Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Accuracy on Kimber Mountain Ascent?

I've wondered a bit about the Ascent, but really can't think it would be an improvement on the 84M Montana. If I was making wishes on weight I'd lean towards adding 1/8 to 1/4 lb out front on the 84M...but I'm not in any hurry to make those wishes just yet...

That is a fact. A reasonably fit man can power clean and jerk his bodyweight. A really fit man can push press his bodyweight. A [bleep] stud can flat-footed press his bodyweight overhead. There ain't too many studs.

Well, anyhow, back to rifles. Shot the 7mm-08 Montana yesterday. Tweaked the load slightly, and also used a shim at the forend tip. It did better, first 3 out of a cold bore did 1.25". Gonna try some 140gr Ballistic Silvertips tomorrow. They have a black oxide coating, and I have seen them shoot well out of iffy barrels in the past.

Also tinkering with a .300 Lightweight Roy, and it's being fussy, too. My shoulder is also about Weatherbee'd out for this weekend,

Meanwhile, while the plasticky stocked rifles be fussy, a boring old Ruger #1 .270 just continues to impress. This rifle just keeps putting 3 in an inch - or less - no muss, no fuss, every time. It's purtier than them, too. So it gets to go hunting next weekend.

Boxer/Stick is a Freakin Logger turn roughneck. Just by the nature of the stuff he likes to play with he has to work in a combination of powerlifting/endurance training all day long(probably long shifts). It takes a heck of a lot of work to pay for his cameras, pirate rifles and sage flypoles. Launche does the roughneck thing too. He might be the most comprehensively obsessed gear addict on the face of the planet. You don't see many people questioning his shape-research him- he's a bit of a backcountry ninja who would rather pack out other people's mountain goats than tag out on his own. Neither has silver spoons to get the gear that they like about both would tell you that if it didn't work it would be sent down the highway. There is no gray area. It is all about function and performance-looks are just a byproduct of that.

Tex n Cal what are you trying in your .300 Wby?

165 Berger Hunting VLD's, currently at 88.5 grains of H1000. Chrono was erratic yesterday, but they are doing in the 31's. It's around 2 inches, which is too much considering what they cost.

If only in the interest of accuracy.(grin)

I'm using 84.5 grs of IMR 7828 and WLRM primers with 180 gr Nosler Partitions,getting 3170 fps average and 1.25" accuracy at 100 yds.

Is that a bitch,or a brag?

Thanks!

Perhaps you'd like glass of water and tic tac after that post.

Thanks - I've been told 7828 is what I want for the .300, I may look into it - as well as 180's. FWIW I tried a box of Wby factory ammo, and yikes the stuff is hot. They claim 3350 with 165's, and it did it, no problem.

If you want try Retumbo and 200 gr Accubonds,I was getting the same group or a little smaller with 3000 fps. But that load rattled my noggin' just a wee bit.

What little hunting I've done with a .300 magnum,I used a 200 gr NP on an cow elk. Used a Weatherby Mark V Accumark .300 Win Mag. My choice would be a 180 or 200 gr bullet.

brinky',

Glad you could find time to Whine.

You poor poor Clueless [bleep].

'22.

Hint.

taken, since I have a few pounds of 22. 165 Bergers, or 180 Ballstic tips, for mulies & audad?

155 Skinners.

Haagensen? Didn't know Italians played hockey...

What level/league do you play in? That outdoor stuff is a blast, too. One thing I miss about WI over ID is we don't get cold enough here to have outdoor rinks. Some of those pickup games were a blast...even if you're just playing with kids and talentless people like yours truly!

PS--get that skate over against the steel!

It's Norwegian.

Those pictures are playing with the Minnesota NHL Alumni team at charity games.

Oh, and I got to the post....

Well, from one Norwegian to another, that would explain why you're dumb enough to argue with Boxer.

Yeah, I should know better. Too many pucks to the head is my excuse....