Mid Range With An AR15

Recently,  The Rifleman had the opportunity to shoot out to 500 yards.  Here is the setup used. 





And here is the target, as viewed from the shooting position:

Ammo used: Hornady Black 75 grain.
The Point of Impact (POI) was within 1 MOA of the 500m hash mark on the ACOG.



The wind guestimation was as follows: 5 mph from 1:00 to 7:00. No adjustments were made. No holdover was used.  You will see in the picture that the shots impacted a shade to the left.  Less than 1 MOA deflection. 





Using the rucksack for a rest, and the shooting sock, a pair of 3-round groups were fired. 

The group measured 5.25 inches across.  The exact distance via rangefinder was 530 yards.  This is good for a 0.95 MOA group.  This group was within the mechanical accuracy of this rifle with this ammo.