Bro-in-law just got himself a new rifle and came up home to the range to get her geared for the season next weekend.
Didn't put my chrony under it until we were sure it was on paper good, first shot, yep. Bolt a little sticky. Second shot, same thing, looked like some smoke coming out of...
Not that we could find at the time. This rifle shot pretty good with the flimsy stock, so it should should be better with the bedding job and heavier barrel.
The young fella had his extractor break on his rifle at the start of summer so we took it to the local smith to hook us up. Thompson Center was very good to deal with and sent us 2 by the way.
Anyway the smith is a talkative ol bugger and used to be a competitive shooter, just about had the...
I don't plan on using my 32 just because it was my old mans and they say the 32's will not shoot worth beans after they get a tiny bit of wear on the bore.
Pretty sweet, I have my dad's old 32sp, very close to the same year as that one, plus a pre 64 30-30. The 32 will always be a safe queen but the 30-30 may get out once or twice.
My Savage has a 9.25 twist and she loves the 55 BTs, I keep them below 4k. My last rifle had a 10 twist and it shot them the best at 3800 or so, at 4000 the groups opened up pretty bad.
I have a 7-08 like that, it's much better now but still frustrates the be-jesus out of me.
First off I chucked the idea of lighter slugs, 150 grain BT's showed alot of promise, groups I could actually measure but still not happy with them.
I then had it pillar bedded and I am now shooting...