Theme is 308 to a mile! Feb 18 2012

3 inches of snow so far. I will have plowed the trail out, to enable the truck/trailer to place the targets. Haha call me skeptical but I don't expect a lot of painting!! On the 308 1 mile target.
 
well i think we should put up a bottle of rum on this one ,if we can spot misses i know that we will hit Hugh!! so i am gonna offer up a 60oz of what ever poison is desired , there will be lots of guys that can make this happen at your place:sniper::nest:
 
stevesummit said:
well i think we should put up a bottle of Gibson 10yr old rye on this one ,if we can spot misses i know that we will hit the 1 mile target!! so i am gonna offer up a 40oz of what ever poison is desired , there will be lots of guys that can make this happen at your place:sniper::nest:
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Fixed it for ya. Ya I just like to :nest::stirthepot2: a little too!
You know I will be shooting in the next few days to test loads. At the log pile that was behind the 1 mile target, with Tigrres spotting. Something to do while I'm waiting for flashing. LIG
 
Target painted in a color I can see and ready for test shot. LIG
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Well I suppose. You might even hear me celebratingw:h::dancingbanana:.

The rifle is ready, including the cardboard under the cheek rest to bring it up to the new scope level. It will be broke in as I shoot. Shoot once clean X5, shoot 5 clean X3, then shoot 100 more. Thats my way.
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The ammo is ready, I even used CCI BR2 primers, I must be nutzzz.
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Soon.
Blue box weights, 5 of 196, 200, 176, 155sie, 155vld, 155lsc, 155ncc and 3 rows of 150gr Frontier game ranger. Just for laughs.
Yellow box all 155gr Nosler CC + Varget.
 
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stevesummit said:
What bullets are you using Hugh ? I am gonna use the 155 scenars and try to get them up to 3150 fps give or take a few pressure signs
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I retyped it under the pics. Mine aren't going that fast just aiming higher!! Looking at the ballistics I'm shooting over a mountain.
 
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The gun is a new Savage model 12 F-TR 308 thats been in the dark hole for 3 years, unfired.
Well the test didn't go so well. First shot blew the ejector out of the bolt and the ball bearing fell out. Primer was laying in behind the brass. Couldn't get the bolt out because of the ejector sticking out. Finally got the bolt out after pushing in the spring and then the ejector slide in enough, to remove the bolt. Nothing wrong with the bolt. Found the ball bearing and re-installed it. Used 3 - 1/8 inch SS tig rods taped together to pound out the brass.
Moral of the story is know the volume capacity of the brass your using, in relationship with the recipe from a book. I guess Nosler brass can hold 48.5 grains of 4064, but RP blows primers at 44 gr of 4064. Behind a 150gr pullet
So I pulled 50 bullets, I now call pullets!! I will work up a load with 1 bullet (Chinchaga 176) from here on.
Right after I got home it started to snow and then rain. I wouldn't have seen impacts any way.
20 years of reloading and it still awakens you. No impacts to show!!
More reloading tonight.
 
All is good again in the tigrr house hold. Break in went smoothly, ladder test failed at 200 because they kept going in the same hole in the plate. More testing required. Ya more trigger time.:dancingbanana::dancingbanana::dancingbanana:

At 200 yards I'm 5 moa off the bottom of my 5.5-22X56 NightForce NXS NP-R1 reticle. :cool:
 
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Had a similar accident with my timberwolf, mixed up rifle with pistol magnum primers lead to punctured primers and over pressure. Glad no one was hurt!
 
Sounds good Bill.
So thats 14 interested. Good times.
I have to try some 205 grain bullets yet to see if they stablize. I will likely have some 155gr Nosler CCs with a BC of .450 and some Chinchaga 176gr with an estimated BC of .650 and Chinchaga 205gr with a estimated BC of .675. Wind, wind go away. So I can go out and play.
Steve the rain wiped out the snow, I'll keep you posted.
 
I'll check my days off I think itll work out...... Now I have a real good reason to rebarrel the model 700 sps :) any suggestions.
 
Odawg said:
I'll check my days off I think itll work out...... Now I have a real good reason to rebarrel the model 700 sps :) any suggestions.
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There's a new barrel maker in Red Deer making progressive twist tubes. Bob at Custom Gunworx has chambered a few and is very happy with the results. Have a couple 308's on order and will let you know how they shoot.
 
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