Recent content by ElmerThud

I agree with Bikram, my barrel is 1-10 twist & doesn't like bullet weights greater than 110gns. A 1-9 twist will cope with heavier bullets well. H4350 is not very different from IMR4350 & I found IMR4350 worked extremely well with 100gn Sierra bullets - in my rifle nominal MV around 3120fps &...

Folk have different experiences with their rifles & their points of view are valid - I found my 25-06 liked lighter weight bullets so I used 100gn Sierra 1620 Spitzer for hinds & smaller deer, but the 110gn Nosler Accubond does the business with large deer, heavier stags of 300-400lbs in...

I'd think that with a 1-9 twist barrel 128gn + bullet will stabilise just fine. My 25-06 is a 1-10 twist & doesn't like any bullet over 110gn.

I reckon with USA tariffs over here in UK/Europe... anything from America will increase in 2nd hand/used value as the new prices rise. So anyone selling used USA made stuff will smile & be buying European made reloading gear. But it's a shame as so much good stuff comes from the USA.

I've been using 110gn AB's on red stags & hinds in Scotland for years. Stags weigh up to 320lbs dressed out & hinds around 130lbs dressed out. No issues at all - good clean kills 99.5% of the time. I've taken hinds out to 300+ yds. Stags I've shot have been max 180yds. Sika deer (Japs) die hard...

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