Remington 700. All the room I’ll ever need. Loading them 2.8” to ogive
6.5 Berger 156grn
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Saami spec reamer puts the 156 grain berger perfect
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I expected closer to that considering I had hit 3300 with 140’s. Perhaps if I was too concerned some powder experimentation would offer up another 50-75fps. I’m not that worried about it. It’s shooting well for a hunting gun, and 2977 ain’t terrible. I might tinker more with the match gun someday.
I didn’t have a chrono up for the ladder test. 52gr was probably 3000-3010. It would have been rough on brass though. No ejector flow, but the bolt lift was a little stiff.
I have guns I play with and guns I take care of business with{long range coyotes) and freezer filling. Those guns don’t typically go places except to get hthe smith for a new barrel
Every time I figure brockel will keep a rifle, off it goes. Seems this one is staying put maybe? mtmuley
This one will stay. Think I’m building its twin this winter in a bigger caliber. Just haven’t decided what yet but I have the action and the stock is on its way already
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Sendero light in a McMillan game warden edge fill
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Sweet rig. It’s a shame that action is 7/8” too long to be any good as a hunting rig. You woulda saved yourself pounds, been able to hike many extra miles, and would probably kill many more animals. Not to mention, the bolt throw will make follow up shots impossible. It might as well be a single-shot, and we all know that you can’t kill an animal with a single-shot. They adapted to that decades ago.
I continue to slum these long actions. And the big shifter knob on the bolt basically makes the rig useless
Magnum bolt face? mtmuley
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Yes sir
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Light, done right, doesn't leave a person making concessions or packing any extra weight across hay fields.
Really a pain to get them to shoot as well, threw the group with shot 4 in the 5 shot string.
Limped to 200 yards and gave it a whirl, group opened up pretty bad:
Six at 450, off my pack, spinning turrets on an unreliable leupold:
The horror...short action launched bullet about bounced off at 620. Shocking that unreliable turret even twisted in the summer weather. More amazed it returned to zero.
Just for the record...long actions don't scare me either.
I can shoot a 5lb rifle from the bench and get good groups. Not so much when I just went for a sprint up a hill. I prefer a heavier rifle compared to a lighter one. Been down both roads just prefer the road with a little more weight.
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Light, done right, doesn't leave a person making concessions or packing any extra weight across hay fields.
Really a pain to get them to shoot as well, threw the group with shot 4 in the 5 shot string.
Limped to 200 yards and gave it a whirl, group opened up pretty bad:
Six at 450, off my pack, spinning turrets on an unreliable leupold:
The horror...short action launched bullet about bounced off at 620. Shocking that unreliable turret even twisted in the summer weather. More amazed it returned to zero.
Just for the record...long actions don't scare me either.
Buzz I never said there’s anything wrong with a short action. I said that some bore diameters and bullet weights might be better served by a little extra case capacity. That extra length costs a whopping 2oz. Trading your recoil pad for a plastic butt plate would equal that 2oz IF someone wanted to use a cartridge that needed a long action and was scared of the 2oz that it would add. You can save even more weight by ditching that floor plate and going to a blind magazine. Who made that stock? If it’s an HS you can drop dang near a pound right there. You can do light right on a long action too. I personally think there is a right place for both.
I’ll have to take your word for it that those aren’t 3-shot groups. It’s great shooting either way. Which small action cartridge were you shooting 50gr of RL-19 in?
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If you do not know, then you have not seen many of Buzz's posts. 7-08 for the win.
