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What a cool rifle! That will be a perfect moose/ bear gun. You've got my brain working now!!
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Both the 210 Sciroccos and the 225 Accubonds shot better as I moved up in powder. 62 grains yielded nearly a clover leaf with the 210 Siroccos and 60 grains was just under an inch with the 225 Accubonds....neither load showed signs of pressure so there is some wiggle room to work it up.
Any chrono readings? If you get those 210s to shoot well that would be a great load.
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Not yet. Once I find a load I like best I will chrono it just to see. But for now just looking to see what groups best. Already found some inside an inch so thats great, no just getting greedy and seeing if I can beat that. 
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I had great results w/ Ramshot Hunter & 225s.
Love that cartridge!
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Not yet. Once I find a load I like best I will chrono it just to see. But for now just looking to see what groups best. Already found some inside an inch so thats great, no just getting greedy and seeing if I can beat that. Whatever shoots best will be fast enough at 62 and 60 grains of RL17!
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Not yet. Once I find a load I like best I will chrono it just to see. But for now just looking to see what groups best. Already found some inside an inch so thats great, no just getting greedy and seeing if I can beat that. You have a chrono, but choose NOT to use it during load development?
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How do you shoot that with that much eye relief and the scope set that far back?? I was wondering the same with 3.8" eye relief. Maybe its just me, but I'd flip the Talleys around and move the scope forward. That should help get a scope cap on there too.
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How do you shoot that with that much eye relief and the scope set that far back?? I was wondering the same with 3.8" eye relief. Maybe its just me, but I'd flip the Talleys around and move the scope forward. That should help get a scope cap on there too. Some stand on their hind feet to shoot which = scope farther back.. Belly shooters can't seem to grasp that concept..
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Luke, thanks for sharing the details of your project, I'll look forward to your new rig in next season's pictures of dead stuff..
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Nrut,
Most fellas I know set their rifle up for shooting prone, seated, and standing. And factor in heavy clothing and pack. Its no problem to find the happy medium.
Jason
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Pretty sweet set-up!
Love the .338-06 cartridge. Old boss had a 1903-A3 set up in .338-06. Don't have one only because I have a .338WM with a fluted 22" tube in Ruger's Zytel stock. Not as lightweight as yours but lighter than most .338s. With 225g AccuBonds I get 2742fps and great accuracy using 69.0g H100V.
Happy hunting!
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No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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Cool stuff, Luke!
Love the look of the gun, hope it works out well.
I'm betting it works out fine.
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You have a chrono, but choose NOT to use it during load development?
I have one also and our weather and short days in winter make it tough to use at times.
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Nice rifle, looks like you had some planing into that one.
I have a 338-06, it's a great round. It will kill stuff just as dead as my 30-06. lol
I hope it shoots great for ya.
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kk,
Lack of ambient light is something I don't have to deal with, but we get a little bit of that rain here on the OR coast too. A bunch of my load development has been done during the rainy season. I work out in the hills, out of the back of my rig. I use a pop-up blind or makeshift shelter for the chrono. At times I've been able to sneak in a few shots in light rain, then bring the chrono under cover while cooling the barrel. A bud made a plexi-glass raincover for his chrono.
Just recently tried RS Hunter and 162 in the rain with my 84 in 7-08. A handful of rounds loaded in increments up to max book fired over the chrono told me the powder was too slow. Literally took minutes. No sense shooting groups and time for something that is slower than what I'm looking for. Likewise, if I'm faster than I expect I want to know about it rather than guess.
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I don't think those bullets will bounce off anything. Nice rifle.
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Yeah, very nice. How'd it shoot? The stock finish seem pretty durable?
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It shot great with the highest powder charges behind the 210 Scirocco and 225 accubonds. As for how durable the stock finish is, I guess time will tell.
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Not yet. Once I find a load I like best I will chrono it just to see. But for now just looking to see what groups best. Already found some inside an inch so thats great, no just getting greedy and seeing if I can beat that. You have a chrono, but choose NOT to use it during load development? Yeah it's a magnetospeed or however you spell the name of that chrono graph. Overall I like it better than my shooting chrony brand but with the chrono mounted on the pencil bore montanas it does change the poi some so now I just measure the speed if I get a load I like and if I am curious what speed it is doing. My heavy barrel rifles don't appear to be susseptable to poi changes with it mounted though.
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The thought was the extra 7 oz over a 2-7X33 VX-2 is that it could help with taming the lightweight beast a bit with some glass. We will see. Still may sell the VX-6 if I don't like it and go lightweight all the way around....time will tell. Luke, I love the 338-06. One of the sexiest rounds ever. IIRC, mine went 2,750 with 210 NP's over H4350. Some scoff at 210's in the 33's, but the truth is, like the 130/270 Win, they kill far beyond their "numbers" as those that have actually used them will testify. Aside, I suppose I don't see the reason to do a Hubble on top trying to add weight, while lightening the bolt and trigger guard. Me, I'd have run the whole thing OEM with a svelt scope, but I'm turning into a bit of a recoil wimp as I get older  The 84L MT in 270 with 150's and 7-08/308 with 160/165's are my Montana fun limit. Hope you knock over some big stuff with that setup my friend. And to paraphrase Raising Arizona, "You're young, you've got your health, what do you want with a light kicking rifle?" 
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