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A toast to the venerable Remington 700 5R mil-spec
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Win brass
44.3 gr varget
CCI br2
178 amax at 2.82 oal
Only 70 left loaded
and I have to make a new load.
Optics Leupold Mark 4HD 6-24x52 (34mm) Side Focus FFP PR2-MIL Riflescope 183823
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Comes with box and papers. 20 rounds through it. Awesome scope I just have no time
Will get updated photos shortly
$1150 with Hawkins rings shipped
Will get updated photos shortly
$1150 with Hawkins rings shipped
Firearms Tikka ctr 6.5 20” manners leupold mark 4hd will part out
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6mm PRC
- By shootingnut
- Reloading Depot
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Guess I'll give an update since it's been a while. It still hammers but it felt like I was getting too many flyers with the Atips resulting in overall bigger group sizes. Not sure if that's the barrel burning out or the bullets not being able to hold up to the RPMs, so I figured I'd try some Berger LRHT 109s that I was able to find and I've wanted to try them over the Atips for a while. I like the Berger consistency and thick jacket of the target line to keep the bullets together at speed (though to be fair I haven't had any issue with the Atips in that regard). I tried the same powder of n565 and got pretty much the same results as the Atips, maybe ever so slightly better groups.
n565 with Berger 109s (wish 2 shots I pulled removed)
Then I figured I'd try some h1000 that a buddy had laying around and that shrunk the groups by a decent amount and it also meters really well. I also like the temperature stability of the Hodgon's because I'd easily get 75fps swings from summer to winter with n565. I prefer a load that I can keep the same all throughout the year.
I ended up with 58.5grs of h1000 that sent the 109s at 3405 fps from my 26" barrel. Not bad at all. I also proofed the bullet at this speed at distance and made it to 800 yards without any jacket separations, that's with my 7.5 twist 5R Bartlein, for another data point.
h1000 with Berger 109s (with 2 shots I pulled removed)
Chrono data is with 20 shots
I'd still like to improve groups a bit more since we're in the off season but I'm not sure what else to try. Maybe a neck trim to get the case mouths consistent? For me, the case mouths come out kind of warped / slanted after the neck down from 6.5. Has anyone burned out a barrel on this yet? By my estimation, this barrel is at around 600 give or take, so I feel like it should still have some life left in it.
Other thing I've been considering trying is the 115 DTAC with Nosering that all the 6 UM guys on Rokslide talk about. Could potentially produce better group sizes, but David Tubb only sells them in batches of 500 and I'm not sure I want to jump into that kind of commitment without testing them first.
Oh and I also found out while sighting in for night time thermal coyote hunting that n565 in sub 30 degree weather and CCI BR2 primers cause hangfires and poor ignition. Switched to FGMM MLRPs and problem was solved. I haven't tested the BR2s with the h1000 but frankly I don't care to since I have enough FGMMs in my stock.
Here's some of those 110 Atips hammering some yotes. I love that it just absolutely anchors them even on the longer shots.
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n565 with Berger 109s (wish 2 shots I pulled removed)
Then I figured I'd try some h1000 that a buddy had laying around and that shrunk the groups by a decent amount and it also meters really well. I also like the temperature stability of the Hodgon's because I'd easily get 75fps swings from summer to winter with n565. I prefer a load that I can keep the same all throughout the year.
I ended up with 58.5grs of h1000 that sent the 109s at 3405 fps from my 26" barrel. Not bad at all. I also proofed the bullet at this speed at distance and made it to 800 yards without any jacket separations, that's with my 7.5 twist 5R Bartlein, for another data point.
h1000 with Berger 109s (with 2 shots I pulled removed)
Chrono data is with 20 shots
I'd still like to improve groups a bit more since we're in the off season but I'm not sure what else to try. Maybe a neck trim to get the case mouths consistent? For me, the case mouths come out kind of warped / slanted after the neck down from 6.5. Has anyone burned out a barrel on this yet? By my estimation, this barrel is at around 600 give or take, so I feel like it should still have some life left in it.
Other thing I've been considering trying is the 115 DTAC with Nosering that all the 6 UM guys on Rokslide talk about. Could potentially produce better group sizes, but David Tubb only sells them in batches of 500 and I'm not sure I want to jump into that kind of commitment without testing them first.
Oh and I also found out while sighting in for night time thermal coyote hunting that n565 in sub 30 degree weather and CCI BR2 primers cause hangfires and poor ignition. Switched to FGMM MLRPs and problem was solved. I haven't tested the BR2s with the h1000 but frankly I don't care to since I have enough FGMMs in my stock.
Here's some of those 110 Atips hammering some yotes. I love that it just absolutely anchors them even on the longer shots.
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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
- By Dirty D
- The Bear Pit
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Turdcustard308 “hey, I brought some dickled eggs for the picnic”
Everyone else “don’t you mean deviled eggs”
Turdcustard308 “did I fucking stutter?”
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Everyone else “don’t you mean deviled eggs”
Turdcustard308 “did I fucking stutter?”
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