I was at the range the other day checking my zero on a couple of rifles before hunting season.
This guy pulls up on the landing, breaks out his pistol and starts shooting. No big deal, right? He shot 10 rounds and started packing up. I was letting my barrels cool when he spoke up and said...
Something else to consider is your chrony.
I had shot some loads and got different readings on the chrony and it turns out the crony wasn't open all the way in the locked position. The same load was shooting about 150 fps faster two weekends later. I was confused about the readings until I was...
I have used a compressed load of rl-22 and a 165 in my '06 and '06ai with great results.
I also use a slight crimp to keep the bullet seated. It doesn't take much.
I own Leuplds and Zeiss and I see more detail out of my 3x9 conquests than I do out of my VX3 3.5x10.
Both manufactures are great in my opinion, but.........
Carl Zeiss was the pioneer in coated optics and is always on the cutting edge of optic quality. When you go to the eye doctor, they look...
I wish Nosler would make a 150gr AB.
I like the 140 ab alot but if one all around bullet is what you want try a Hornady 154gr Interbond.
Here is one I shot out of my ncr 280ai into water filled milk jugs. I recovered it in the 6th jug. The shot was about 30 yds away.
I hear ya.
Look at this Winchester for sale by the same guy.
I might start crying in my sleep.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=140930588
I dissagree with your statement bullet.
I used to own a 1969 chevy c20 pick up with a 350 and a 400 tranny.
Great truck nothing wrong with it at all. Very strong and dependable.
That truck was all I NEEDED.
But... Chevy decides to build new models every year with something new and exciting that...
Every once in a while I search the auction sites for rifles.
I found this one today. I wish I had the cash to hit the buy it now button but, I just bought my wife a Harley 1200 sportster.
I am going to loose sleep over this one.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=140929611
I have one and feel the same way you do.
here are some of my favorite and most accurate loads.
Like you, I tried to stay in the 3150 range to use the retical. my 154gr IB load isn't at 3150 but the higher bc of the bullet keeps it extreemly close to the 140 ab flight path if I use a 210yd zero...
I agree with that.
You stated you have a long throat. I wouldn't worry about touching the lands. Vary your COAL until you find a sweet spot. Load your rounds to fit in the mag box and seat deeper in .005 increments.
I would also give rl-22 a try in your 7mm mag. I think the temperature...
Exactly.
Some people have a very confused look on their face when they notice me doing that. Meanwhile they are blasting away shooting 40 rounds in ten minutes and having problems zeroing the rifle in.
I have noticed that my S.D will increase if I am shooting a warm barrel and especially when the chamber gets warm.
The round will tend to "cook" in the chamber while adjusting the sight picture and squeezing the trigger.
I try to take three firearms to the range if I am doing any kind of load...
This is something that makes me think about cleaning my gun.
We talk about shooting clean barrels and dirty barrels all the time. Cleaning frequency, technique and chemicals just as much.
Have you ever considered that copper all by it's self is extreemely corrosive to steel. The whole...
How about both variables.
Virgin brass always shoots different than fire formed and also clean barrels shoot different than dirty.
Consistancy is the key component when loading for accuracy. You threw out all of it when you shot virgin brass through a clean barrel.