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I am thinking it is not 120 oz., but 120 grains? Meaning two loaded rounds worth? Shake it up really good and don't sweat it, use it for fire forming.

I really do not like the WSM neck/shoulder design at all. The neck is way too short. The 35° shoulder is nice though. I really do not expect to run a 140 @ 3300. I will be very happy with 3150, and ecstatic with 3200ish. My .25-06AI was a .2-.3" gun, but it took a long time and trial and error to get there. But I learned a lot of techniques through the years tinkering. It is more the fact that my first semi-custom I ever built, and spent a lot of my hard earned money when times were tight, was basically not completed correctly, and I did not get all the work I paid for back then. About $350+ worth. But...all corrected now, and the rifle should really turn out nice. I am extremely anxious to get it in my hot little hands.

Depending on bullet and powder type, 58.0-62.5+. Supposedly 3150-3200 is very easily doable, and 3300 with a 140 in a 26" barrel run hard is possible. I plan on using a 140 HVLD (as I have about 700+ in my cabinet) and something like H1000, Retumbo, RL23, RL26. Going to be a hunting rifle, so I need temp stability.

And here is a 6.5 SS round.

12-13 years ago, when I had my .25-06AI built here locally, I paid for the action to be trued and an aftermarket recoil lug to be installed when they were installing my new barrel. When Eric took the barrel off to start prepping my action, he found the work was not performed. The face was not square or even touched, and still had the factory Rem recoil lug. As he found it. After he squared and trued it up. It took me 2 years of saving back then to build this rifle. And I now find out some of the work I paid for never happened. Thank goodness for modern technology like cell phones for gunsmiths to keep you informed of progress nowadays. Here is the Hawkins brake on the left next to a brake Eric makes for another company to be used on rifles in the .375 & .408 Cheytac and .50 BMG range.

I buy them every time I get drawn for an elk hunt......so about every 18 years.

Depends on where it is describing. Some areas only hold mule deer, but if they mean the entire state, they left out Coues. Not sure about the "within minutes that can follow their mothers" statement. But I guess even 6 hours could be described as minutes. 120-250# is accurate. Black on the tails is accurate for the most part. Smaller than an elk is accurate. Main food source as juniper is incorrect.

They engrave them on the shank.

Last late bull season. Gutless method. Elk was skinned and quartered within 2 hours or so after shot, neck roasts, backstraps, tenderloins too. Everything placed in game bags, and left to cool In snow until breaking down was complete in the dark. Then hung off the ground in a dead tree to circulate the single digit air overnight. T-shirts and sweatshirts hung in tree near meat to keep coyote and crows away. Meat was all in great shape, and tastes great. Taylor's cow hunt was early October. Cow was gutless method, quartered etc. within an hour or so. Hung quarters off a deadfall in the shade to start air cooling. Packed out and in an ice chest using 1 gallon frozen jugs within about 3 hours total. No splitting the meat, just rotating about every 4-8 hours the first day. Kept cold in the cooler on my shaded carport for 1 week after we got home, then processed. Probably the best elk we have ever taken.

If you want a few 7mm heavies to test, let me know. I have a few....

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If you use Remington or Winchester 243 or .260 brass, no need to neck turn since those brands use the same neck & shoulder material thickness. If you go Lapua, Hornady, Nosler, or Norma, you would need to neck turn. Good thing is Winchester and Remington brass is cheap, and you can buy extra and weight sort. Save the out of spec brass for some varmint loads. I have 4 loads for mine. 100 rounds of my 140 HVLD hunting loads at 2950fps, 50 rounds of a 127 LEX @ 3060fps for up on the Kaibab, 50 rounds of 95 VMax @ 3400+ for varmint hunting, and 300 rounds of my lighter target loads pushing a 140 HVLD @ 2850fps.

And yet you are wearing what appears to be a Guide DCS vest in Vias in your avatar photo.... I really like the Major Brown items, I wish more offerings in it.

I am 6' -5" tall. (Six foot negative 5".....5'7").

I am 6' -5" and 155#. The mediums fit me great, with some room to layer base/LS Tee/vest or down. My Guide DCS in Major brown is a large, and I can layer an additional 2 layers under it if needed.

My findings in 7RM, 7 SAUM, and .280 Rem: Berger 180 HVLD, and a 180 Hybrid should all fly just fine from a 1:9" twist. This over several rifles. I had a buddy shoot my personal 180 Hybrid load out of his 1:9.25" twist Sako 7RM this morning, and it shot lights out. Nothing tailored to his rifle, just very consistent hand loads, and his rifle shot factory loads from HSM, Hornsby and Nosler. HSM 168HVLDs @ 4.5" 3 shot Nosler Trophy grade 160 NAB @ 1" 3 shot Hornsby Precision Hunter 162 ELD-X @ 1.25" 3 shot group My 180 Hybrid load @ .5" 4 shot group, add 2 fliers as the barrel got got and 6 shots totalled .75".

Kuiu is all I wear now for mid to late season hunts as my layering system. I wear Sitka base layers, since I have them already, but I would go Kuiu if I didn't. I have: Guide DCS pants in Verde and Vias Yukon rain pants in Major brown and Verde Guide DCS vest in Vias and Verde 2.0 Guide DCS jackets in Verde, Vias, and Major brown Teton soft shell jacket in Verde Super down jacket in Verde Yukon Rain Jacket in Verde Depending on temps and weather, I wear my rain pants as a wind pant/outer layer, and my guide pants over jeans. I can layer both over jeans if it gets really cold and be fine into the 0° range, even when sitting and gassing. Tops can go from a single layer vest or jacket, to vest/down jacket/guide jacket layers. Most of my stuff are mediums, but my brown Guide DCS jacket is a large, and easily goes over 3-5 layers. They do run a touch small compared to other brands, and are an athletic fit, so meant to be closer fitting. Taylor has appropriated some of mine too.

Beautiful dog!

You should have heard the giddy with laughter phone call I got from Adam after he shot the target! Hilarious that he is that competitive with a 14 year old girl......at least he has a shot at beating her! I know she spanked me.

I laughed out load. My question to you: Is the barrel being trashed? Or just spun off and you have plans to reuse it possibly? Wondering if you don't care about the barrel, or are you able to safely salvage it? And what ft/lbs do you torque to? 100 ft/lbs? Or hand tight + 1/4 turn? TAF? I am considering saving my .25-06AI barrel that comes off when the new Proof barrel goes on for my .280AI.

I think Adam used this ammo....

At 6:58am, my oldest daughter gave me a fantastic father's day present, my first granddaughter! I already have big plans for her first big game hunt in 10 years!!!