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That Zeiss looks great on that rifle.

Good shootin' with it DF. Keep us updated.

Thanks, Elk.

The old Springfield perked up with that VX-2...

It has a '60's vintage SS McGowen barrel, in .277", chambered for that unmentionable round. Yeah, I was quite young back then...

DF

Have a Springfield in .30/06 and it has a Weaver 2.5x scope. Son-of-a-gun shoots the 220 gr Hornady Round Nose pretty darn well.

A pic of it when I got it.

Someone had done some pretty nice work on that one...

Those are tough old guns.

DF

Yup.

On the barrel it has 8-38. That rifle is older than me and probably went through the war. The stories it could tell.

Very nice set-up DF, I'd have to load this one for meat instead of paper, my Roberts is a Montana, with it's whippy short 22" barrel three 100 gr TTSX's will routinely run closely on either side of an inch, some may scoff at that accuracy level, not me, the hardest part for me is shooting a rifle that feels like a kids bb gun, very hard for me to shoot the flyweights accurately.

I use Hodgdons Hybrid 100-V for 3265 fps, hit a heavy bodied big 9 pt wt at 202 yards last year, straight through both shoulders, DRT, a fantastic little killer it is.

I'd seat these out long for the mag in your rifle to start col's about 50 thou off and see what she likes.

Thanks, gunner.

This gun isn't heavy but has some mass. It handles great and feels good offhand. With the Conquest it's a hair over 8 pounds all up.

Will give those TTSX's a whirl.

I have a can of Hybrid 100-V, just haven't used it much.

DF

Sounds about like the perfect hunting rig DF, I hope you can squeeze some good hunting accuracy out of that combo, Would be hard to catch one of the little buzzsaws with a deer or pig.

That is one of the very few downsides to a 4200 Elite.

I've been shooting the .257R. I had read that the Roberts often performs best with 100 gr. bullets. I tried the 100 gr NPT and it shot OK, around an inch or better. The 117 SST and 115 NPT were pretty good.

The winner was the 115 NBT. With .02" jump and at around 2,900 fps, two loads were stand outs:

115 NBT, 44 gr. H-4350, three shot group, .357"
115 NBT, 45 gr. H-414, three into .68".

I'm going to try more of the H-4350 load, clock it with 5 shot groups.

I like this gun. It will bust some WT's this Fall, maybe an unlucky hog or two.

DF

I plan on ordering some 100 TTSX's when I can find them and checking out gunner's Hybrid 100V load. That one does sound interesting.

DF


Ed. for spelling.

That'll work.

We gonna find out...

DF

Found .257 cal. 100 gr. TTSX's at Cabelas. Will try gunner's Hybrid 100V load.

Also ordered a box of 168 gr. TTSX's for my .300 WM. A good bud uses them in his .30-378 and his son's .300 RUM. They swear by them. My Win Mag won't push them quite as fast, but should be a good load.

DF

A handloader looney's work is never done.

Absolutely...

Someone drops an idea, posts a new load, and it's off to the races...

DF

Yup,sick bastids!

Maybe we can say it's genetic and blame our gene pool (parents)...

Or we can say it had something to do with our upbringing (parents).

There may be an ICD-10 code covering it, those new codes are about that goofy...

DF