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  1. .505gibbs

    Sierra .308 175 GR. HPBT Gameking Performance

    Nothing to do with length on these. When the smk yaws in the target it is because the nose becomes deformed in a not uniform way i.e. it bends at the point where there is no lead causing it to tumble or veer off course. I have seen them cause incredible damage on deer and pronghorn and I have...
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    Sierra .308 175 GR. HPBT Gameking Performance

    New game king on the left, regular SMK on the right. Externally the only difference I could spot is the hp on the new game king is more uniform and slightly larger diameter. People have been taking small diameter drills to the smk for years, looks similar to that. I only shot them on paper at...
  3. .505gibbs

    Help, my 5.56 reloads suck

    25.5 grains of H335 is the go to for 55 grain 556 ammo. Always had good luck with Tac and 77 smk’s
  4. .505gibbs

    ES inverse of accuracy

    The CCI 200 primers probably aren’t doing you any favours. They are a fairly mild large rifle primer.
  5. .505gibbs

    Sako TRG22 .308

    Yes, two spacers. It came that way from the factory.
  6. .505gibbs

    Sako TRG22 .308

  7. .505gibbs

    AI AE MKII Barrel Source?

    Anyone that makes AT barrels can spin you a barrel that will headspace properly on your AE provided the recoil lug has not been modified in any way. Over the years I have installed at least 4 AT barrels on old AE guns and have never had a problem. I wasn’t pulling them constantly or swapping...
  8. .505gibbs

    Which .308 Barrel

    I have a PVA 9 twist in .308 on an old AE and it shoots everything from Speer 125 grain hp’s to Sierra 220’s into tiny little groups. Don't worry about being handicapped by the 9 twist.
  9. .505gibbs

    AIAE barrel nut

    This part makes sense. I have re-barreled two ae rifles with at barrels and did not have any issues. Screwed them on and torqued them. Checked headspace and both were good to go.
  10. .505gibbs

    AIAE barrel nut

    I was aware of that. I just figured most people would prefer a shouldered prefit over a barrel nut.
  11. .505gibbs

    AIAE barrel nut

    Why a barrel nut? AT barrels are reverse compatible with the AE. Just so you don’t have to remove the action from the chassis?
  12. .505gibbs

    Trying to develop a safe load for my .308, need help

    I’ve had good luck with cfe223 and light bullets in the .308. 52.5 grains, a 125 Speer tnt, with federal brass and Cci #34 primers. Velocity out of a 16 inch lmt are right at 2920 fps. It shoots well out of multiple firearms too.
  13. .505gibbs

    What contributes to ES and SD beside the obvious?

    Load data for the initial question consisted of Norma 30-06 brass necked up in two steps. Once through a .338-06 die and then the .35 Whelen die. Brass was new and not fireformed. Powder was 60 grains of AR-Comp dispensed through a chargemaster supreme, bullet was a 200 grain Barnes TTSX seated...
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    What contributes to ES and SD beside the obvious?

    Thank you for such an insightful response DocRDS. I should have listed the SD numbers in my initial post. The Ruger was like 17.6 and 19.5 for each of the two 5 round strings with nothing I would call an extreme outlier for any of the shots. I don’t recall the SD for the Pacnor. Don’t have my...
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    What contributes to ES and SD beside the obvious?

    Thanks for taking a stab at it. I know the two are different in the ways the Ruger has a looser chamber and more freebore. Maybe that is what is causing the difference.
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    What contributes to ES and SD beside the obvious?

    I was out shooting this weekend trying to find a load for two separate rifles both in .35 Whelen. I had several lots of ammo I had reloaded. Long story short both rifles shot very well with one particular load so I attached the magneto speed to get some velocity numbers. One of the rifles has a...
  17. .505gibbs

    30-06 147gr stability issues

    I wasn’t being a smart ass when I said that was “pretty good.” You mentioned you loaded it to duplicate the load for your m1 garand and loaded it 4895, I’m betting your powder charge is somewhere in the 45 to 47 grain range. That leaves a lot of room for powder to go wherever it wants in the...
  18. .505gibbs

    30-06 147gr stability issues

    A 4 inch group at 200 yards with pulled 147 grain m80 bullets. I’d say that’s pretty good.
  19. .505gibbs

    Gas blocks

    https://wilsoncombat.com/gas-block-lo-profile-large-938-id.html It does not give an od measurement but they are quite small.
  20. .505gibbs

    SAKO TRG-42 factory trigger replacement

    I should have worded that differently. The first stage is nonexistent in the fired state. There is about .125 inches of rearward travel in the uncocked state.
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