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Ammo Smith
- Mar 11, 2013
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Loaded some 225 AB's with 57grs of RL 15 and some 200gr Hornadays with 60grs of 4064
and went to PA where I could us a good bench and measured yardage .
The limb saver did it's job and tamed the felt recoil substantially.
I also took along my 300bee to shoot between shots for cool down. I had 71 degree temps and blue bird sky's with a slight breeze to my back. The Bee needed to be resighted since I had taken the scope off to try on the Whelen before the Vortex came.
The Whelen performed as expected with the 200's and got a surprise from the 225s and the Winchester large rifle magnum primers. Two of the five 225 loads primers popped and now I have two gas burns on my bolt face. What is strange is there was only 4 primers left in the pack and I used 3 of them since I already had 2 casings primed and only needed 3 primers. I checked my lot numbers when I got home and of the 3 packs of Winchester magnum primers the lot number for the ones that popped I only had one pack with that lot number. These primers are probably several years old because I bought them when I got my Bee which was in 2012 and couldn't use them because of the broken ankle.
The burn marks on the bolt face are barely noticeable with all the machine marks left by Remington from turning the bolt face and are no deeper than some of the grooves left behind but still annoying.
Here are some pics of the targets shot and of the brass, I hope you can make out the holes in the primers I only have my cell phone to take pictures and send them to my computer.
I think the 225s will tighten up if I play with OAL and the 200s also. Got a feeling they are too long and heed to be seated deeper.
I also found out that I have a Turkey Neck yeah it's longer than I thought. To get good scope alignment I have to have my face high on the stock compared to my Weatherby with it's Monty Carlo style stock Just may have to invest in a Medalist Weatherby style stock for it. I don't no if the DNZ scope mount is low or medium, the Talley's on the Bee are medium.
One thing I would have liked to have seen was the point of impact for the 200s and 225s being on the same side of the target. I expected the elevation to be different.
and went to PA where I could us a good bench and measured yardage .
The limb saver did it's job and tamed the felt recoil substantially.
I also took along my 300bee to shoot between shots for cool down. I had 71 degree temps and blue bird sky's with a slight breeze to my back. The Bee needed to be resighted since I had taken the scope off to try on the Whelen before the Vortex came.
The Whelen performed as expected with the 200's and got a surprise from the 225s and the Winchester large rifle magnum primers. Two of the five 225 loads primers popped and now I have two gas burns on my bolt face. What is strange is there was only 4 primers left in the pack and I used 3 of them since I already had 2 casings primed and only needed 3 primers. I checked my lot numbers when I got home and of the 3 packs of Winchester magnum primers the lot number for the ones that popped I only had one pack with that lot number. These primers are probably several years old because I bought them when I got my Bee which was in 2012 and couldn't use them because of the broken ankle.
The burn marks on the bolt face are barely noticeable with all the machine marks left by Remington from turning the bolt face and are no deeper than some of the grooves left behind but still annoying.
Here are some pics of the targets shot and of the brass, I hope you can make out the holes in the primers I only have my cell phone to take pictures and send them to my computer.
I think the 225s will tighten up if I play with OAL and the 200s also. Got a feeling they are too long and heed to be seated deeper.
I also found out that I have a Turkey Neck yeah it's longer than I thought. To get good scope alignment I have to have my face high on the stock compared to my Weatherby with it's Monty Carlo style stock Just may have to invest in a Medalist Weatherby style stock for it. I don't no if the DNZ scope mount is low or medium, the Talley's on the Bee are medium.
One thing I would have liked to have seen was the point of impact for the 200s and 225s being on the same side of the target. I expected the elevation to be different.
