What rifle are you working up a load for now?
So what is everyone working on curretly?
Savage 10FP Savage 308 here.
Hopefully will have a final load in 2 more range sessions. [?]
Savage 10FP Savage 308 here.
Hopefully will have a final load in 2 more range sessions. [?]
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it is currently a 21" Hart 1:11.25 originaly installed by Seely Masker himself but we set the chamber back a 1/2turn to freshen the throat. It still has it's BR .336" neck so thinning the necks is a must. I had a blast with it all summer on the crop damage permits,..300yd deer didn't stand a chance,.it got boring after a while.
She is a fast barrel,..I am getting 2710fps with win supreme factory match ammo with 168gr smk's out of that little 21" tube. It used to be a "hunter class" benchrest rifle,..but that type shooting doesn't interest me as much as LR,..so I fixed her up as a hunting/tact rig. Traded the mcmillan BR stock for that mcmillan A2 even up, needless to say, i got the better deal.
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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McMillan stocks are so sweet. All you need now is to get rid of that pretty shiny barrel and you have a nice tac rig. With a barrel like that you will have no problems pushing the 175s to 2700fps and getting out to 1K.
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depends on how it's treated mostly. A 308 with the faster powders can be shot from what I have heard up to 5000-8000rnds before she goes over 1/2MOA (M24 rifle). As long as a carefull cleaning regimen is observed and clean burning powders are used, you could never have to swap out a factory tube. The 5r rifling makes for more speed and less wear due to the radiused rifling, and the new companies like broughton and Border are having great BR success with that type, but no factory offerings are available with that yet. I would say that your CM factory tube will go to a good 3000rnds before she starts to be only "hunting" accurate. My 300RUM Light Gun I expect only 1000-1200 rnds of competitive life. I'll swap that barrel over to another action and cut it back past the erosion and rechamber in the same caliber for a LR hunting rifle once it goes,..the next competition chambering I may use could be a 300WSM or from what I read in Precision Shooting, it may just be a 300SAUM due to it's slightly less capacity being rated as a hair more efficient by the author of the article. The 300RUM has set some records,..but I think there may just be a bit too much powder capacity and a bit too much barrel heat.
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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nothing near as fancy as the rest of you. working up a 150 grain hunting load for my rem bdl 7mm. 0 -
I'm working up a couple of loads for my Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker in .260 Rem--it's not looking like it's gonna be a challenge so far though. I got a 3/4" group at 100yds the first time out! This was the "varmint" load, still working on the deer hunting load...and have reached my velocity goal with H4350 and 120 Nosler Ballistic tips...now if it just shoots like it should[:D] 0 -
I am working on a 180 gr load for my K31 Swiss rifle. 0 -
Remington 300 Short action Ultra Mag. For my little brother, I would have bought a more established cartridge for myself. Or maybe I'm just not a fan of the Short Actions.
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Dave
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Just starting to work on a 150grain hunting load for an A-bolt in 30-06.
SALLY
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