Finally got a chance to get to the range to try out a few reloads and figure out which rifle will be back up to my .35 Whelen, or maybe primary and the Whelen be back up. Whatever. :roll:
I took 4 rifles, two 30-06s, a .270 and my .280 Rem. Loads were 55.0 gr. Re17/180 Partitions for both 06s, 150 gr. Partition for the .270 with WMR, same powder and the 150 gr. Partition for the .280.
I started with a group from the custom .280 and it showed promise. Set it aside and did a group with the fairly new to me Remington M700 Classic and is showed promise. Set it aside and while the .270 had been sighted in with the 150 gr. Sierra Game King 3" high at 100, the Partitions hit exactly 1/2 inch higher and dead center for windage. The last rifle, an FN mauser I've had for years, close to 40 as I recall that I restocked in a Butler Creek after breaking the nice custom stock that came on the gun it shot two groups. It's put two shots almost touching the put the third shot off somewhere else on the target. I'm thinking I flinched or just plain jerked the trigger or something so I tried another shot and damned if it didn't hit next to the flyer darn gun would print two shots nearly touching the put two more nearly touching somewhere else on the paper. :?: I think the scope has turned toes up. I hope Nikon is as good on their warrantee as Leupold has been for me?
I was really kind of hoping that FN would be the one. It was given to me by a friend who passed from cancer only 6 months after gifting me the rifle.
That was roughly 40 years ago and it's been a lucky rifle for me on the hunts I used it. I'll put another scope on it and we'll see what happens. Got to load ammo today. :grin:
The .270 I used has been a surprise every time I've taken it to the range. First off, I mistook it for a Featherweight that someone had replaced the stock with a McMillan. Guy said it was accurate and sighted in. Price was just too good to pass up so it came home with me. I'd figured it'd turn over fast with a bit of profit but I always shoot a gun first. Don't want to say it's a tight grouper when it's shotgun patterns. Bought a couple of boxes of Winchester 150 gr. Power Points and hit the range. Not only was it sighted in but the group, 5 shots was .50". :shock: I shot three more 5 round groups and the largest was .80". I'm not the biggest fan of the .270 but that one is a keeper. My pet load is 57.5 gr. of WMR and the 150 gr. Sierra Game King. Those bullets must be extinct because my LGS hasn't had any in almost a year which is why I loaded up the partitions using the same charge. Groups were not quite as tight as with the Game Kings but were still right at .75 to .80". Did I say that rifle was a keeper? :lol: That load ought to put a smack down on an elk should I decide to use that rifle. Velocity should be around 2850 FPS, give or take. I couldn't set up my chronograph to get the velocity as the range was very crowded with mall ninjas and their Christmas AR15s. All dressed in tactical clothes, the whole 9 yards. Every time I tried to set up they'd raise hell so I said the hell with it and did my shooting. here were about 30 of these guys and I had the only sporting rifles at the range. The only other bolt acton was a Savage painted all camo, muzzle brake, tactical type stock and a scope big enough to watch men on Mars doing whatever men on Mars do for kicks. Considering the shortage of ammo :?: those guys sure burned off an awful lot of .223.
I haven't decided if I'll go to the range again today or wait till Jan 2. Probably sit down and load ammo.
Paul B.
I took 4 rifles, two 30-06s, a .270 and my .280 Rem. Loads were 55.0 gr. Re17/180 Partitions for both 06s, 150 gr. Partition for the .270 with WMR, same powder and the 150 gr. Partition for the .280.
I started with a group from the custom .280 and it showed promise. Set it aside and did a group with the fairly new to me Remington M700 Classic and is showed promise. Set it aside and while the .270 had been sighted in with the 150 gr. Sierra Game King 3" high at 100, the Partitions hit exactly 1/2 inch higher and dead center for windage. The last rifle, an FN mauser I've had for years, close to 40 as I recall that I restocked in a Butler Creek after breaking the nice custom stock that came on the gun it shot two groups. It's put two shots almost touching the put the third shot off somewhere else on the target. I'm thinking I flinched or just plain jerked the trigger or something so I tried another shot and damned if it didn't hit next to the flyer darn gun would print two shots nearly touching the put two more nearly touching somewhere else on the paper. :?: I think the scope has turned toes up. I hope Nikon is as good on their warrantee as Leupold has been for me?
I was really kind of hoping that FN would be the one. It was given to me by a friend who passed from cancer only 6 months after gifting me the rifle.
That was roughly 40 years ago and it's been a lucky rifle for me on the hunts I used it. I'll put another scope on it and we'll see what happens. Got to load ammo today. :grin: The .270 I used has been a surprise every time I've taken it to the range. First off, I mistook it for a Featherweight that someone had replaced the stock with a McMillan. Guy said it was accurate and sighted in. Price was just too good to pass up so it came home with me. I'd figured it'd turn over fast with a bit of profit but I always shoot a gun first. Don't want to say it's a tight grouper when it's shotgun patterns. Bought a couple of boxes of Winchester 150 gr. Power Points and hit the range. Not only was it sighted in but the group, 5 shots was .50". :shock: I shot three more 5 round groups and the largest was .80". I'm not the biggest fan of the .270 but that one is a keeper. My pet load is 57.5 gr. of WMR and the 150 gr. Sierra Game King. Those bullets must be extinct because my LGS hasn't had any in almost a year which is why I loaded up the partitions using the same charge. Groups were not quite as tight as with the Game Kings but were still right at .75 to .80". Did I say that rifle was a keeper? :lol: That load ought to put a smack down on an elk should I decide to use that rifle. Velocity should be around 2850 FPS, give or take. I couldn't set up my chronograph to get the velocity as the range was very crowded with mall ninjas and their Christmas AR15s. All dressed in tactical clothes, the whole 9 yards. Every time I tried to set up they'd raise hell so I said the hell with it and did my shooting. here were about 30 of these guys and I had the only sporting rifles at the range. The only other bolt acton was a Savage painted all camo, muzzle brake, tactical type stock and a scope big enough to watch men on Mars doing whatever men on Mars do for kicks. Considering the shortage of ammo :?: those guys sure burned off an awful lot of .223.
I haven't decided if I'll go to the range again today or wait till Jan 2. Probably sit down and load ammo.
Paul B.
