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Sweet rifle Alf.
May I ask what barrel contour you used and also what stock you have on order to complete the build? Is it another marksman?
Thanks
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Sweet rifle Alf.
May I ask what barrel contour you used and also what stock you have on order to complete the build? Is it another marksman?
Thanks What trigger are you gonna run aalf? Cartridge? Do you have a reamer? Scope? Blind mag?
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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What's the largest barrel contour you'd use in the Marksman stock? I've got a couple three barrels in Heavy Varmint/MTU/AMU contours, and they all fit in the Marksmans with room to spare. The Marksman has the same forend as an A-5 in width and length. You could run a straight 1.250" and still have flats on the top of both sides of the forend, which measure about 1.450" out to out.
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Sweet rifle Alf. May I ask what barrel contour you used and also what stock you have on order to complete the build? Is it another marksman? Thanks.... Barrel is an eight twist Kreiger Remington Varmint contour. Yes, another Marksman on the way. I had to take the bolt stop out of the Bat action so it would bolt into this stock for load work till it shows. I've dropped the bolt on the bench a couple times till I got used to no stop.....
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What trigger are you gonna run? Trigger Tech6.5x47 LapuaYes I have my own reamer.Nightforce NXS 5.5-22x50 w/ MOART reticleRegular BDL floorplate.....feeds just fine thank you.
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Lapping Seekins rings...????
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Lapping Seekins rings...???? F'ing A....everything, every time, trust nothing......
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Looks like another shooter, to no ones surprise. Those Bat's are nice...
How similar are the loads you've ended up with across your various 6.5x47L barrels?
Empirical results rule!
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Looks like another shooter, to no ones surprise. Those Bat's are nice... How similar are the loads you've ended up with across your various 6.5x47L barrels? Thanks Carl....wished all mine were Bats, but......$$$$ Loads are pretty much the same across the board. With 123/130 class, 37.5 to 38.0 grains hits a node and 39.5 is the top node, with this lot of Varget anyway.
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Interesting...my primary competition load last year was 130 Hybrids and 37.4 of Varget. It worked well, very consistent velocities.
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Found two nodes...... 38 grains had an ES of 3 39.5 grains had an ES of 7. Next up.....showdown betwixt the two...... I loaded up 20 of each, and gave them a go at 100-200-300-400. Virtual tie that day, each "winning" 2 yardages, in less than ideal winds.
Went out several days later in better testing conditions.
38 grains:
200).560" 300).820" 400)3.100" 500)3.350"
39.5 grains:
200).1.230" 300)1.870" 400)1.180" 500)1.465"
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Final test......
I gathered up my neck sizer, priming tool, Wilson seater, and filled 12 plastic vials with 39.5 grains of Varget, plus bullets & primers, then proceeded to shoot one case 12 times.
Every time, opening and closing the bolt was a one finger affair, the case never got tight in the chamber, and the primer pockets stayed snug though out......cool.
I'm there.....
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Some Sunny calm morning, I'd enjoy just sitting on a bucket watching aalf nail targets in the far distance.
Mad skills.
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So in keeping with my mantra of "No More New Builds", I decided it was time to just fill in a couple blank spaces from my parts bin: TFF
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Took it out a couple times to play at LR.500 yards:720 yards:1000 yards:1200 yards:
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Of course the wind progressively got worse as the distances increased. I generally toss out 2-3 lids off the Krylon spray cans for rough zeroing in the dirt for initial wind guesses.
Once at 1200, I gave a couple MOA more wind from my 1K zero, and let one go. That still landed left, so I clicked to the impact and shot again.....just under the lid. A couple clicks up and the 3rd shot sent the cap flying...yee haa...
I moved over to the steel and the 1st shot landed, but with the mirage, I had no idea where. 2nd shot landed in the dirt, just left. 3rd shot, I held on the right edge, and it went in the same spot in the dirt....dammit. 4th shot, I held more right and heard the impact. 5th shot, same hold, another hit, but still no clue where.
Gathered up my shiit and drove down to check things out.
Gawd damn.....that'll work:The 3 on the plate measure 2 inches even....I like it.
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Some Sunny calm morning, I'd enjoy just sitting on a bucket watching aalf nail targets in the far distance. Mad skills. Bet I could scrounge up a real chair.......
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Well, damn. That'll work.
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Alf, could you please tell me how far into the lands (or out) your load is, and where you start load development at in relation to the lands?
Thank you
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