Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Rifle build around a bullet?

Yes Sir Hondo, love it, ran the power up and down very early and very late up the mountain and into the trees and brush, cant see any problems getting on animals, really nice light gathering and beyond clear glass to my eye, black bulls eye up at 700 is about 13 inches across, had no trouble quartering that pie on 12X, imho, it's a perfect choice for what I need to do with it.

I built a 6.5 and a 6 mm 284 for a long range farm gun..
I actually prefer the Sako 300 why. It was built around the 200 gr AB..it's 7 lbs and sports a mini brake. My son whacked a coyote with it this winter at 532 yds.

They’re a sleeper at Doug’s price. Hard to beat them for the steering ability too. I’ve heard of a couple turds but no more than any other SWFA or NF really.

Yessir! and right on the steering too, I simply hit JBM and went to the bench, dialing for 5 and 700 yards was near on the money, thinking my groups are a bit low was from me yanking on that staple gun moa trigger raising the damn butt off the rear bag.

Nice, this build will handle the light farm work just fine, 338 cal. 300gr Accubonds at 3000 fps is only a different rifle grab away here, they really are ugly ; ]

Yes sir. It’s nice when they do what they’re told. Anything less ain’t worth messing with for a rifle like that.

Jesse Gunner, when you just have to lay the hammer, that’s gotta be the one!

You bet, walk over there and twist for 7 again in the morning and i'll bet it'll be right there. would you even fool with the big 150gr SMK's being as I'm after quick kills, or find someone to give em too?

LOL, and that's a 9.5lb rifle you can carry and hunt with, it rails a 2.5-10 NF compact, those numbers out to 2K are hard greetings bringers! ; ]

I’d find someone to give them to and get 500 of the 147’s.

10-4, will do my Friend, found out yesterday the Dad of the two guys I spoke about earlier having two 6.5 Creedmoor's and giving them that box of 140 RDF's recently bought a PRC, bet that speed demon will fling those SMK's, i'll have to ask him what twist he has.

Well, damn! the covid put my fed-ex order behind, wont get my new Timney till Monday! sure wanted to install it shoot today.

Well, tracking said delayed, fed-ex truck showed up anyway, have trigger set around 1.5lbs or less, passed the bolt slam/buttstock bounce test with aplomb, will shoot Monday, all day staggered church services again today from the little country church sitting 400 yards out by the highway, guess i'll be nice again.

Gunner's Swede at 900...





I'd say you have a winner in those 147's brother!

Thanks again for posting the pics Big Buddy, what a fun little cartridge and rifle, crazy winds, 5 to 8+ and gusting out of the E/NE, was shooting near dew North, had to move my bench over to the next pasture to get to 900.
I could have used another tenth more mil elevation and a tenth LESS right wind, to have em in the black bull, I didn't listen to You, Jordan and aalf, that little squirt of a bullet is indeed slippery in the wind. ; ]

Can you zoom in and see that white speck up on the mountain?

All in all, three rounds in 6.5 inches isn't too bad I guess, that bullet is still packing 1875 fps at 900 yards, a little more fine tuning and it'll be ready for farm work.

BTW, in case anyone else is playing with the 6.5 Swede and heavy target type bullets, I needed something to do about an hour before dark this evening.

54 grains H-1000 sent the 150gr SMK's to 2936 fps av at 3.200" col in my rifle, only fired three rounds but had an 8 fps E.S.

That little missile stays super sonic to 1800 yards ; ] casehead expansion was .478" from .477" on the brass before loading, still not leaning to hard on the old girl.

54.5 gr H-1000 sent 150gr SMK's through the chrono at 2970 fps with a 9 fps ES, will shoot at 900 tomorrow and see how they fly, case head expansion on twice fired brass still reading .478 inch, perfect!

No shoot today, twisted BIG wrenches on heavy equipment, wore out as a pair of jumper cables at a hillbilly funeral.

150gr SMK's went 9.5 inches for three at 900 yesterday in some goofy winds, they did fly truer to the bc/mil/JBM calcs, believe I can experiment with seating depths to get them shooting a little tighter at 100, it's a hell of a little bullet that smacks the steel with a resounding whop! at that distance.

Nice to have two good loads for the 6.5x55, if comparable accuracy can be had, which ever bullet is the quicker, more reliable killer will be the one.

Nice Jerry! Sounds like a winner. Now it’s time to make meat.

Line some jugs up at 100. Lets see the carnage.