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    Rifle Scopes range finder calibration

    does anyone know how to calibrate a wild optical range finder? i needed detailed instruction on how to calibrate the range finder any help would be great!!
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    Barnes 800 solid BR or 750 AMAX?

    Re: Barnes 800 solid BR or 750 AMAX? trust me i have talked to all the 50 experts my gun just will not shoot solids dont know why just wont!! i full length size when shooting solids to. i have also put my 20 years of reloading experience into trying to make them shoot no luck very...
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    Range Report First time over a 1000 . . . not what I expected

    Re: First time over a 1000 . . . not what I expect Now i think i am confused!! i have a kestrel that tells you the alt., temp, and pressure. I then put all the numbers onto my exbal program, i put the pressure that the kestrel gives me in the pressure at alt. space, not in the pressure at sea...
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    Barnes 800 solid BR or 750 AMAX?

    Re: Barnes 800 solid BR or 750 AMAX? i know this if your gun is set up to shoot standard bullets shoot amax bullets, trust me!! I have spent a year trying to get them to shoot and just tried today again with terible results, but then i shoot a .25 group with amax and 2.6 at 612 yards. sort...
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    Anyone want to share any 338 LM load data?

    Re: Anyone want to share any 338 LM load data? 78 grains of IMR 4350 300 grain scenar at 2730. 82 N560 300 gr. scenar at 2700 fps. jammed .020 fed m 115 lapua brass
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    Barnes 800 solid BR or 750 AMAX?

    Re: Barnes 800 solid BR or 750 AMAX? i have pretty much shot every type of solid bullet out there in my 50. I do not have a bore rider throat in my chamber. i have not had good results with any type of bore rider design. i have contacted expert 50 cal gun smith randy dierks and also consulted...
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    Range Report velocity spread

    Re: velocity spread I had the same problem i have a match grade 338 with a 30 inch 1/10 bartlien. I tried everything i tried every kind of bullet and powder that is available for a 338 lapua. my best results came from N560 82 grains, 2700fps, 300 grain lapua bullet. The spread with this...
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    Advanced Marksmanship Shot group at 600 yds

    Re: Shot group at 600 yds i have talked with a guy that has held the 1000 yard world record and shoots 1000 yard benchrest all the time and he told me that if you can hold .5 moa with any gun you will be one of the top competitors and probably win most of the time. he also told me that these...
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    Range Report 115 DTAC twist

    Whats the recommended twist rate for DTAC 115. i will be shooting around 1000 feet alt. out of a 6-284. i am running a 1/8 twist in a kreiger
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    338 lapua velocity spread

    Re: 338 lapua velocity spread Well after four days of testing these are my results. i first tried retumbo with great velocity spread in the single digits, but the accuracy stinks, i was getting almost 2900 but was averaging .5 groups at one hundred. i then tried rl-15 which sucked. i then...
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    Range Report 338 lapua velocity spread???

    Re: 338 lapua velocity spread??? Well after four days of testing these are my results. i first tried retumbo with great velocity spread in the single digits, but the accuracy stinks, i was getting almost 2900 but was averaging .5 groups at one hundred. i then tried rl-15 which sucked. i then...
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    .50BMG, .338 Lapua Magnum, hmm?

    Re: .50BMG, .338 Lapua Magnum, hmm? I own both a match grade 338 lapua and a match grade 50 bmg custom rifle. I can tell you that they are both awesome. The 338 is real accuarate and you can get good quality brass. The 50 is just as accurate but the problem with the 50 is that you have to...
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    338 lapua velocity spread

    i have a 338 LM on a bat action 30 inch bartlein 1/10 barrel. i currently shoot 300 gr. lapua bullets at 2700fps i am getting about a 25 fps spread. gun groups awesome at 100 and i have killed wood chucks at 700 yards with it. i want to get the spred down lower. i am running 82 grains of n560...
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    Range Report 338 lapua velocity spread???

    Re: 338 lapua velocity spread??? Thanks for the help i just think that 560 is to fast for those heavy bullets. starting this wed. i am headed to the range for testing i am going to test retumbo first seems that a lot of peolple are having good luck with it. i have weight sorted my brass, and...
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    Range Report 338 lapua velocity spread???

    i have a 338 LM on a bat action 30 inch bartlein 1/10 barrel. i currently shoot 300 gr. lapua bullets at 2700fps i am getting about a 25 fps spread. gun groups awesome at 100 and i have killed wood chucks at 700 yards with it. i want to get the spred down lower. i am running 82 grains of n560...
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    ballistic programs

    Re: ballistic programs I fould the problem i did my initial testing at 400 meters or so i thought. the range where i shoot has banks in meters and yards and i was actually shooting 400 yards. i set the BC and program think i was shooting meters when really i was shooting yards. This range...
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    solid bullets!!!!

    Re: solid bullets!!!! thats the problem i am having i am a little tiny group guy that is having trouble making the transition into the long range game. So you all recommend shooting the bullets at 300 yards and see what i come up with. i know right now my 338 LM is shooting in the .1's with...
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    solid bullets!!!!

    i dont know how you guys do it but i can not get solid bullets to shoot. i have tried them in three diffferent guns, 338 LM, 1.10 match gun, 50 bmg 1.15 match gun, and a 300 wsm, 1/10 match gun. i get decent results but they are not consistent. somtimes my groups at 100 will be in the .1's then...
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    ballistic programs

    Re: ballistic programs CED Crony. getting great readings. correct me if i am wrong but the program is mostly set up when you get it right? i put in the altitude, presure, BC, speed, sight height and all other information. thats all there is to it right?
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    ballistic programs

    Re: ballistic programs i was using a kestrel weather meter and entered the values from that. i have experienced that for the program to move my point of impact at 600 yards i must change the bc value a lot. i mean a 6.5 match bullet has a posted bc of around .59 and for my program to be on at...