I would also recommend the Franchi Affinity. I don't have the Affinity but have a 720 and it very well made, is a joy to shoot and carry, 20ga with 4 shot is more than sufficient for any duck inside 30 yds. I have dumped a large number of woody's, mallards and teal with it. If you expect...
I purchased a replacement butt stock for my 1970 1100 in .410 from Gunstocks Inc. Total with shipping was $68.45 I received the stock and I immediately noticed the hole for the Spring Tube was drilled severely off-center causing a bad cast on and it didn't seat correctly on the action. See...
Last November, I took a 130 lb whitetail doe at about 70yds using this bullet over 48g of IMR4007SSC for about 3100 FPS. I was sitting at the bottom of a creek gully. She was above me, up a 20 degree slope. Caught her right behind the point of shoulder broadside. The bullet exited about 6...
I have a 60's vintage 2.5-8X Balvar which has some very light coating scratches in the objective lens. Does anyone know who could possibly repair this classic?
jmad, I have had a lot of success with the 200g Nosler BT w/ 73g H4350 set .020' off the lands in my M70 with a BOSS set at 3.4 Unfortunately the 200g was discontinued by Nosler and replaced with the 180g. I have about 100 of the 200g left after that I'm going to be looking at the Combined...
It's a tad expensive but Vihta Vuori N-150 delivers very consistant results. Here is a group I shot about a month ago. 35.5g under a 50g Hornady V-Max -- .3585" center to center
I got this group with 35.5g Vihta Vouri N-150 w/ a 50g Hornady V-max with a 1 in 10 twist barrel. The BT is very close in shape and dimension to the V-max. It's .3585" center to center
The thing is my load may not group (or even be safe) in your gun. There are way to many variables, such...
Well I have 2 pounds of N-150 lying around and decided to work up a load for my 22-250. Using a 50g Hornady V-Max, I varied the charge starting at 35g and working to 37g. Here is the best 5-shot, 100 yard group (35.5g)velocity average 3880fps
The target is a 1" diamond (15 per 8.5" x 11"...
Take a little wad of foam rubber and jam it in the bottom of the puller. I did this and the bullets come out pristine. As far as the damaged tips I would reload them then sharpen them. I have had some boogered tips on some loaded rounds and a simple fix is to take a kids pencil sharpener and...
IMHO 53.5g of IMR4350 is a little stout unless you have a lot of freebore. IMR recommends a max load of 53.2 w/ 140g bullets. H4350 is a little slower but my bullet launcher prefers around 55g H4831. OAL will vary with each rifle as to how they are chambered. I seat my BT 140's .010" off the...