RBHarter
West Central AR
As with everything I seem to get into there's more to it than meets the eye .
History .
The rifle was purchased in 1970 by my Dad . He bought 2 on his FFL the other for what was probably his best friend . Bing passed away from cancer in in October of 78' . In his last days he asked Dad "isn't it hunting season ?", "yeah it is." " What are doing here ? Our days are over . Take that boy hunting ! " . I don't know what became of Uncle Bingos white line , ebony tipped , grade A walnut , double border 1/16th diamond checkering , 24" bull barrel , 700 BDL , with a 4-12×50 before that was a thing everyone had to have . I do have Dad's . It probably doesn't have 1,000 rounds down range he quit shooting it much after Bing passed away , maybe 10 rounds to foul up up the barrel , check zero and kill a deer .
He always said it would shoot 117s but 120s opened up to almost 3/4" for 3 but the 117s even on a bad day would cover 5 with a nickle every time .
So moving along , I have several 25 cal moulds and the rifle will go see my guy with all the cool tools soon .
I'm wondering about a slick side fat 6mm for a paper patch or maybe a heavy 6mm maybe a sort of pointed , spitzer like 110 ?
I have mastered the skills and alloys in smaller cases maybe I could get 27-2800 out of the 260-120 NOE with a little 2500+ .
Of course I might not be ready to shoot Dad's rifle yet . So ......... bring it along , share some ideas let's talk about getting a top shelf 5 under a dime capable sub caliber rifle going for target work and maybe a whitetail or a hog or 6 . If nothing else there's always the fall back to the Partition 117 gr .
History .
The rifle was purchased in 1970 by my Dad . He bought 2 on his FFL the other for what was probably his best friend . Bing passed away from cancer in in October of 78' . In his last days he asked Dad "isn't it hunting season ?", "yeah it is." " What are doing here ? Our days are over . Take that boy hunting ! " . I don't know what became of Uncle Bingos white line , ebony tipped , grade A walnut , double border 1/16th diamond checkering , 24" bull barrel , 700 BDL , with a 4-12×50 before that was a thing everyone had to have . I do have Dad's . It probably doesn't have 1,000 rounds down range he quit shooting it much after Bing passed away , maybe 10 rounds to foul up up the barrel , check zero and kill a deer .
He always said it would shoot 117s but 120s opened up to almost 3/4" for 3 but the 117s even on a bad day would cover 5 with a nickle every time .
So moving along , I have several 25 cal moulds and the rifle will go see my guy with all the cool tools soon .
I'm wondering about a slick side fat 6mm for a paper patch or maybe a heavy 6mm maybe a sort of pointed , spitzer like 110 ?
I have mastered the skills and alloys in smaller cases maybe I could get 27-2800 out of the 260-120 NOE with a little 2500+ .
Of course I might not be ready to shoot Dad's rifle yet . So ......... bring it along , share some ideas let's talk about getting a top shelf 5 under a dime capable sub caliber rifle going for target work and maybe a whitetail or a hog or 6 . If nothing else there's always the fall back to the Partition 117 gr .
