchester Match 140gr. BTHP, 5 rds.

Groups 4-7 were the Federal GMM 140gr.
Group 7 was the last three rds I had left after the aborted group in the bottom right. (Didn’t take extra staples and got skimpy on tacking that corner. The wind caught the paper and rd two of the group cut through at an angle while the paper was folded due to the wind.

I’m going to get back out soon and put some more through her, looking for some Hornady ELD Match also. It does appear to be tightening up as usual.

Very excited to continue to put more rounds downrange and stretch it out once it’s dialed in.

 

[soonerman]

Picked up some Hornady 140gr. ELD Match and fought the wind today. 1/2” squares on these targets. Best two 5-round groups are these two:

Then ran another 5-rd group with the Winchester 140gr. BTHP Match and got this group:

Today was a total waste of ammo with the wind. I couldn’t keep the dang thing still.

 

[lilcountry]

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What is that short barrel you have there?

 

[soonerman]

What is that short barrel you have there?

The original Siete kit was a pistol that also had a longer barrel that could be swapped and made into a “firearm“ with a pistol brace.