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the horse is at the glue factory doors.


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Originally Posted by martinbns
the horse is at the glue factory doors.
Yeah, well, I need some more Havana Club rum and short of finagling my way to Coo-bah, the only other place I know where it can be reasonably had is up in Canada, eh. How's that for a nice segue? Buddy?


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Back on topic with an actual field report....

Just returned from the range after shooting my Ruger African for the first time. The cartridge were handloads of

300 gr Partitions
77 gr H4350
Fed 215M Primers

This was a very light load and enjoyable to shoot from the bench. After 3 rounds to sight in, I shot 3, 3-shot groups of 1-1/2 inch, 1-1/4 inch and 1-inch at 100 yards.

I can't wait to start some load development to find one that will shoot!

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Originally Posted by 300WinMag
Back on topic with an actual field report....

Just returned from the range after shooting my Ruger African for the first time. The cartridge were handloads of

300 gr Partitions
77 gr H4350
Fed 215M Primers

This was a very light load and enjoyable to shoot from the bench. After 3 rounds to sight in, I shot 3, 3-shot groups of 1-1/2 inch, 1-1/4 inch and 1-inch at 100 yards.

I can't wait to start some load development to find one that will shoot!


That's the exact results I've always had with Ruger.
Never really had to develop any loads,just pick one out of the middle of the range in the book,load them up and shoot.
Never even seen shotgun style groups out of any gun I've ever owned.

In short,I simply don't understand.
I have owned quit a few too?
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Originally Posted by 300WinMag


77 gr H4350

This was a very light load and enjoyable to shoot from the bench.


Sorry, but 77 gr of powder just ain't a "light" load in my book. smile
Now where is that .250 Savage I was gonna shoot today?

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One thing about Rugers that I wsh they woud change is build the Roberts on there short action. I loaded up a dummy round for mine , A long action roberts, Using a 120 grain prtition and loaded just off the lands and it fit the magazine of about 4 short action rugers i played with...tj3006

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I had a ruger 77 mark II that just sucked,in 25-06 we tried everything,bedded the action,floated the barrel,factory ammo,reloads,light bullets,heavy bullets middle of the road bullets,never could make it shoot any better than a 12 gauge with No.4 buckshot,It wore me out and traded it off,Ive had some old ruger 77s that were just deadly and some of this newer stuff just appears to be junk,but look at the motive,back when I was a kid people seem to take pride in what they built and you could buy pretty accurate rifles right out of the box,today they throw your junk together want you 2 pay 3 times what its worth,accuracy sucks and once they got your money they tell you to get lost they are not going to mess with it,today you can buy a rifle like we used to get back in the 70s and befor but it now referred to as buying a custom rifle,$1000-$2000 and right on up,I look at some of the new guns at gun shows and they just suck,I wouldnt waist my time,this whole mess has had me do an about face,when I go huntin for a gun today,Im lookin back down the trail behind me.


broken bones broken heart stripped down an torn apart a lil rust but Im still runnin countin miles countin tears twisted roads and shiftin gears year after year its all or nothin Im not home and Im not lost just holdin on 2 what I got...God and Guns
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Originally Posted by tj3006
One thing about Rugers that I wsh they woud change is build the Roberts on there short action. I loaded up a dummy round for mine , A long action roberts, Using a 120 grain prtition and loaded just off the lands and it fit the magazine of about 4 short action rugers i played with...tj3006

What was the OAL of that 120gr Partition load?

While I haven't loaded Partitions in my Roberts, I have used 110 ABs, Hornady 120HPs and Hornady 100s in a 700 long action. The OAL for each was over 3" allowing for more powder. The ABs get over 3000fps and the 100s over 3100fps.

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Originally Posted by SeaRunRainbow
When I start paying $40K for a rifle, I'll get back to you.....

I'd rather a rifle not be bedded so I can do it the way I like. Unfortunately we don't come with "Life can cause death" stamped on our ass, no guarantees...



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