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Nice shooting Clint!

A good thread turns into a shooting contest....sad.

Who cares about a trophy group shot five years ago?

Thats why so many have given up on this site

I really like the looks of that Rifle. I'm debating a someday build either on that action or the Templar.

300MAG and Clint - thoughts on the Surgeon? Why did you go that way on the build? I've read some of the Surgeon VS. Defiance threads but am still lost.

Don't you just love it when a rig shoots out of the gate? Bought this unfired AREA 419 300 WM from 300Mag. He sent a box of ABM 185 Berger Classic ammo. I tapped out the bullet and re-seated it just shy of the lands and let it rip. Wow, now thats a good start! By chance, I happen to have 185 VLDs on hand (not the Classic like the ABM load) so I stuffed the case full of H1000 and let it rip. Wow, I'd say it likes the 185's!

As for the POI shift between the two loads, there was .1 mil adjustment right. One was shot on a windy afternoon and the other in the still of the morning. One was shot with the muzzle brake on and the other was shot with the muzzle brake screwed off.

The groups are 5 shots.

I'm done, 185s it is. Not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Zero load development. That was too easy.

Area 419 work is superb, flawless, with great attention to detail. 10 out of 10.





Specs:

*Surgeon 1086 repeater action

*McMillan Rem Hunter stock - Custom pillar bedded and finished, 13.5" LOP, 2 sling studs installed

*Custom paint by Branden at Custom Gun Coatings

*Krieger stainless 5R barrel - #5 contour, 1-10" twist, finished at 24" with brake

*Vais Micro-Brake - 5/8-24 threads, machined to match barrel contour

*Badger M4 bottom metal, Rem mag box and spring, Hawkins Precision follower

*Jewell Trigger

*All metal cerakoted in Graphite Black