I want to take a moment and give a shout out to Southern Precision Rifles, also known as bugholes here on the hide. I had the privilege of purchasing a barreled action from Greg about a month ago. One fully trued stainless Remington short action, badger lug and Obermeyer 8.4 twist .264 bore with a Remington Varmint contour, chambered in 260. Chamber has a .299nk and .098 FB, set up for 139s/142s at AICS mag length.
Seen here with test target from the ad.
My first order of business was to decide on a finish; left to right Sanded, Bead blast or Aluminum Oxide blast.
I chose Aluminum Oxide as I wanted a low glare finish on this rifle for hunting.
When the barreled action arrived at my FFL it was the talk of the shop. Everyone had to take a look at it when my dealer opened the package. It was clear it was put together with care and attention to detail. Everyone complemented the matte finish and nice smooth bolt.
On arrival, pictured with my manners T4
After bedding and ready for load work up.
Load work up started with the Hornady 140 grain A-max and right away I could tell this was going to be a shooter. Every load tried grouped under ¾ of an inch at 100y with a clear preference at 46.8-47.2 grains of H4831sc in Lapua brass. I played a little with the seating depth and found .010” to be the sweet spot; a charge of 47 grains printed five into a nice ctc .3 inch group with a velocity ~2790fps.
Tuesday I could be found at my 1000y range where my jbm drop sheet confirmed my velocity of 2790 out to 1000y. Unfortunately I was on a tight schedule and could not shoot for long. Set up and ready to go I made a first round cold bore at 400y, jumped to 600y and after blowing the first round from the wind on a 10” plate, I connected with the next three and moved to 700y, nailed that steel plate and then set my turrets for 1000y. I fired three shots holding 1 mil of wind and was rewarded with my tightest group to date.
3 shots at 1000y = 6” on the 36" plate.
Yeah, I think this is going to be a fine shooting rifle!
Thanks Greg, AKA Bugholes (on snipershide), AKA Southern Precision Rifles! You built me a great performing rifle.
Fellow shooters take note, have Southern Precision Rifles build your next rifle and you will be shooting bugholes too!
Seen here with test target from the ad.
My first order of business was to decide on a finish; left to right Sanded, Bead blast or Aluminum Oxide blast.
I chose Aluminum Oxide as I wanted a low glare finish on this rifle for hunting.
When the barreled action arrived at my FFL it was the talk of the shop. Everyone had to take a look at it when my dealer opened the package. It was clear it was put together with care and attention to detail. Everyone complemented the matte finish and nice smooth bolt.
On arrival, pictured with my manners T4
After bedding and ready for load work up.
Load work up started with the Hornady 140 grain A-max and right away I could tell this was going to be a shooter. Every load tried grouped under ¾ of an inch at 100y with a clear preference at 46.8-47.2 grains of H4831sc in Lapua brass. I played a little with the seating depth and found .010” to be the sweet spot; a charge of 47 grains printed five into a nice ctc .3 inch group with a velocity ~2790fps.
Tuesday I could be found at my 1000y range where my jbm drop sheet confirmed my velocity of 2790 out to 1000y. Unfortunately I was on a tight schedule and could not shoot for long. Set up and ready to go I made a first round cold bore at 400y, jumped to 600y and after blowing the first round from the wind on a 10” plate, I connected with the next three and moved to 700y, nailed that steel plate and then set my turrets for 1000y. I fired three shots holding 1 mil of wind and was rewarded with my tightest group to date.
3 shots at 1000y = 6” on the 36" plate.
Yeah, I think this is going to be a fine shooting rifle!
Thanks Greg, AKA Bugholes (on snipershide), AKA Southern Precision Rifles! You built me a great performing rifle.
Fellow shooters take note, have Southern Precision Rifles build your next rifle and you will be shooting bugholes too!
