I've thought about dropping a Creedmoor barrel in mine as well, but this is my only 308 left and I still like having both calibers. Not much reason for that other than loonyness though.

I was considering trying the 178gr ELD bullets, but hadn't got around to it. I do have some 168 ELD, which beat the 175 SMK's b.c., but haven't shot many of those yet either except to figure out max charge weight and velocity. Too many rifles, not enough time to shoot...


I made a brake from 17-4 SS for mine since I'm using it for target shooting rather than hunting; it's a little louder but a real soft shooter. The gold color is from heat treat, not a coating; I left it that way just for grins. Topped with a fixed 6x SWFA, it's a good intermediate range gun for cross-canyon shooting with a bit more thump than the -15 platform.

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Last edited by Yondering; 10/10/19.