7mm PRC in 22 and 24 barrels - Long Range Hunting Forum I have been breaking in a new Bergara rifle for a friend with a 22 inch barrel that is doing good Started with H1000 and 175 nosler ABLR and didn't like accuracy or speed , so after 50 rounds switched to RL 26 and it went from 2930 to 3030 with same powder charge and shooting 1 2 to 3 4 inch with low ES and not much load development yet
Any experience with the Howa Superlite in . 308 or similar ultra thin . . . I have this rifle: Hawa M1500 Superlite 308 WIN 20" BBL walnut I bought it because it is the least expensive and lightest 308 you can buy new that has a wood stock (just not a fan of plastic) I'm finding it super sensitive to heat and if the barrel isn't allowed to cool off between every shot, it won't hold the MOA accuracy its capable of
52 53 grain . 223 loads - Long Range Hunting Forum I have a load that shoots1 2 moa in my rifles and a buddies An M P 15 16" bbl, an RRA 16" mid-length, and RRA Varmint with a 24" bbl I used brand new LC brass, 25 3g of Alliant's AR15 Comp powder, any primer, I tested Federal SRP, Winchester WSR, CCI 450 and Remmingtion 7 1 2 Bullets were the 52 SMK, 52 AMax, and 53g VMax bullets
converting a . 30-. 378 to a . 338-. 378 - Long Range Hunting Forum 28" is fine, depending on what your going to use the rifle for, carry, longrange, ect I have built many of them with 26" bbls+brake for carry rifles on elk hunts You can expect around 2900fps with a 26" bbl with the 300grn pill Longer bbl will get you into the 3000 range Dave
Retumbo Data For 7. 82 Warbird - Long Range Hunting Forum Does anybody else out here load and shoot Lazzeroni's 7 82 Warbird? I have a SAKO TRG-S 26" bbl I need data with Retumbo for 180-200 grn Accubond bullets My current load consists of 180 grn Swift A-Frame's and 104 5 grns of Reloder 25 for a 20 shot average of 3474 fps (bullets coated with
Threading a Tikka t3x Superlight - Long Range Hunting Forum it's a little hard to see but if you zoom in you can see two different hexagonal "nuts" at the rear of the can The first (closer to the action) is the adapter that is used to "increase" the size of the barrel and the other is the back side of the can That is a factory T3-X superlite bbl same thing can of course be done for a brake
Improving the 260. . . - Long Range Hunting Forum I'd run a 24" bbl minimum if you're looking for max fps 1:8 twist will be plenty, there are a few new bullets out that have great BC that require 1:7 5 but they're heavy and that small case would probably have better ballistics shooting a bit lighter bullets faster
Tikka 243 8 Twist Opinions - Long Range Hunting Forum I'm loving mine 22" bbl shoots 109 Bergers pretty dang well doesn't like barnes I believe my velocity for the 109s was roughly 2850 I'd have to check my notes and I'm trying hammers next But make sure you buy the M+ Magazine instead of the M that it comes with so you have more case capacity for the heavies
Trigger for Husqvarna - Long Range Hunting Forum He got scope bit a couple of times and couldn't shoot the gun any longer thus I ended up with it I put a good scope on it and just love the gun Earlier this year the fore end of the stock broke so I used that as an excuse to buy a new 90% finished stock and replace the 22 inch bbl with a PacNor super match grade 26 inch bbl