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  1. High Desert duck

    Why the hatred for savage?

    I have no hatred for savage, in fact I recommended one to my daughter for her first rifle. It was the best rifle that fit her budget. Just go in with your eyes open. At our local matches I have yet to see a stock savage shoot 80 rounds without having a stage where feeding/extraction issues...
  2. High Desert duck

    Build finally done.

    So after 5 years, 10,000+ rounds, 5 barrels, countless mods. The rifle is finally complete. Budget, and availability finally met and the Foundation Centurion finished the build. So I am no longer running the most pimped out Bell and Carlson on the planet. 22 pounds. Impact action Bartlien...
  3. High Desert duck

    Suppressor covers

    The cole-tac has been great for me.
  4. High Desert duck

    Stats for velocities and groups.

    I am not personally looking to load for a 5 shot SD. When I use a 5 shot SD, it is only to eliminate a load. It has mislead me before but very rarely. When it has it gets discovered during my final step. either way can we agree that many shooters would benefit from an extra 50 rounds of focused...
  5. High Desert duck

    Stats for velocities and groups.

    So why is a 5 shot the standard for groups but not for velocity? I’ve been seeing a lot of discussions lately about SD numbers being useless without a large sample size. I agree that the SD may be unreliable with a smaller sample size but I don’t...
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  6. High Desert duck

    Stats for velocities and groups.

    In a world of finite time and resources sometimes short cuts and good enough has to suffice, especially when the end goal is practical type shooting. I just think a lot of the shooters I see at our range that have the goal to shoot our club matches, see things on the inter webs that they have...
  7. High Desert duck

    Stats for velocities and groups.

    Wow. Lotta good stuff there. I especially like the short load work up and the not worrying about the .25 group. I’m a get the group to about a 1/2 MOA and go practice guy.
  8. High Desert duck

    Stats for velocities and groups.

    That’s kinda where I was going with this point. I see a lot of comments that seem to reflect the reloader shouldn’t consider any SD numbers without a significant amount of shots. And it is often presented that the shooter should gather this data if not in a consecutive string, at least in one...
  9. High Desert duck

    Stats for velocities and groups.

    So why is a 5 shot the standard for groups but not for velocity? I’ve been seeing a lot of discussions lately about SD numbers being useless without a large sample size. I agree that the SD may be unreliable with a smaller sample size but I don’t think it is completely worthless. I use the 5...
  10. High Desert duck

    Custom Seating Die

    I would add that I ram a 25 CM and I just used my 6.5 CM Redding competition seater. It made excellent ammo, sing the 6.5 VLD long seating stem with the 131 Ace. Might be quite a bit cheaper than custom. Both good ways to go. Enjoy that 25.
  11. High Desert duck

    Custom Seating Die

    Hornady will custom make dies. My friend had them make a custom sizing and seating die for his 25GT. I think they needed 3 bullets and one or two cases.
  12. High Desert duck

    New Action Questions

    Impact 737r. Prefits super reliable feed and extraction.
  13. High Desert duck

    25GT revisited 11/2023

    The barrel work was done by a local smith but he’s not currently taking anymore work. The reamer was done by Manson. You can contact Manson he has the reamer specs. I used a .155 freebore. The specs on the original print specified a .320. Make sure to ask for the 155. Ask for the 25GT Ace.
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    25GT revisited 11/2023

    The 25 CM is awesome. The Blackjack 131 ACE is incredible. I have been shooting them over the past year and it has been a hammer. It only had one flaw that I could find. The recoil is on par with a 6.5 CM. Spotting shots off a barricade inside of 500...
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  15. High Desert duck

    25GT

    Yes, the 25 creedmoor was great but I found I was struggling with small targets off barricades in gusty or variable winds. If I got the wind right on the first shot I’d shoot the stage well. If I didn’t, I’d have to guess on the wind call because I wasn’t able to see my miss. I guess I included...
  16. High Desert duck

    25GT revisited 11/2023

    Update. Ran out of blackjacks, barrel was pulled and put away for now. But just got 1000 of the Berger 135. My friend still has his together so I’ll post the results of those when they get in. In the meantime here is my friend’s 1000 yard group recorded on a shot marker system. This was shot in...
  17. High Desert duck

    25GT

    There was a couple of questions about inherent accuracy. The club just put in the shot marker system and we tried it out with the 2 25GT. This group is at 1000 yards and predicted average speed at 1000 was within 5fps (This is my friends group shot in pretty high mirage mid afternoon. if my...
  18. High Desert duck

    22 Creed build ..need sources

    Mid south has a 22cm match master set available Die available here I have the matchmaster in 6gt. Good stuff
  19. High Desert duck

    25GT

    Yes the recoil has made a huge difference in my scores. The nice thing about the 25 is I don’t think I’m really pushing the limits to get 2800 FPS (28 inch barrel, slower powder). Another benefit I was thinking I’d get would be extended barrel life as it is running “under bored”. I like to...
  20. High Desert duck

    25GT

    Cartridge is still doing well. I haven’t updated it much as there wasn’t a lot of traffic or new developments. My friend ended up building one as well. It has made a big difference in my local matches. I went from 3-4 place finishes to 1-2 place finishes. I did run it at a national match...
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