bedding should be fine, I just did it this spring and the rifle will shoot 3/4" average with 150 grain Barnes TSX over RL25 (4 groups). I guess it's the curious side of me to try the latest and greatest bullets... :oops:
back to Barnes I go
Loaded up some 150 gr Etips in my 280 Remington today for accuracy tests.
here's a pic of my first 3 groups with Hodgdon Hybrid 100V powder and a clean bore + 3 rounds of Hornady Interlock foulers.
first group on the left, 3"
second group in the middle, 3.5" (1st shot to the right, next...
my Etip testing is complete
Loaded up some more loads with H100V, 6 rounds each @ 52.5 grs, 53.0 grs, 53.5 grs with the 150 gr Etip (280 Remington Rem 700 24") Went out with the fouled bore that shot so well my last 2 groups this afternoon (last two groups were .8" & .5")
my group sizes ...
I am shooting them in my 280 Remington with Hybrid 100V powder. Getting 2900 fps and accuracy is under 1" for 3 shots @ 100y. But the first few shots spray into 3" groups before it settles down from a squeeky clean bore. :shock: At first I thought these bullets shot like shit, my first...
I have a Sako 85 in 338F too. Ive been mainly shooting 215 grain Sierra SPBT over 47.0 grs H4895 for 2610 fps avg. 210 gr Barnes TSX over 47.0 grs H4895 does 2625 fps.
I'm now workign with 250 grain Hornady round noses over H4895 too. Initial testing found 2275 fps attainable, I am still in...
19.2, 19.3, 19.4 grs RL7 behind a 40 grain Nosler, F205M primer. Does 3150-3200 fps and shoots half MOA for 3 shots if I do my part. 5 shots not much bigger. Rifle is a CZ 527 American and scope is a Leupold VXII 3-9x40 LR duplex. My best load for the gun so far. Just testing to find out...
that is not the case at all. I could go buy the Nosler 48 tommorow and I probably would if I didnt already have similar rifles (700 stainless laminate 280 and 700 stainless fluted B&C stock 30-06). I also have a custom barrel 260 in a mcmillan mtn rifle stock and a 700 Titanium 260 in a...
designed in house? not from scratch, that is for sure. They slabbed a Howa/Vanguard and coated it with MicroSlick, install a great trigger, and drop it in a quality fiberglass stock.
Dont get me wrong, it's a hell of a rifle and I do like it, but its nothing more than a custom Weatherby VG :)