So any of you that have been here for a while know the battle that I have been having with my stainless classic M70 338 WM for the last four or five years. I have been trying and trying to get it to shoot the 225 AB with RL-19, RL-22, IMR, and H4350, Ramshot Hunter, three different kinds of primers, two different kinds of brass, tripple checking rings and bases, and action screws.
Well, I finally won the war! 68.5gr RL-17, WLRM primers, and Nosler brass get me five shots under an inch going 2800 even. I got a chance to take it to the range this morning and ring the 300, and 400 gongs. I quickly got reminded why I love this rifle. It makes one heck of a whop on my 11"x16"x1" gongs, and this time, it did it in nice tight little groups!
I'm not sure why but I have sold many other rifles that have given me half the fits this thing did. I just could not bring myself to sell this one. Glad I didn't. I shot my first bear with it @ 370 yards (Fed. 210 PT), my first bull elk @ 250 yards (185 XLC), my biggest bull elk @ 425 (225 AB), my first four point buck @ 200 yards (225 AB), and took it to Africa and laid the smack down on a warthog, impala, and Kudu with a single shot a piece (225 AB). I have had this rifle for over 10 years (bought it my jr. year in high school), and of all the guns in my safe that I have bought it has been there the longest. I really hope I draw a elk tag this year, this thing has not had blood on it for several years. The last thing I shot with it was a four point buck in 2006! So she is due for some use. I'm one happy camper this weekend!
Well, I finally won the war! 68.5gr RL-17, WLRM primers, and Nosler brass get me five shots under an inch going 2800 even. I got a chance to take it to the range this morning and ring the 300, and 400 gongs. I quickly got reminded why I love this rifle. It makes one heck of a whop on my 11"x16"x1" gongs, and this time, it did it in nice tight little groups!
I'm not sure why but I have sold many other rifles that have given me half the fits this thing did. I just could not bring myself to sell this one. Glad I didn't. I shot my first bear with it @ 370 yards (Fed. 210 PT), my first bull elk @ 250 yards (185 XLC), my biggest bull elk @ 425 (225 AB), my first four point buck @ 200 yards (225 AB), and took it to Africa and laid the smack down on a warthog, impala, and Kudu with a single shot a piece (225 AB). I have had this rifle for over 10 years (bought it my jr. year in high school), and of all the guns in my safe that I have bought it has been there the longest. I really hope I draw a elk tag this year, this thing has not had blood on it for several years. The last thing I shot with it was a four point buck in 2006! So she is due for some use. I'm one happy camper this weekend!
