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Scotty the back section of the RAR mag pops off if you depress the little tabs that hold the two parts together. Heat the mag in very hot water for 30 secs before doing it as this makes them flexible and less likely to snap. Then I filled the hollowed out part at the rear of the back part of...

Polaris, no cannelure mate. A clean bullet. Just been out the back doing some shooting. 10 inch steel plate at 450y with a 15mph-ish cross wind. Clank clank clank went the 75 BTHPs. Had them at 750y yesterday and the result was the same though it took two sighters to get me on target. I'm...

I did the "fill with epoxy then dremel out" conversion to lengthen my RAR Compact mag. I can load to 2.54" oal while the Amax kisses the lands at 2.475" . The Amax shoots just as well though POI is about 1" lower than with the BTHP.

Here's two foxes I shot off a goat carcass at 450y this week with the 75g Hdy BTHP. They were shot within one hour of each other and while pleased with my shooting, the first one did take two shots because I missed the first shot by a few inches with a slightly off wind call. This is the first...

I'll bet they'll do pretty good in the jugs at those speeds. Be sure to post your results in the Bullet Test section!

Yeah good call Fotis, we want figures and targets Jim!

Ok thanks.

That's good performance and quite similar to how the 350g Speer goes. Moderate to low impact velocity is a blessing for bullet performance.

Your 168g Amax load, if accurate, at 2600fps should be an excellent medium game load including large deer and pigs. If you're happy with the way it shoots, you're set like a jelly mate! Go forth and hunt...

I like the look of these. Is there any way to fit a more substantial fore end or even a fore grip? The fore end as it is looks very skinny and maybe not too good for offhand shooting....

Yes you're right, they don't expand much on rabbits and foxes but they do kill them. Shoulder shots on goats kill quick too. Possibly on a heart lung only shot they might whistle through a young deer or goat a little too easily.

My current load with the 75g BTHP is 24.5g of H4895, making around 2800fps from the 18" barrel.

I ran 50g of H4198 with the 325g FTX. It was doing 2020fps from the 18" bbl, a mild and very accurate load.

Thanks Bob. Always good to have more info. FTR I just adjust my A7 screws hand tight too, which for me means quite tight. Shoots well that way I found, but the thing is just bloody accurate any way. - BN

Thanks Stetson. I have a good hoard of R17 so I'll work up and see how it goes. I load around 56g of R17 with 180 grainers so that gerries with your data.

Yep, a smart looking rifle. Nice get. Mostly these days I just run H4198 (called AR2207 here) though those other powders listed above are great as well. H322 might just be the best. My best accuracy load was 56g of H4198 with a Sierra 300g HP. This will put 5 rounds touching at 75 metres and...

Thanks R1 that's great real world experience. Backs up the test results I'd say!

M88, I don't shoot 6.5, but I used R17 extensively with 115-117g bullets in my 250 Sav AI which has a similar case-bore ratio and it was the fastest and most accurate powder. Suspect it would be the bee's knees in your 260 Rem with heavies. Great propellant!

I loved working with the 25-06 but the one rifle I had in that chambering is the only rifle I've owned that I could not make shoot accurately. It surprised me just how hard hitting the 25-06 was. I was mainly using 117g BTSP Interlocks. If I end up with another one I'd be tempted to go 110g...

When I get into some 125 NBTs I'll certainly put them through the wet newspaper routine as well.