Hello boys and girls. I have been chomping at the bits to get back to shooting the ballistic buffalo. I finally got to go back and shoot the pour thing to death. Several things need to be understood before just looking at the chart and drawing conclusions. Please read the all of the commentary...
It will take a while to get all the data here. It was fun.
Test overview from .416 vs. .450 5/17/07
In this test I decided to use the toughest media I know of which is dry vinyl coated paper. It will generally destroy bullets and penetration is very limited. The two rifles are as different...
The online data vs the last manual includes some of the more appropriate powders for the 130 AB but the data for the 140s is still lacking. Not to beat Nosler up but yo can see why I am a bit mistified.
After reading the article in Shooting Times I was left scratching my head. The .264 failure was not based on fact. Gun press and a great deal of it from a man that never shot one (as he later admited) coupled with the intro of the 7 Rem Mag was a likely culprit. A deeper cause is at the root of...
Yep way over 2000 shots down the tube on one of them. Need to count the other two. The barrel with 2k shots still shoots 5/8" groups. It used to shoot 1/4" and less. Not bad for a " worn barrel".
Actualy that one was 4 shots because I forgot to throw a 5th. :-) We have several sub 1/2 groups from the .264s. All 3 will do this. Handloaded groups from the article on the 26 don't look so hot. I can get 3400fps with 129-130 grain bullets from the 27" gun with less than max powder charges and...
I remember someone posting a load in the .264 Win with the 125gr and Retumbo. I have tried searching it and haven't found it. Anybody remember what it is? reflex264
The cool thing is I didn't have to measure the charges. It was dropping exactly 57.0 from my RCBS powder measure. Easily the best metering powder I have ever used. I have decided to take this gun opening day. I am going to try this same load in another one of my 06s as soon as I get some glass...