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I’ve had this rifle since the mid 2000’s and haven’t done much with it. I’ve got a Leupold with a CDS dial on it and have old school but outstanding Partitions using Retumbo to right around 3200. Effective yes. Maximizing the platform - probably not. Admittedly I’m not much of a 7mm guy and the rifle has been a safe queen.

Clearly it’s in need of an update.

Give me some advice.

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I’d probably put a real good scope on top that allows you to dial and load up something like a 180 Scenar or similar and have some fun. In the Remington that big Ultra Mag would be a helluva rifle.

Those AWRs are pretty danged good rifles. Maybe check bedding over a bit and put some good mounts on it.


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What do you plan to do with the rifle, hunt or just play (bang steel etc.) If hunting, what are you going to hunt (deer, elk, bear etc.) After deciding that, then I would pick my bullet for the chosen job. After that, I would pick my scope depending on what I was trying to do (i.e. target or hunting) and the distance I was trying to do it at.


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Thanks, Beretzs!

I’ve sold the thing 100 times in my mind simply because it doesn’t serve an immediate purpose. Kinda like owning an F1 car while living in Manhattan I suppose.

This particular Alaskan Wilderness Rifle came out of the custom shop in 2005 - at the time I simply HAD to have it.

I’ll hunt for those 180gr Scenars and give them a whirl.

Any thoughts on Glass? SWFA or better than that?

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Pullit - I suppose I’d like to make up a true 1k rifle for medium game & play with as well. The rifle only weighs 6 1/2lbs without glass so it’s a sleek 26” bbl hunter in its current form. Thinking about warming it up on an Antelope this Fall

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Originally Posted by PintsofCraft
Thanks, Beretzs!

I’ve sold the thing 100 times in my mind simply because it doesn’t serve an immediate purpose. Kinda like owning an F1 car while living in Manhattan I suppose.

This particular Alaskan Wilderness Rifle came out of the custom shop in 2005 - at the time I simply HAD to have it.

I’ll hunt for those 180gr Scenars and give them a whirl.

Any thoughts on Glass? SWFA or better than that?


A SS 3x9 or NF 2.5x10 is typically where I look for a hunting rifle. They work great for me and seem to be Marine proof so far.

If I didn’t have a Mashburn I’d be all over that rifle myself. While it’s pretty big, to me, it’s a great hunting rifle for big game. I can’t hardly build a darned 70 to be 6 1/2 pounds empty! Ha.


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Just my opinion but for speed goats, I would look for a fast sleek 130-140 gr bullet. I know they don't have the high BC of a heavy bullet but goats are not hard to kill so I would not want to use a real heavy bullet and take the recoil out of a 6.5 gun. That is just me, but I would find the highest BC 130-140 gr that would hold together at the speeds you will be pushing them at and have fun.
For bigger stuff, sure use as heavy a bullet as you want 160-180 gr.


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@Beretzs - might be a dumb question - are the Scenar 180’s that you suggested the same as the ‘Scenar L’?

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Originally Posted by PintsofCraft
@Beretzs - might be a dumb question - are the Scenar 180’s that you suggested the same as the ‘Scenar L’?


Same same Pints.


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Vortex razor lhd 3x15x42mm. 19 oz and tracks awesome. 168 long range accubonds


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Originally Posted by Fotis
Vortex razor lhd 3x15x42mm. 19 oz and tracks awesome.

Has Cummins tested one of these yet?
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Originally Posted by AKwolverine
Originally Posted by Fotis
Vortex razor lhd 3x15x42mm. 19 oz and tracks awesome.

Has Cummins tested one of these yet?
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Originally Posted by AKwolverine
Originally Posted by Fotis
Vortex razor lhd 3x15x42mm. 19 oz and tracks awesome.

Has Cummins tested one of these yet?
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That’s a Remington I wouldn’t mind having though.

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I have the same rifle that is really getting down on barrel life. I wished I would have paid a little more attention to not shooting it unless I was going to kill something. They were skim bedded from the custom shop and mine is in the 16 oz McMillan Kevlar stock that had a void in the rear action screw. I pillar bedded it and problem solved. I started out with 154 hornady interbonds. And 95 grs of Retumbo with a 215 M and velocity was 3510. The rifle was a three shot .550 gun until I needed more bullets and got a batch of interbonds that wouldn’t shoot and it turned out to be a QC problem with the bullets weighing over 3 grs difference from lightest to heaviest. I tried 160 nosier accubonds with terrible pressure problems and by the time I had got the pressure under control I was under 3000 FPS and shot in the high .3s (a friend had the same problem with a Christensen arms 7mm rum as well). I tried the 168 VLD at 93 grs of retumbo and a WLRM and never looked back. I’ve got the 4.5 x14x44 Ziess conquest on mine and have been very happy with it. If I was going to do it now I would put the Ziess 4x16x 44 with the 30 mm tube on it with a dial.

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If it were me I’d sell it and get a better mouse trap


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To lite to fight, too heavy to run!

I'd set it up lite and hunt it, buy build a real long range gun.


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Ready - Roger that. Indeed too light to fight, to heavy to run. That’s been the battle.

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I load 140’s for my 7mm ultra mag. Great for the deer and pig hunting I do.

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Originally Posted by raghorn
If it were me I’d sell it and get a better mouse trap


Bang!...100%. Hint.

Too much case length and too much throat,in relation to COAL latitude. Brass "quality",also being a heavy concession. If noise and recoil horn you up however,it arranges both nicely,at the cost of performance in relation to "lesser" chamberings. Hint.

Not that 140's,154's and 168's ain't fhuqking HILARIOUS notions and doubly so,with the swooning of Vortex...adding copiously to the oblivious humor. In fairness however,my LRHSi wouldn't track,hold zero or repeat,though all of my LRTSi's have been rather fhuqking exceptional. Bushie threw the POS LRHSi in the garbage and replaced with a LRTSi,to their credit. I've never heard of SWFA though. Hint. Fhuqking LAUGHING!

Trajectory is easy(mechanical),Wind ain't(Voodoo) and BC is your BEST friend there. Very fhuqking easy to connect all dots mechanically and the AWR 284 RUM is a Goat Fhuqk. Said rifle in SALAMI 280 would be Skookum with (4) in the belly and 180 ELD Smooches capably housed in the OEM magbox. Lapooey brass prolly don't suck either and the noise/recoil reductions,ain't gonna hurt Production either. Read that again. Now one more time. Hint.

Spend $.99 on a "For Sale" sign and weigh mechanics. You KNOW you'll never shoot the fhuqking thing for schit and that ain't a recipe for developing a skillset. Hint.

Thank me later.

Just sayin'.

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