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Ammo Smith
- Mar 1, 2007
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A few of you may remember I got a LH Sako 85 in 30-06 a while back. The short story is it shot ok but not great and I have been sitting on this Benchmark 1 in 9 twist 277 blank for a couple of years so................ :roll:
Off it went to a semi retired gunsmith and it came back a 270 Win I messed up a bit on my order so the barrel ended up being 23" long but it fit perfectly into the wood stock. I wanted 24" but it really wasn't a big deal being 1" shorter. As it turns out speed isn't an issue.
Had to try out my favorite 277 bullet which is the 160 gr Partition and wasn't disappointed. Working up from 58-60 gr with IMR 7977 the groups measured .700", 1.03"and .730" so it looks like it will be a shooter 8) probably only some slight tweaks and it will stacking them. Taking it black bear hunting this weekend :lol:
Going to shoot again this week and hopefully all goes well so I can hunt it on Friday. After this load is done I'm looking at the 140 gr Sierra HPBT with IMR 4451 or H 4350 and the 150 gr Ballistic Tip with one of those powders plus Magnum, IMR 7977 or H 4831sc. Have to say I do actually miss the 30-06 too so can totally see another one in the near future.
Off it went to a semi retired gunsmith and it came back a 270 Win I messed up a bit on my order so the barrel ended up being 23" long but it fit perfectly into the wood stock. I wanted 24" but it really wasn't a big deal being 1" shorter. As it turns out speed isn't an issue.
Had to try out my favorite 277 bullet which is the 160 gr Partition and wasn't disappointed. Working up from 58-60 gr with IMR 7977 the groups measured .700", 1.03"and .730" so it looks like it will be a shooter 8) probably only some slight tweaks and it will stacking them. Taking it black bear hunting this weekend :lol:
Going to shoot again this week and hopefully all goes well so I can hunt it on Friday. After this load is done I'm looking at the 140 gr Sierra HPBT with IMR 4451 or H 4350 and the 150 gr Ballistic Tip with one of those powders plus Magnum, IMR 7977 or H 4831sc. Have to say I do actually miss the 30-06 too so can totally see another one in the near future.