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I'm right in the middle of my senior year, and it's my first winter in a long time not skiing competitively and traveling around the country. Recently, I got into longer range shooting, and decided to turn our old 700 243 into a long range 'yote and steel killer!

So I basically just dove in head first... threw a rattle can job on the old synthetic stock and a Burris Fullfield II I had around, and then sent the scope off to Burris for an elevation turret.

Mickey Coleman sent me a new takeoff 243 tube, and Dan Dowling trued up my reciever, lugs, and bolt face and screwed the new pipe on for me. Dan and Mickey are awesome guys!

So here it is all setup, some Burris Signature Zee Rings (thanks for the recommendation JordanSmith) and a cheapo 20 MOA base. As it sits boresighted I've got about 35 MOA of up in this scope, hopefully it'll stay around 30 after I zero! I've also got one of those Bushnell 3200 10x Tacticals to try on it.

A total polished turd, but hey I'm on a budget





Sorry for the cell phone pics!

There is nothing wrong with that, my friend.
As long as it shoots, what does it matter?

I use the same scope on a 300 RUM with no problems, you should be fine.

Have fun with it!

Later.....

Hey if MC and Dr Dan worked on it I'm 4 betting it'll be a rock star.

Dober

Yup, don't know the other gentleman, but Mr. Coleman is the best!


Would love to hear how you end up liking that Bushnel fixed 10x, been thinking about those.

Matt.. haven't shot with the Bushy 10x yet, but when I stuck it in some mounts on this rig and used 2 sets of 20 inserts, I had like 70 MOA of up as it sat boresighted. The turrets are huge, and the clicks are really crisp. Big fat pieces of brass in the turrets, the construction seems good!

Dober, I haven't personally met Mickey, but Dan has gotta be one of the cooler guys I've ever met! He let me watch the whole process and schooled me on a bunch of stuff I asked about. Really good fellow.

Nice to see it come together. Good fun with it is next.

Can't wait for this week to be over, I've got a bunch of 105 AMAXes over h4350 to try out... stoked!

If it holds 1 moa out to 600, it's gonna be fun. Now for load developement, and break-in...

I'd be tickled! I have aspirations for a grand, but as of now they are just aspirations

If I can't get to 2900+ with the H4350, I think Retumbo may be the ticket.

Looking good! That scope isn't touching the rail, is it? Let me know how you end up liking that scope!

Did you end up getting the chamber reamed to .243AI, or did you stick with the SAAMI version?

The 105gr A-Max should work out great for you!

Rem 243 tubes are often very usable for a factory tube. In the end, it doesn't matter how much you spent, but how small your groups are.

Sometimes a little tuning by someone who knows where to tweak can turn something average into something great. Make sure that the forend is floated and rock on!

I get a kick out of rifles I am into for less than $500 shooting as well as the $5k rig in the next lane...must be all that extra Krylon I use...:)

TC

Jordan, I knew somebody would spot the rail! It's not touching, but the clearance is like a sheet of paper thick! I'm gonna pull it and dremmel a few CMs off the end, that should do it.

The turret ain't heavy duty, but it spins and its got numbers, I think I'll like it just fine. Can't wait to stretch it out. I kept it SAAMI spec for simplicitys sake

TopCat, the last 243 tube on here shot itty bitty groups with 87 BTHPs and 85TTSX and had a decent little blood count- I think 2 or 3 elk and probably 7 mulies/antelope! Gotta love taking yes for an answer

Should be a great rifle for you, congrats! Don't overlook r17 w/105s.

Nice lookin' rifle Tanner. I don't know Mr. Coleman or Mr. Dowling personally, but I do know them by reputation, and you had two of the best tuning that rig for ya. I think you're gonna like that Bushnell 3200; some people just don't like Bushnell, but I have a Bushnell 3200 on my daughter's slug gun, and it's digested a steady diet of shotgun slugs without a hiccup.

Thanks 'Dood, its shooting decent so far... Should tighten up.

Glad to hear the man in Palisade worked with you. Hope it works well.

With Mr. Colman and Mr. Dowling you cant do wrong.


dave

Only thing bumming me out is how clean I cannot get the barrel. Black and sooty repeatedly... Any ideas?

Is it a new barrel? Are you getting any copper fouling too, or just mainly powder fouling?

New barrel... Came from Alabama, I think it actually had a little rust inside... Ugh