Bought a .308 VTR as my bad weather rifle. Didn't want to take my New Haven M70 out in the snow and rain.....yea I know it's just the way I am. Anyway it turned out to be my shoot at everything rifle and shoot pretty well it does. Handloading development is still in it's infancy as I fireform the new brass. I use standard die sets and am curious if the competition Redding bullet seating dies would help. Currently use 165 Sierra BT but would like to try Speer Deep Curls in the same weight range but in my area they aren't as readily available. From an ergo standpoint the rifle "hangs" better than my Featherweight for offhand shooting but I am having a hard time with the push feed. Much smoother than the M70 I am used to and I find myself chamber checking to see if a round really did go in. Last time at the range I got 7/8" groups from the sand bags and for a shaky old fart like me I was pretty happy.
