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I believe Gunner has this rifle about done! Great shooting buddy! Fantastic. Mass produce that load. Well done.
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Jordan, great, i'll leave it be, reminds me of something an old Sharps Rifle Bud said, "when it's working right, don't even change your shorts and socks!" good to know about the animal kills, also remember earlier in this thread about the heavy .284's on moose, and even Bull Rider Don saying he'd 147 a bull elk in the shoulder at 200 yards, that gives me a little faith as I have very little on game experience with target/match type bullets.
beretzs, now that you mention it, the liver and lungs would be chit-canned, even if they were to run, and 'without' an exit, their noses would have to be blowing blood like a shower nozzle, easy tracking indeed, and most likely a very short job at that, to get a 147 down to 54.4 grains would have to be a lot of tore up animal behind it, Thanks for legwork finding those pics Sir.
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LOL, Thanks woodson, it was all my pleasure Sir. around a mil up and a half mil right should have that load close to punching centers at 100.
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No problem Gunner.
I am a slow user of those bullets as well, but the few, long, heavy ones have worked real well. Just a different kind of work. Probably about like that AMax load you use in your heavy 300. They work cause they have a pile of mass and shred a bunch of stuff.
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Yessir, plus, the old 208 Amaxs' at 3.600" left at 3000 fps over 80gr Retumbo and 28 inches of barrel, they, along with only one example in the 210gr ABLR have always exited LR deer and pigs here at the farm, even the little 155gr Scenar loafing at 2700 fps from my REPR really messed up a 120lb wild porker at my neighbors henhouse, 100 yards only, but damn that bullet made a hell of a hole in the ribs on exit.
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BTW, almost forgot, did get a Timney ordered from MidWestGunworks this afternoon, they're on sale for 118 bucks.
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Good deal on the trigger Gunner.
When are you going to air that devil out on some of that long steel you have!?!?!?!
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Good deal on the trigger Gunner.
When are you going to air that devil out on some of that long steel you have!?!?!?! Good Morning! I usually only shoot the steel here at the house with my Sharps rifles, save for a few pock marks on them from me back porch post practicing with my 7.62 REPR with 2.5-10x24 NF , that's fun too, I should order an AR-500 plate and drive a couple T-Post, that would let me move the plate around to different ranges, but, I'm betting the 147 ELD's wouldn't be to hard on that 7/16ths mild steel. I certainly could do some shooting today
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My longest range targets, 700 and 820, are 1 1/8”mild steel. At 100 yards, my 6.5 Creedmoor will penetrate 3/4” into it. At 700 and 820, it just puts a very small divet in it, something you can feel with your fingernail. My closest AR500 plate is 200 and nothing even scratches it at that distance. Amazing stuff.
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Thanks for that info Hondo, appreciate it Sir, I have to run to the vet before noon today and pick up years supply of Heartguard? for my dogs, after that, i'll load some 147's in the Swede and get it dialed in for some 500 yard gong shooting, if that flies okay, i'll twist on up to the 700 yard gong on the mountain, they're both 7/16ths mild steel, hopefully at those ranges I wont beat em up to bad.
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Looking forward to that shoot Gunner!
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Looking forward to that shoot Gunner! LOL, three pics to your e-mail from Wife, Big Buddy, two pics at 500 and one 700, around 2.5 inches center to center for three shots at 500, 5.5 inches center to center for three at 700 yards. That little Swede is cracking me up, it slaps that steel pretty damn hard with the 147gr ELD's, dialed 2.2 mils for 500 and 3.8 mils for 700, didn't dial a bit of wind after the 100 yard zero and re-set the caps, wanted to see how the little bullet acted on it's own, very surprising.
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See, you don't need the extra 30 fps after all...
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See, you don't need the extra 30 fps after all... LOL, it was a WHOLE 38 fps Man! ; ] I need to get to where I can do this sitting on my tail with back against bench and off a set of sticks and prone with a bi-pod like we would shooting at game, reminds me of what you said about a good trigger and getting all a rifle has to offer. I think this rifle has a whole lot more to offer: It has a crap factory moa trigger I load from an old Lee Classic press Prime on the press Have a set of Lee 6.5 Swede dies Don't check run out Don't do anything to the primer pockets Don't weigh and sort brass and bullets Don't turn/uniform necks Don't have a weather station I shudder to think what one of you guys could do with this Swede.
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The trigger and an education in wind reading, both via a wind meter and other means, can help the long game especially from compromised positions, but none of the loading details you mention matter if it keeps grouping like your first outing with tight ES and SD numbers.
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The trigger and an education in wind reading, both via a wind meter and other means, can help the long game especially from compromised positions, but none of the loading details you mention matter if it keeps grouping like your first outing with tight ES and SD numbers. Great! and good to know, also glad I wont have to buy all the cool tools a Bud of mine that I mentioned earlier in this thread has, he's OCD about all the steps I mentioned, my dumbass hit the clear button on the chrono before I remembered to check SD numbers, but E.S. was 11 fps for three, were I holding on game at 5 and 700 instead of steel earlier, I would have naturally held a bit [2 or 3 inches] left for drift, this build sure is a lot of fun. I think it's going to handle my 5 to 700 yard vermin chores quiet easily.
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Looking forward to that shoot Gunner! LOL, three pics to your e-mail from Wife, Big Buddy, two pics at 500 and one 700, around 2.5 inches center to center for three shots at 500, 5.5 inches center to center for three at 700 yards. That little Swede is cracking me up, it slaps that steel pretty damn hard with the 147gr ELD's, dialed 2.2 mils for 500 and 3.8 mils for 700, didn't dial a bit of wind after the 100 yard zero and re-set the caps, wanted to see how the little bullet acted on it's own, very surprising. Gunner, I believe you have a keeper!
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Thanks for posting the pics again beretzs, sure glad I have some smart i.t. friends or I'd be SOL! That Swede is a hoot, really fun to shoot, i'll go ahead and load all the remaining brass with the 147 ELD's, when the new trigger gets here, i'll see if I can tighten those up a little, was shooting dew North with about a 8-9 MPH wind out of the S/SW, it would hit me in the back of the head, then back of the head and left ear, guessing that moa trigger breaks around 4 lbs.
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Oh, and never mind those giant lead splashes at 500 yards, I couldn't hit that red bull that day to save my soul from the devil, 16 LB 45-110 Shiloh Sharps bull barrel hunting rifle with full buckhorn barrel sights and a copper penny front sight guiding 530gr paper patch bullets, all in all, and holding at 6 o'clock on the bulls eye, same place you'd brisket hold on an animal, that's 5 dead buffalo, elk, moose, zebra, eland, kudu or wildebeest.
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You liking the LRTS ok?
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