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Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18627483 07/30/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA I'm gonna start with 16. I have a schidt ton of it and never could find 17 or Staball. OAL was somewhere about 2.875" Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18627697 07/31/23 Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 13,762 Likes: 1 J JCMCUBIC Campfire Outfitter JCMCUBIC Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 13,762 Likes: 1 Originally Posted by Higginez ... Props to Shaen on the throating. He also milled the action so these would feed. Love that I can just send him stuff and trust he knows what I am trying to do. He loves CF bbl's too. LOL ... Shaen did a great job on a .280 AI for me. Turned a stainless barrel to KS contour and it's a thing of beauty. Nice when a smith understands what you'd like and does it. Did you ask him about turning the CF? ...grin...

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18627848 07/31/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,858 Likes: 4 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,858 Likes: 4 It looks like the case neck was turned, but not far enough down to the shoulder.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles mathman #18628107 07/31/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA .308 necked down w a false shoulder. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles JCMCUBIC #18628123 07/31/23 Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17,922 Likes: 8 A AKwolverine Campfire Ranger AKwolverine Campfire Ranger A Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 17,922 Likes: 8 Originally Posted by JCMCUBIC Originally Posted by Higginez ... Props to Shaen on the throating. He also milled the action so these would feed. Love that I can just send him stuff and trust he knows what I am trying to do. He loves CF bbl's too. LOL ... Shaen did a great job on a .280 AI for me. Turned a stainless barrel to KS contour and it's a thing of beauty. Nice when a smith understands what you'd like and does it. Did you ask him about turning the CF? ...grin... I think you just answered the question of what I’m going to do with this 7 mm hawk hill truck axle. Shaene will hate you both.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18628226 07/31/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,858 Likes: 4 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,858 Likes: 4 Originally Posted by Higginez .308 necked down w a false shoulder. Got it. I've done that too, but I guess my 7mm08 FL die doesn't produce as sharp of a transition.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18629037 07/31/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA I got the 180's up to 2,550 fps with 43 gr of RL16. Shot a rough zero and it looks like I'll have enough travel in the LRHS to get to a mile. The 180's will be super sonic at over a mile fwiw. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18633193 08/01/23 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,357 D drano 25 Campfire Regular drano 25 Campfire Regular D Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,357 That Originally Posted by Higginez I got the 180's up to 2,550 fps with 43 gr of RL16. Shot a rough zero and it looks like I'll have enough travel in the LRHS to get to a mile. The 180's will be super sonic at over a mile fwiw. Gotta be a wind cheater. Don't speculate when you don't know, and don't second guess when you do.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles drano 25 #18633235 08/01/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Originally Posted by drano 25 That Originally Posted by Higginez I got the 180's up to 2,550 fps with 43 gr of RL16. Shot a rough zero and it looks like I'll have enough travel in the LRHS to get to a mile. The 180's will be super sonic at over a mile fwiw. Gotta be a wind cheater. Sure would seem so drano. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles AKwolverine #18634750 08/02/23 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,504 Between the Treasure and Magic A Akbob5 Campfire Tracker Akbob5 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,504 Between the Treasure and Magic Originally Posted by AKwolverine Shaen did a great job on a .280 AI for me. Turned a stainless barrel to KS contour and it's a thing of beauty. KS profiles suck……………the life out of animals! 😂😂😂 Bob Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18634760 08/02/23 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana 65BR Campfire Ranger 65BR Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana Nice. What size groups are you seeing?

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18637312 08/03/23 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 M MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 Cool "I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022 Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles 65BR #18637363 08/03/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Originally Posted by 65BR Nice. What size groups are you seeing? About 3/4 inch with the Magnetto Speed attached. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18642906 08/05/23 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana 65BR Campfire Ranger 65BR Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana Very good. I'm sure you will get things dialed in even tighter as you have time to play with load development.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles 65BR #18643289 08/05/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA I have zero doubt. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles Higginez #18656110 08/09/23 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 296 ALaBama A Abolt2 Campfire Member Abolt2 Campfire Member A Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 296 ALaBama Big 7/08 fan here. I can’t wait to get mine built. Last edited by Abolt2; 08/09/23. Do the Best that you Can do until you Can do Better.

Re: 7-08 from Shaen Rifles robertham1 #18813760 10/03/23 Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 243 North Georgia R RoyalKnight Campfire Member RoyalKnight Campfire Member R Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 243 North Georgia