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    338 LM load development?

    just printing
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    338 LM load development?

    torqued to NF specs
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    338 LM load development?

    custom build by Dave Viers (Viers Co.)
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    338 LM load development?

    i have no issues getting 1/2 moa 5 round groups with my 308, which is why this is getting frustrating
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    338 LM load development?

    all the groups were using the same load (90.5 gr retumbo) so my groups are inconsistent
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    338 LM load development?

    the load i used for this set of groupings was 90.5 gr of Retumbo lapua brass and lapua 300 gr sencers set at .01 off the lands also ignore the center target that isn't one of the groupings
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    338 LM load development?

    i have been having trouble tweaking my cartridge to be able to achieve 1/2 moa or better in my 338LM. i did my ladder test and it showed that the high node is between 89.5 through 90.5 gr of Retumbo. i started shooting groupings (4 groupings, 5 shots each with the same load for a total of 20...
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    Rifle Scopes Nightforce need help!!!

    after lapping the rings on the rifle i instal the scope with a wheeler (level, level ,level) kit….it worked fine on my other rifle i just did. i installed the nightforce into the rings leveled it and torqued everything down to spec. the two levels (the one on the rifle and the one on the scope)...
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    load testing?

    so i have been doing some load testing with the 338 LM. i have noticed that once the barrel heats up after the first 3 to 4 rounds the bullet will sharply drop 1 inch at 100 yards but will stay there consistently for the following rounds. is this a typical event thats happens to you as well...
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    now I'm getting frustrated

    so for the next ladder i do i should extend the range 100y and have the bullets jump about .01"? i only jammed them cause i was following the directions from the sticky on the reloading page of this forum, it said by jamming it you can safely work up to your rifle true max charge if you...
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    Hunting & Fishing my first buck ever

    .308 win the bullets it self was a 150 grain barnes ttsx
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    Hunting & Fishing my first buck ever

    oh i forgot he is a nine pointer dressed at 159 lbs, taken with a 150gr barnes ttsx .308 win, he walk 10 yards and dropped.
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    Hunting & Fishing my first buck ever

    finally i was able to take a good buck this season, i have been letting all of little bucks go sense i started hunting 5 years ago so that they can grow up to be shooter bucks in a couple of years and finally this guys comes out, not the biggest deer ever but good enough for me to be my first...
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    30-06 barrel twist

    thanks for the help
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    30-06 barrel twist

    real quick can anyone tell me what the twist rate is for a Winchester Model 70 chambered in 30-06 thanks josh
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    Hunting & Fishing northeast deer hunts

    has anyone else that hunts the northeast ever notice that the deer are not that vocal compared to say out west like texas. i'm from Connecticut and i have a hard time to get deer to respond or react to my grunts bleats etc. whether they are bucks or does its typically the same. if anyone else...
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    now I'm getting frustrated

    here are the results of todays ladder test, this was shot a a range of 490 yards, and the wind was relentless today 10mph with 15mph gust. i had 11 shots, .010 jammed into the rifling each shot had a different charge in it starting from 85grn to 95grn of retumbo increasing each charge by about...
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    now I'm getting frustrated

    i didn't do a proper ladder test so as of right now i feel like im just chucking bullets hoping to get lucky
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    now I'm getting frustrated

    thanks for all the help everyone, my cheek weld defiantly needs adjustment. im also going to go back and do a proper ladder test, i think i may have screwed that up in the beginning, to be honest after rereading the sticky on the reloading section about ladder testing i know i screwed it...