longrangehunter
Handloader
- Jun 19, 2011
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Eric at Blue Mountain Precision sent me back my build last week and I developed a tact driver of a load, albeit on the mild side since it’s still new and only had 40 rounds through it.
So I stretched it out today to three plates out there, 228, 268, and 378. Dope looked good from the FFP.
MCS Model T Elite Tac carbon fiber stock.
Borden Timberline Magnum action w/Watts extended SS Box and a Hawkins Precision BDL floor plate.
TT Diamond 2 Stage trigger
Benchmark CF Lite 24” 1:7.5 twist
APA LB G4 brake
Wearing a Leica AmPlus 6 2.5-15x56 in Area 419 Hunt rings on a Zero 0 MOA Borden Pic Rail.
133 Elite Hunter
60.5 VV N165
F215M
ADG 7mm PRC Necked down to 25 cal. with a SAC Modular sizing die, using a .254” mandrel and a.283 Neck/Shoulder bushing.
2,965 fps s/d’s of 8.3-11.0
E/S of 17-23 being a fresh bbl may settle in.
It’s got some real punch w/o the break on. I tested for most of the load development bare barrel and at the end installed the APA Little Bastard which made the groups shrink drastically from under 1/2” to .124” at 100 yards.
The barrel gets hot pretty quickly so I will only shoot a three shot string at a moderate pace.
It’s a hunting rifle, and for that reason it won’t be shot that much except before taking it hunting.
I should be able to get 3150 with VV N560 that I have, but why bother when it’s a 1/2 mil at 250, and only 6.7 at 975 now!
So I stretched it out today to three plates out there, 228, 268, and 378. Dope looked good from the FFP.
MCS Model T Elite Tac carbon fiber stock.
Borden Timberline Magnum action w/Watts extended SS Box and a Hawkins Precision BDL floor plate.
TT Diamond 2 Stage trigger
Benchmark CF Lite 24” 1:7.5 twist
APA LB G4 brake
Wearing a Leica AmPlus 6 2.5-15x56 in Area 419 Hunt rings on a Zero 0 MOA Borden Pic Rail.
133 Elite Hunter
60.5 VV N165
F215M
ADG 7mm PRC Necked down to 25 cal. with a SAC Modular sizing die, using a .254” mandrel and a.283 Neck/Shoulder bushing.
2,965 fps s/d’s of 8.3-11.0
E/S of 17-23 being a fresh bbl may settle in.
It’s got some real punch w/o the break on. I tested for most of the load development bare barrel and at the end installed the APA Little Bastard which made the groups shrink drastically from under 1/2” to .124” at 100 yards.
The barrel gets hot pretty quickly so I will only shoot a three shot string at a moderate pace.
It’s a hunting rifle, and for that reason it won’t be shot that much except before taking it hunting.
I should be able to get 3150 with VV N560 that I have, but why bother when it’s a 1/2 mil at 250, and only 6.7 at 975 now!
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