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What type of rifles do you guys have in this caliber? Post up what barrel lengths, ammo you shoot and what kind of accuracy you are getting.

I currently own one, a custom pre-64 M70. It has a 21" barrel and my handload uses the 200 gr TSX over TAC powder. We took it to Africa in 2012 and shot a fair bit of game with it.





The one in the middle of the trio we took on the trip.

Nice lookin rig!

Boatpaddle Ruger m77 MKII. Rebored from a 243 and cut to 17”. Sub MOA with 200 grain hornadys.

I primarily shoot factory because I have a lifetime supply. The Ruger is currently zeroed with Hornady, the Browning with Silvertips.

Sako Forrester carbine re-bore from .243.
I think I've killed something like 6 elk total with the thing.
I run either Nosler 225 partitions or Sierra 225 spbt with a bunch of W748.

Two 99’s, both made in 56, both shoot less than inch with 180 Barnes. Hell on pigs



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Killed these one morning in about 3 hours, bastards kept coming out. Damnest day I’ve ever had hunting.

Ruger Hawkeye 22” barrel. Hornady 200 gr spire points over 3031. Shot several deer and many hogs on the past twelve years.

Nice rifles. I’m going to send a rifle to JES to rebore but I haven’t decided on which one yet.

Dang hanco I don’t even take that many rounds with me. I would have been done at 4.

I had 12, could have used 3 or four more, one I hit ran into tall grass and brush, wasn’t going to look for him. I take 20 now. I had a hell of a time that day. It could have been several different bunches of pigs. Stand is in the background

1980 vintage Browning BLR with a Burris 1.75-5X Fullfield (US). From Philadelphia Sales in Binghamton, NY for $279.00. Shoots 180gr Hornady SSP bullets with 50grs of IMR-4895 very well. Normally 1" to 1-1/2" for three at 100 yards. Trigger is also very nice. Formerly used 200gr Hornady Spire Pts. but found the 180's held together much better than expected, with complete penetration the norm on our small, Upstate NY whitetails.

Mine is a cheap TC compass that was sent to JES. It is a 20 inch barrel. The bullets from Fury custom bullets shot amazing. the 220 grain bullets were going over 2500 fps with Winchester 748 powder, accuracy 1 1/4-1 1/2 inches at 100 yards. But accuracy wise I had my best groups with Hornady 200 grain Spire point. 4 shots in .6 inches at 100 yards, again with 748 powder. I also tried the 200 grain FTX in another 358 Winchester, and shot 2 deer with them. I would not recommend them if you like exit holes and are shooting close range. I stopped using them after what I observed. However, they work fantastic in a 35 rem, so I assume if you backed down the velocity they would work fine. ( I was running them at 2600 fps)

This year I used cast bullets at 1900 fps to shoot a buck and a doe. It worked very well. Those groups were under 2 inches at 100 yards, plenty good enough for where I hunt!

Pre64 M70 FWT and 225 grain Sierra Game Kings with H4895. It will shoot an inch at 100 yards.

Mines a Browning BLR with an old Burris 2x7 on it.



I’ve used 200 grain Hornadys with IMR4198

225 Sierras and Nosler PTs with 52 grains of 748

And the Winchester 200 grain Silvertips in factory ammo. All of them have worked really well for me.

Twocup, Both the Binghamton and Johnson City Philadelphia Sales stores had a decent selection also cheaper than Allen's and Dicks. We must have grown up in the same area.

MAC

The BLR is awesome.

My big plans for a .358 were foiled when JES couldn't rebore a Rem 600 from .243... didn't think the taps for the rail gave enough clearance to be safe toward the muzzle. One of these days I'll get back to it.

Stainless M7, stainless 21" Douglas #3, Mt Rifle Edge fill stock. Eventually had the barreled action cerakoted sniper grey and stock inlet for Badger M5, a few other odds/ends done to it. It was one of the first custom's I had done. After I had it done I picked up some of the Winchester 200 grain factory ammo and it shot nice cloverleafs...I mean every shot touching. I only shoot it to check zero, to set zero after a scope/base swap, or to kill something. Eventually ran out of the factory ammo and put a few grains less than max of TAC in brass and put a Hornady 200 spire point on top of it. Zero'd it at 100 and killed stuff. I have no idea the speed or true accuracy of that load...it kills stuff well. I haven't carried it in a number of years. I need to either use it or sell it...but it's got a lot of good memories.

Hardluck, I have a rebarreled Model 70 at 22 inches:



Typical group for 200 grain jacketed bullets, Red= Sierra; Black=Hornady:



Typical group for 225 grain cast bullet:

Kimber 84M Montana rebarreled using SAS Lilja Dupe.

Sub MOA with 225 Partitions and TAC.