Hang in there Scotty. It's way too early to tell anything. Clean that baby up really well to remove all the carbon and the copper. Move to a faster powder like IMR 4350 and IMR 4831 and try that. Load within a couple grains of max and start there. Just load three of each. My thoughts are Retumbo...
I'm sorry, that's 3.0 inches high at 150, but that shouldn't matter much on an elk. Just hold a little high on a 400 yard shot. A rangefinder is your friend. :grin: :grin:
2.5" high at 100 yards will have you zero'ed at roughly 250 yards and 3.6" low at 300 yards and 15.3 inches low at 400 yards. 2.5" high at 100 yards is good to go with, but be careful that you are 3.9" high at 150 yards. That is the highest point of your bullet flight. :grin: :grin:
Since you have to fireform, do it with a small powder charge like a minimum book charge. Then check to see if a bullet will fit into the fired brass. It should go in with very little resistance. If not you may have to turn more than just squaring the neck.
To answer your question, turn the neck...
Only the reciever is made in Japan. The rifle is barreled, triggered and stocked here. The bolt work is done here too by Weatherby. They do differ from a howa if you compare the two. Weatherby has a different bolt shroud and the reciever is rounded more. The vanguard has the 3 gas ports in the...
I'm using a Moultrie trail cam 5.0ir. Nice camera, but the lcd display is going out on it after 2 years. I'll send it in after this year to get fixed. Still works fine though and takes great pics. Uses 6 d-cell batteries, but they last better than 6 mos. and that's taking 200 pics average per...
My m4 has 1 : 7" twist rate especially for the 77 grainers. I would bet the military has done their homework on this. My vote goes for the 7 twist. :grin: :grin: