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    Left Hand Sale WTB - LH Bighorn TL3

    I have one, brand new never fired. It has a brand new bartlien, chambered in 6x47L. I would obviously prefer to sell the barreled action, but I would seriously consider selling just the action.
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    CO Rifle Club (CRC) Long Range Precision Rifle

    Shot my first match, the people and atmosphere were great! Very friendly and helpful, I will definitely do it again!
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    Savage tactical bolt lift?

    +1 for Glades
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    7mm Rem Mag Velocity Help

    I've plugged my chrono's velocity into "Ballistics" shot from 300 to 1000yds and entered the drop difference to get the corrected MV and it is withing 50fps of my chrono.
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    Tikka T3: Show me how well they shoot.

    Avast Matey! I had a typo, it was only 1050 yds.
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    Tikka T3: Show me how well they shoot.

    6 shots @ 1150yds, tikka t3 lite 7mm rem mag. 12" gong
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    7mm Rem Mag Velocity Help

    I'm still racking my brain about this. My first move is going to be changing powder. I'm not trying to get hot loads, it's just that I would like to get 7mm rem mag velocities out of my 7mm rem mag, otherwise I would have went with a 7mm-08.
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    6.5x284 COL

    It never hurts to test things out, it always gives me an excuse to shoot more. I thought you might find this article interesting if you haven't already read it. http://www.bergerbullets.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/COAL.pdf
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    7mm Rem Mag Velocity Help

    I'm shooting a tikka t3 lite, 7mm rem mag with hand loads and a 24 3/8" barrel . My current recipe is: 168 berger hunting vld Norma brass Rem 91/2 primers 65.3g h4831sc COL 3.282" I have conducted OCW tests from 61g - 65.8g with no pressure signs. I found two decent nodes. One at...
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    6.5x284 COL

    I say start over, measure your rifles COL and start some load development moving the seating depth back .002-.003 of an inch off the lands until you find the load that works for you. You never know if the recipe given to you has typos or inaccuracies.
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    PTG bottom metal for Savage

    That's funny Dave, when I called two weeks ago I was told by one of the ladies that long action savage bottom metal was 3 months out. I asked if they were taking backorders, she said yes and then said goodbye and hung up. From the posts on this site and my experience it seems PTG has a good...