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To be honest Scotty, since it was re-barrelled with the new Krieger in 2019, I've hardly used it. My Blaser K95 was always my 'Go-to' for hunting & never failed me. I sold it a couple of months ago as my walking ability is gone now so I'm not hunting so much as 'Ambushing' whatever walks out, so...

Wonderful to see you here Scotty, many thanks anyway. I'm hoping they will be killers - I'm sure they are, but haven't yet used it on reds in Scotland. I'm going north on 19th Dec & will I hope take a red hind. Very best to you & Mike of course.

Many thanks Mike - Brilliant help, hopefully gonna take a red hind with this old girl on 19th Dec when I'll be in Scotland. Wishing you the very best. Cheers, George

Hi folks, hopefully Scotty or Dr Mike ?? I need some Quickload help if you’d be kind enough. M1903 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer Hornady 160gn RN bullet, Propellants: H4895, IMR4350 & IMR4831 Primer: Fed Premium LR Match Cartridge Length: 3.063” Barrel is a new Krieger Match OAL 22” (Less than...

I don't shoot 30-06, but in my 25-06 I use a magnum primer & found more consistency in both powder burn & as a result much better accuracy. Fed Gold Match Magnum primers are very good. Brass prep is so important so take good care with it.

I'd first be checking the scope & mounts, then action bolts & finally strip the rifle from the stock looking for any witness marks on the barrel checking for interference. My view is that something mechanical is going on & wouldn't suspect the propellant/loads. It's easy to check the loads tho'...

Very nice FOTIS! - I like the tiger stripes

For interest - Viht N550 with 123gn Hornady SST or Viht N560 with 140gn bullets works exceptionally well. Recoil is pretty gentle I have a Steyr Mannlicher Classic Stutzen in 6.5x55SE also load for a friends Tikka Swede.

I agree with Bikram, my barrel is 1-10 twist & doesn't like bullet weights greater than 110gns. A 1-9 twist will cope with heavier bullets well. H4350 is not very different from IMR4350 & I found IMR4350 worked extremely well with 100gn Sierra bullets - in my rifle nominal MV around 3120fps &...

Folk have different experiences with their rifles & their points of view are valid - I found my 25-06 liked lighter weight bullets so I used 100gn Sierra 1620 Spitzer for hinds & smaller deer, but the 110gn Nosler Accubond does the business with large deer, heavier stags of 300-400lbs in...

I'd think that with a 1-9 twist barrel 128gn + bullet will stabilise just fine. My 25-06 is a 1-10 twist & doesn't like any bullet over 110gn.

I reckon with USA tariffs over here in UK/Europe... anything from America will increase in 2nd hand/used value as the new prices rise. So anyone selling used USA made stuff will smile & be buying European made reloading gear. But it's a shame as so much good stuff comes from the USA.

I've been using 110gn AB's on red stags & hinds in Scotland for years. Stags weigh up to 320lbs dressed out & hinds around 130lbs dressed out. No issues at all - good clean kills 99.5% of the time. I've taken hinds out to 300+ yds. Stags I've shot have been max 180yds. Sika deer (Japs) die hard...

I have the Hornady Cam Loc puller & it works just fine. Interchangeable collets for different cals. It's a decent an inexpensive tool & way way better than a kinetic hammer - simple to use too & never had a deformed bullet when using it

Commercial hunting in Scotland is quite expensive now.. friends & I did quite a few some years ago on Duchally, Corrour & Loch Choire estates between 2004 & 2012, but prices rose significantly after 2012. It's always with the estate stalker &/or his ghillie. Though after the estates realised we...

I've never tried 140gn SST's in my 6.5x55 so can't comment. I shoot reds, stags & hinds. fallow, roe, feral goats both male/female - pretty much all in Scotland. The reds can be very big Galloway stags, over 300lbs dressed out, most are not so big - hill stags really, however, all shot using...

A 1-8 twist usually prefers a heavier bullet so I guess 95gn bullets are just a bit too lightweight. A 95gn bullet shoots well usually with a 1-10 twist just my tuppence worth

Nice rifle, a left hooker, quite rare. Mannlicher's are just great. I have several, a Stutzen Classic in 6.5x55SE (The next model from yours) & 2 old Mannlicher Schoenauer's in 6.5x54 MSch... one a 'Takedown' is proofed in 1922 & the other a Stutzen proofed in 1936. They're very accurate out of...

I often see a blood vapour cloud from lung shot deer with a 100gn bullet at 3220 fps MV - the deer don't run far - maybe 10-20yds before they collapse - dead as a dodo by the time I walk to the beast. Performance of the bullet has always been as perfect as you could wish for - smile & be happy...

Depends very much on the ambient air temperature & as said barrel thickness. I wait until the barrel is properly cold & zero per first shot on the cold barrel. I rarely shoot more than 3 rounds from clean, cold barrel. Almost never change scope settings. It's then 100% accurate for hunting