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Re: You know you're shooting long range when: When your scope rings need to be 12" high so your barrel doesn't obstruct your view through the scope.

Re: Confusion about OCW I'm making a bunch of assumptions: The loads are consistent, clean, trimmed, charged, seat, primer, neck sized, head space, concentricity, etc. There's nothing loose on the gun, head space is correct, etc. The barrel is normal, i.e. longer than 20", 1in12, cleaned...

Re: Confusion about OCW Personally, I use the OCW at 100, the ladder between 300 and 500 and group shooting at 100...If the load is the load it should be good at all the ranges. From the link provided, thanks Bob, click the OCW vs. Ladder and then on the Chris Longs Pages link. There you...

Re: Seating VLD type bullets Redding has a "seater stem" for vlds: REDDING - Redding Competition Standard Length VLD Seater Stems, $16.95 from Brownells. There is also a 22 degree deburring tool for VLD's as opposed to the standard 45 degree deburring tool.

Does anyone know how NightForce threads their zero stop clutch assembly onto the elevation post? It's a quad lead thread so I get why is difficult to put back together but the factory has to have a quick and easy way to do it...I took mine off and am now sending it back to NightForce but I'm...

Re: Hydrostatic Shock Information I switched to Bergers this year from Accubonds to determine if there were differences in "percieved death" between the two. This year I shot a deer at 88 yds, an Auodad at 284 yds, and a hog at 619 yds. The Berger (hunting VLD) inflicted serious damage. The...

Re: Post your .308 COAL to lands... Data points Bolt face to lands measures 2.255 and COAL measures 3.195. Rem700 with Shilens SS factory replacement and Berger 175 vld. I think the military has stats for this. Most accurate Average of Averages is .008 - .015 jump. Don't know what calibers...

Re: 300 Win Mag brass... I'm not knocking any brand of brass; however, I use the best brass I can find, Norma for my 300. I do so for a couple reasons: 1. Flash hole and pocket are uniform and sufficient without modifications. 2. It lasts longer, you get more reloads if the brass isn't...

Re: Velocity concerns...Retumbo powder, 300 RUM I'm going through the same issue with a 300wm. I won't continue to build a trajectory until I have the velocity somewhat under control. Here is where I'm at currently: 1. Sent 2 pieces of brass to Redding. They concluded that neither tool (rcbs...

Re: 300 wm speed variation Fuzzball, I sent you a long response but don't know what happened to it? Anyway, there is a statistical correlation between group size and velocity on this rifle. I haven't run the numbers but when the SD and ES are low the groups are tight. It shoots a near...

Re: 300 wm speed variation Hummer, what do you use to measure your headspace?

Re: 300 wm speed variation .018 is the difference between the head space dimension of the unfired brass and the head space dimension of a fire formed case. Norma unfired headspace dimension(shoulder) = 2.280 Fire formed headspace dimension(shoulder) = 2.298 I'm currently not pushing the...

Re: 300 wm speed variation Thanks for that Victor... I've been using the cheepy prochronograph that's already set up at the range. It sets about 15 feet in front of the bench. I'm going to try to proof the 69.1 load of IMR4350 and a slower load that worked well earlier. If nothing pans out...

Problem: I have a new 300 wm with just over 200 rounds so far. I'm unable to duplicate speeds and SD with any consistency. H1000 works well on new cases but looses it after being fired. Load specs are as follows: Berger 190 VLDs Norma Brass - fire formed and full cases there after Headspace...

Re: gunsmiths of color Sorry, but I couldn't resist: I shoot a lot of shotgun and some long range rifle. I met a gal at the range today that needed some help. She said "I either shoot really well or I suck". I told her it was because when she shows up to shoot once in a blue moon, she doesn't...

Re: neck tension vs accuracy Thanks for that Niles. When the rain lets up I'll try cleaning, fire 3, store and shoot through the chrono with a cold unclean to see if the solvent is affecting the first shot? It's a 6.5 lb gun and that's actually the condition I hunt with it in anyway...

Re: neck tension vs accuracy There's probably a couple of reasons for the 150 fps differential between cold/clean and less than cold/clean. I brush the bore with Hoppes #9, run a dry patch through it and store it. I sometimes (always) neglect to run another dry patch before firing. I also...

Re: neck tension vs accuracy Good Thread! Here's how I solved my neck tension issue with a basically off the shelf Remington 700 that has had the bolt trued: I use the Redding bushing competition die set. I measured the Laupua case and estimated the bushing I needed. I then bought one size...

Re: Major Fail @ 300yds Never fired a Barnes and never had a pass through that left an animal standing. Of course I never shot one with a SMK either. Coffee and donuts, hell of an idea. Just goes to show that everyone can contribute in one way or another.

Re: Wyoming hunting advice? This past year we headed out of Rock Springs through the Eden/Farson area up highway 28. I don't know what zone(s) that is but there were several shooter goats (14+) in that area and I believe it's all BLM land? It had just snowed so looked like everyone was...