Recent content by ElmerThud

I have the Hornady Cam Loc puller & it works just fine. Interchangeable collets for different cals. It's a decent an inexpensive tool & way way better than a kinetic hammer - simple to use too & never had a deformed bullet when using it

Commercial hunting in Scotland is quite expensive now.. friends & I did quite a few some years ago on Duchally, Corrour & Loch Choire estates between 2004 & 2012, but prices rose significantly after 2012. It's always with the estate stalker &/or his ghillie. Though after the estates realised we...

I've never tried 140gn SST's in my 6.5x55 so can't comment. I shoot reds, stags & hinds. fallow, roe, feral goats both male/female - pretty much all in Scotland. The reds can be very big Galloway stags, over 300lbs dressed out, most are not so big - hill stags really, however, all shot using...

A 1-8 twist usually prefers a heavier bullet so I guess 95gn bullets are just a bit too lightweight. A 95gn bullet shoots well usually with a 1-10 twist just my tuppence worth

Nice rifle, a left hooker, quite rare. Mannlicher's are just great. I have several, a Stutzen Classic in 6.5x55SE (The next model from yours) & 2 old Mannlicher Schoenauer's in 6.5x54 MSch... one a 'Takedown' is proofed in 1922 & the other a Stutzen proofed in 1936. They're very accurate out of...

I often see a blood vapour cloud from lung shot deer with a 100gn bullet at 3220 fps MV - the deer don't run far - maybe 10-20yds before they collapse - dead as a dodo by the time I walk to the beast. Performance of the bullet has always been as perfect as you could wish for - smile & be happy...

Depends very much on the ambient air temperature & as said barrel thickness. I wait until the barrel is properly cold & zero per first shot on the cold barrel. I rarely shoot more than 3 rounds from clean, cold barrel. Almost never change scope settings. It's then 100% accurate for hunting

Cool stutzen very similar to mine, but a year or two earlier. Your Mod. M looks like it's the 'Luxus' model. The difference between your & my rifle is in the magazine type, bolt & safety. Superb rifles. Really great slick bolts on the Mannlicher rifles. Hold the trigger & tip the rifle downward...

I use IMR4350 (46gns) in my 6.5x55SE by the way but I'm using the Hornady 123gn SST bullet... reckon it would work with a 140gn bullet but possibly IMR 4831 would work better with the heavier bullet.

Nice stutzen rifle you have there. I love them & have two... one an old 1936 Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54MSch the other a 1997 Steyr Mannlicher 'Classic' 6.5x55SE

Thanks for doing my research Geo. I plan to give the 170 gr FN bullet a try. Given the .311 groove Dia. At the muzzle and the age of this old girl, I think I need something longer to grab more of the lands. The other option is something larger in Dia to do the same.

Seat your bullets as you normally would & use a bullet comparator (Maybe Hornady or other manufacturer) to measure the OAL from bullet ogive. It's much more consistent. As previously said - bullet tips vary, even the plastic tips though they usually vary less than soft lead tips. A bullet...

Thanks lads, I'll make sure Dan, my friend in Colorado sets to with his cleaning kit. I reckon Dan'll be happy if he can get his groups to 2" at 100yds I'd never shot with an underlever rifle before so an interesting experience for me when I was there a week or so ago. It's a nice rifle & with a...

I just recently returned from visiting a friend in Colorado who had bought the rifle above - it's an old rifle of 104 years with 26" barrel. It seems in pretty good condition & nothing nasty in the barrel. However, we tried various different loads with two propellants H322 & H4895 (They seemed...

Never heard of this over here in UK & it certainly doesn't seem like a realistic proposition. Media hype I guess.. besides, I think our new Labour Government has more important things to worry about... Like taxing us more. Labour = Socialists = a nice word for Communist! = Happy as long as...