sometimes things just work out.....

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Rembo

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We know how it goes...you load up a gazzilion diferent combinations of powder and bullets and go to the range...then you go back to the range three of four times, or more until you get a good load....

Today I did "load development" on a rifle that I had never previously fired....a Sako M995 in 30-06. Last nite I loaded 40 rounds (lots of confidence in the rifle...:)) of a 168 TSX-BT and 60grs of Rel19.....and headed to the range this afternoon. The wind was blowing like crazy...at least I was the only one on the rifle range...:)

First shot was on paper about 12" low and centered for windage...brought the scope up 15" and fired a three shot group of 1.03" but 4" high............brought it down 1-1/2" and fired a three shot group of exactly 1.0"....let it cool while I shot my Sako 6.5 Swede...with a 130 Accubond and 47grs of H4350 it punched a 3 shot group at 100M of .30"...one ragged hole , so I put it away before I shot a bad group..:)...got this Sako from one Mistamojoryan a few weeks ago..it's a real shooter.

Then I grabbed the M995 Sako 30-06 again and on the 200M target it put three into 1.06".....put it away and went home....end of "load development"...one trip to the range...

sometimes things just work out....:)
 
Nice!

So now what. No incrementing in tenths of grains? No varying seating depth in and out by thousandths? No running back and forth to the range to try things out? What will you do all winter, just shoot? :dancingbanana:

Congrats!
 
1.0" groups are nothing to some guys, but I've had many rifles that put up a struggle to get them to that 1MOA mark. It's refreshing to get two that shoot an inch the first time out, or in the case of the 6.5 Swede, well under an inch, without much time loading...and they are both Sakos....wonder if that has anything to do with it?
I have another Sako arriving next week, a NIB stainless 75 in 22-250. Hope that one will shoot less than an inch, somehow I expect it will, then I'll be ready if get out to shoot at a coyote this winter...
 
ykjimr said:
So now what. No incrementing in tenths of grains? No varying seating depth in and out by thousandths? No running back and forth to the range to try things out? What will you do all winter, just shoot? :dancingbanana:

Congrats!
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I was going to say the same thing...:runaway:

I am off to the range today with my second 3rd round of loadings for my 7mm.

I zeroed in on 71.5 grs as having alot of accuracy potential so now I have loaded a bunch from 70.5 to 72 grains in .2 gr increments.


I will have my chronograph along to so I can compare speeds I got this summer and see if cooler weather will affect velocity any.



P.S

Nice shooting...
 
I wasted a bunch of time with load development for 2 Sako rifles that my wife owns. Didn't matter what load I tried they just shot good.
 
Rembo said:
We know how it goes...you load up a gazzilion diferent combinations of powder and bullets and go to the range...then you go back to the range three of four times, or more until you get a good load....

Today I did "load development" on a rifle that I had never previously fired....a Sako M995 in 30-06. Last nite I loaded 40 rounds (lots of confidence in the rifle...:)) of a 168 TSX-BT and 60grs of Rel19.....and headed to the range this afternoon. The wind was blowing like crazy...at least I was the only one on the rifle range...:)

First shot was on paper about 12" low and centered for windage...brought the scope up 15" and fired a three shot group of 1.03" but 4" high............brought it down 1-1/2" and fired a three shot group of exactly 1.0"....let it cool while I shot my Sako 6.5 Swede...with a 130 Accubond and 47grs of H4350 it punched a 3 shot group at 100M of .30"...one ragged hole , so I put it away before I shot a bad group..:)...got this Sako from one Mistamojoryan a few weeks ago..it's a real shooter.

Then I grabbed the M995 Sako 30-06 again and on the 200M target it put three into 1.06".....put it away and went home....end of "load development"...one trip to the range...

sometimes things just work out....:)
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This is what often happens with a good rfle that is well tuned (aka, properly bedded.)
In most cases where people are yakking about their rifle "liking" 48.2 grains of Hot-shot powder, but not 48.3 grains, or liking Whizzo ammunition, but not the Dead-on brand, their rifle is simply screaming out for someone to bed it, in order that any variation of load won't put some different strain on its barrel.
 
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