Just bought a gently used Ruger77/350RM from EE. It joins my 350WSM which began it's life as a 350RM also before its surgery to wildcat form.
I picked up a new 2x7x33 Redfield for this "new-to-me" rifle from Belleville CT (badboybesson). Seems to fit and work well - except I got a bit careless with it and it gave me a beauty mark on the forehead today - first one ever for me. This week I was just telling a fellow 35 Whelen shooter that had got a bump in the head that I had never done that. I guess I was too cocky. The first shot bumped my head (a little blood) but I managed to get all three at 100 into 1 1/2". I was using 250s chronographing at around 2540MV with ReL15. Those Redfields are nice scopes with decent eye relief but sure have old school hard eye pieces. Guess I can say now that its drawn first blood.
The bottom rifle here is the 350RemMag I just bought from a fellow CGNer and scoped with the 2x7 Redfield. The top is my older 350WSM and wearing a Leup 1x5x20. BTW my 350WSM did well today with ReL17 but I'll post about that in the Reloading section.
I picked up a new 2x7x33 Redfield for this "new-to-me" rifle from Belleville CT (badboybesson). Seems to fit and work well - except I got a bit careless with it and it gave me a beauty mark on the forehead today - first one ever for me. This week I was just telling a fellow 35 Whelen shooter that had got a bump in the head that I had never done that. I guess I was too cocky. The first shot bumped my head (a little blood) but I managed to get all three at 100 into 1 1/2". I was using 250s chronographing at around 2540MV with ReL15. Those Redfields are nice scopes with decent eye relief but sure have old school hard eye pieces. Guess I can say now that its drawn first blood.
The bottom rifle here is the 350RemMag I just bought from a fellow CGNer and scoped with the 2x7 Redfield. The top is my older 350WSM and wearing a Leup 1x5x20. BTW my 350WSM did well today with ReL17 but I'll post about that in the Reloading section.
