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It’s been a while here fellas but I wanted to give a report on this rifle. Unfortunately the barrel I purchased wasn’t twisted as advertised (1-in-9”) so the 130 VLDs & 140 NBTs were keyholing. The 120 GMXs made what could better be described as patterns than groups. The blemished 100 GR...

Congrats on the payoffs man that is awesome sounds like an excellent season good work!

I finally got the Springfield-based 6.5-06 I built back in ‘17 shooting. Unfortunately the GB description of 1-in-9” twist hasn’t proven true so anything I’ve tried longer than a 100 GR TTSX patterns rather than groups. The 100 GR TTSX load I settled on, however, is a max charge of 4955. It...

I got to visit the Hornady factory this past fall on my way home from a hunt. I visited with the gentleman in the ballistics lab and asked this exact question because I've had such great results from blemished 90 gr GMXs ina couple .257s. They gave numeric standards for hunting and another...

I keep a Leatherman Wingman in my backpack all the time. I have a Cold Steel tanto blade as an EDC that gets used constantly. For hunting my son has a Cold Steel Master Hunter I got used on the 'fire that is a crazy quality blade, takes & holds an edge beautifully, but is a bit utilitarian on...

Wow this is most impressive; your skills are rather enviable! Excellent job & thanks for bringing us along I too am anticipating more pics!

Sounds like you'll be ready for the hunt nice work preparing!

One thing I've done when working with a load I'm unsure whether I'm comfortable with is to pick 3 random cases that give the appearance of potential "heat" and pull them out. Every time I go to the range, no matter what rifle I plan to "play" with, I make sure to pop off those three rounds...

.257 Roberts, 7-08, & .30-06 are kings for me. For everything.

Based upon the speed of what hasn't worked I'd go faster. I'll be trying the new IMR-4955 (enduron 4831), IMR-7828SSC, and Ramshot Hunter in mine when I finally get her out.

I've had excellent results from the 90 gr NBT but the 95 gr is pretty awesome from what I've heard.

Leupold shipped a VX3 3.5-10mm 40mm Plex/CDS for this rifle; got a box of 130 VLDs & of Prvi Partisan 25-06 brass also. Gonna load and plan to shoot it next weekend!!!!!

Thanks Mike! My nephew has never been hunting and a lot of his "firsts" (camping, fishing) have been with me. My oldest son (14) and my hunting partner (who also is my partner teaching 5th & 6th grade Sunday School) both have buck tags, and it'll be my hunting pard's first western hunt. We're...

In addition to the stock that Dave gave me I got a much less racy Walnut one from GB that I stripped and refinished but when I saw this it looked "vintage" and nicely suited to a Springfield for some reason. Thanks everybody for the compliments! I am taking my nephew out for his first to...

Got too many new 06 family stuff lying around to want to buy new...

Thanks gentlemen I appreciate the compliments! Thanks especially to David who enabled the heck out of this addict as I thought trough this build. I'll post up more pics once glass is mounted and some loads are worked up. Trying to decide what brass to use as I reload for a buddy with a 25-06...

I bought a Remington-built 03-A3 here from 6mm Remington a few years ago as the basis for a custom. This past Friday I pick up the finished product from the smith on the way up to trout camp. After I bought the action the first thing I did was buy a milled bottom metal/trigger guard. I had it...

I've gone to the 168 myself but wouldn't turn my nose up at a 165 for even a second; they're both KILLERS! Nice buck!!

Found pieces an inch or so away from one another right under offside hide. This was a coup de grace double shoulder shot from about 100 yds on a bedded deer. Never chrono'd the load but its 46 gr Hunter & LRM primer are just under max for the Bob so guessing 3k-ish impact speed? Jacket 41.7...

That's my "one load to kill them all" for NA big game. I use WLRM primers & RP cases in a long throated rifle: