quicksylver
Well-Known Member
@ 300 yds I would call that a bragging group...especially prone with a bi-bod
Not a bad group
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Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Thanks. This rifle still wears it's factory walnut stock, but I made some aluminum
pillars and bedded them into the stock, and bedded around the recoil lug. Trigger is
as it came to me, a used rifle. I treated myself to something nice when I did some
consulting for a local art museum, so had some windfall money. I thought hard about
getting a McMillan with the aluminum bedding block, but stuck with "home-made" and
it works pretty well.
It will consistently shoot under a minute with a number of loads. This one seems to
beat them all and this is the best group yet, will keep working on it. Good to hear that
someone else finds this load to work in their gun. I had been working with 43.3 4064
under 168 MK, but it just wouldn't always do what it should, so went looking for small
variations on that theme. This seems to be it, at least for now. I would bet it is more
like a half minute rifle or maybe 1/3 minute with this load, we'll see how often it can
do this sort of stuff.
I have a Savage heavy barreled .22-250 that is looking pretty good too, shoots 1" or better at
200 with several loads, if I can get the loose nut behind the trigger to do it right, but never
have shot a group like the one Ben opened this thread with. Close, but just not there. Cranky
eyes are still a bit of an issue - darn it all. Now that I can afford nice guns, too old to shoot them
as well as I could years ago. Always something.
Still having fun trying and even a blind hog occasionally finds an acorn. Of course, I
didn't shoot that group. Reworked the rifle, loaded the ammo and trained the shooter,
but it isn't my group.
Bill
pillars and bedded them into the stock, and bedded around the recoil lug. Trigger is
as it came to me, a used rifle. I treated myself to something nice when I did some
consulting for a local art museum, so had some windfall money. I thought hard about
getting a McMillan with the aluminum bedding block, but stuck with "home-made" and
it works pretty well.
It will consistently shoot under a minute with a number of loads. This one seems to
beat them all and this is the best group yet, will keep working on it. Good to hear that
someone else finds this load to work in their gun. I had been working with 43.3 4064
under 168 MK, but it just wouldn't always do what it should, so went looking for small
variations on that theme. This seems to be it, at least for now. I would bet it is more
like a half minute rifle or maybe 1/3 minute with this load, we'll see how often it can
do this sort of stuff.
I have a Savage heavy barreled .22-250 that is looking pretty good too, shoots 1" or better at
200 with several loads, if I can get the loose nut behind the trigger to do it right, but never
have shot a group like the one Ben opened this thread with. Close, but just not there. Cranky
eyes are still a bit of an issue - darn it all. Now that I can afford nice guns, too old to shoot them
as well as I could years ago. Always something.
Still having fun trying and even a blind hog occasionally finds an acorn.
Of course, Ididn't shoot that group. Reworked the rifle, loaded the ammo and trained the shooter,
but it isn't my group.
Bill
waco
Springfield, Oregon
My 700 wears a McMillan A3 stock. I love that thing.
waco
Springfield, Oregon
I rescued this rifle from a pawn shop. Rem700 in 308 with McMillan A3 stock and Leupold VX3 3.5x10x50 Mildot scope and Harris bipod.
The guy was going to loose the rifle. He owed $400 on it. I gave him $200 for his pawn ticket. So I got the rifle for 6 bills out the door.
The guy was going to loose the rifle. He owed $400 on it. I gave him $200 for his pawn ticket. So I got the rifle for 6 bills out the door.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Interesting. I gave the same money for mine, just an ad in the newspaper - back when 1) the antigun fascists who
run the newspaper still accepted gun sales ads and 2) back when anybody would even consider getting a paper
for the ads.
Same scope, although mine is std reticle, same bipod. But I have the original stock, upgraded as I said.
Bill
run the newspaper still accepted gun sales ads and 2) back when anybody would even consider getting a paper
for the ads.
Same scope, although mine is std reticle, same bipod. But I have the original stock, upgraded as I said.
Bill