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I'm thinking west in the future for hunts. I'm still young (20), got lots of life to live yet. But my heart will always be in Maine, and I'll always be here. My 375 H&H and Guide Gun got me covered for Maine pretty handily. You can thank Beretzs for leading me to the Mashburn. I was thinking LRM, but then saw the light of day. You'll hunt the west It's great,all of it. One thing you'll find......if you can hunt and kill whitetail bucks in Maine, you can kill deer anywhere on the Continent. Scotty seems to like the idea of the Mashburn. BB: I have never owned the LRM, but I have owned the Dakota, which is similar and a great cartridge,but gave me brass issues I never saw before. The Dakota made me spooky on the brass issue;I'd rather make my own from good old WW 300 Win Mag brass. I think the beltless thing is a non issue.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Matt, let's hear the update on yours...
I know you've got some pieces ready to be put together!
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All the parts are here...just need to call Mr. Fosnaugh and send it all out.
Specs will be:
700 blueprinted up nicely. .250" lug pinned
Rock #3 8.5 twist that will have a 3/4" shank and finished at 24".
McMillan Hunters Edge olive with black specks. Standard BDL bottom metal. Pillared and glassed, free floated.
All metal coated Cerakote Graphite Black.
Talley LW's holding a VX3 3.5-10 with an M1 ele knob on top.
Should have all the parts out the end of this week.
I've got 500 162 amaxs, 220 160 Bitteroot Bonded Cores, and 7 pounds of H1000 waiting on hand.
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"The proof of the whisky is in the drinking, the proof of the rifle is in the shooting."
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GG it sounds like you have it moving along very well. I'm very pleased with both of my rifles. Randy
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Beretz your rifle turned out great. I really like it and great velocities that you are getting. What is the OAL that you are using with the 175 gr Nosler bullet? I need to work with the seating depth with it in my 700 Custom. Thanks Randy
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Seen GG's stock. Very nice project coming together.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Beretz your rifle turned out great. I really like it and great velocities that you are getting. What is the OAL that you are using with the 175 gr Nosler bullet? I need to work with the seating depth with it in my 700 Custom. Thanks Randy Here is where I am at so far with the 175 PT's. Hornady cases, CCI250's, and 73 grains of H1000. As I seat them deeper, they keep getting tighter. It'll be a few weeks till I can get back out again, but 3.460, 3.450 and 3.440 will get run the next time out. I am running right around 3050-3060 with the load. It has been a great rifle to work with. Responds well in all aspects.
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Mmm...Scotty I will get to the range this week and shoot some 175's. Been awhile and I forget how they group!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Yeah, I am liking what I am seeing so far Bob. Hoping the 175 PT's track with the 175 BBC's..
Tried the AB's with the 160 BBC's again this past weekend. No joy. SO, if I wanna shoot the 160's, I'll probably have to work a little with the 160 PT's and see if I can get them to come together.
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Been wanting to try some 175 grain partitions or 180 grain scenars but my load with 150 grain ballistic tips shoots so good I don't know if I will mess with it.
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I am the same way with the 160 AB's Laker. They shoot really well in my rifle, but I have a decent stash of 160 and 175 BBC's I'd like to hunt with.
So, if the bottom falls out and I have no time to do anymore shooting, I have a great load.
I do like shooting this rifle though. Been a very pleasant experience.
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Been wanting to try some 175 grain partitions or 180 grain scenars but my load with 150 grain ballistic tips shoots so good I don't know if I will mess with it. Laker: Why bother? Got your load....run with it.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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You'll want to try the scenars..
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Rosco have you tried them on game yet?
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Yes, thumbs up.
They can be destructive tho.
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There's no elk I wouldn't run a 180 Scenar into out of Mashburn... They've crushed everything I've seen shot with them.
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That's what I like to hear. May just have to try them out.
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If someone would send me some I'd be more than willing to give them a try. Oh, I'll need a elk to try it out on also. I'm hoping to have mine in my hands by next Friday.
Want To Buy; Form die for a 7mm Mashburn Super. .284 Hornady AMax 162gr. .224 Hornady AMax 75gr. 22-250 bushing die Bushing die that will work with the 7mm Mashburn Super A couple Glock 42 380ACP mags
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Laker, only seen two 7mm scenar'd elk so far, havent seen a recovered bullet yet..
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