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Hey Sniper, are those targets available on the web? I searched but couldn't find that one.
I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
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I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
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I guess what really gets me about this is this is the rifle I have always wanted. I have made cheap rifles that most people laugh at out shoot many custom built rifles and I can't even get this one to shoot better than 1.5"
(Rem 710 shoots consistent .5" and a 770 shoots .2" groups)
I won't say this is the nicest rifle I've own but it is the one I've always wanted and by far the best set up with the scope, rings and bases I have ever owned.
The barrel is scrubbed and the barrel channel got a little trim. Gonna load a few and test them out tomarrow
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Good luck on it. A new crown job may be in order or barrel replacement would be my next suggestion?
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Soak that baby overnight in Wipe Out. Then recheck all the screws, and make sure front sight base screw is short enough that it doesn't hit barel threads.
I would do that, then shoot it. If you change too many things at once, you'll never know the culprit.
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"I just installed a new scope". The scope might be your problem.
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"I just installed a new scope". The scope might be your problem. Nope shot like junk with old scope too. Loading up a few test loads now to try in the morning. Got some RL15 and 140gr Accubonds I'm trying out along with: Interlocks Interbonds Pro Hunters Corelokts And if I can find enough 140gr NBTs I'll try them too. I'm out of 120s.
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Would you belive that 140gr Corelokts and 41.5gr of BLC2 powder shot right at .75"??
Floating the barrel made all the difference.
Now I have something I can work with.
Thanks for all the info.
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Good to hear it. How was your velocity with the Blc2?
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ALS, thanks for the update.
Glad we could help.
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Would you belive that 140gr Corelokts and 41.5gr of BLC2 powder shot right at .75"??
Floating the barrel made all the difference.
Now I have something I can work with.
Thanks for all the info. My first 7mm/08 shot 140 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips into little clusters and killed several whitetails for me, when I pushed them with 42 grains of BL-C2. I have no idea the velocity, but I called it the cyanide load for that rifle.
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I'm not sure what speed they were running. I didn't carry my chronograph. The load that shot best was 41.5grs seated to 2.775"
I'm quite sure I can play with it alittle and improve on it some.
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Nice to hear it worked out. When a rifle doesn't live up to your expectations it can be very frustrating.
I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
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Next go around, start with barrel float and clean barrel, save lotsa headache  I learn most of my lessons the hard way too! Mike
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Had a similar issue with my Ruger in 7-08. Tried a bunch of different powders, primers, etc. trying to get it to shoot 140 gr Partitions.
Finally settled on 44 grains of RL-15 and 120 gr TTSX bullets around 2950 fps. It shoots sub 0.5" as long as I do my part.
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