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If that was a flier 3" away from my group, I would have burned the target! And probably thrown my rifle. I did have some 3" groups at 200 yesterday. Tried out a new bullet, with a powder charge that everything else I have tried shoots well with. But not this new fad bullet. I don't even know if I am going to pursue load deve l Osment with it or not. Tried the same brand/type of bullet in 2 rifles. .308" 212 & .284" 175. Both shot terrible compared to almost everything else I have tried in those two rifles.

I do full case prep on all brass, even Lapua. I weigh and sort brass and cull anything out of my specs. I weigh and sort bullets, and sort bullets for variation in BTO. I am what some would call obsessive with brass prep each loading with sizing, trimming, cleaning, and annealing. I weigh each individual charge weight to a single kernel of powder. I seat and check each individual round for CBTO. I do not trim meplats. I do not tip meplats. I do not check runout on a concentricity guage. I do get 5 shot groups like this or better on occasion. Usually in the .2-.3s however. If you want to squeeze the absolute most out of your rounds, every little bit helps. Maybe .05", but add 2 or 3 more small steps, and it will show. For 99% of people, it is too little of a return on your time. 5 shots @ 100 .260 Rem w. 140 HVLD 5 shots @ 200, same load

My break in is as follows: Shoot one Shoot one Shoot one Repeat.... I always load about 10-15 for sight-in at a mid charge weight according to book. Shoot to zero rifle @ 100 (+1.3" approx.), 200 (true zero), 400 (verify drop estimation). Then immediately start my 400 yard ladder testing procedures.

Someone sent me 92 pcs. of R-P headstamped 7 Rem Mag (once?) fired brass in the mail. I got it all cleaned, weighed and measured.....but what am I supposed to do with it? And who sent it?

I am going to put this up on Snipershide if it doesn't sell by Monday. Should go quick there.

The Mausingfield is a bada$$ action to build off of.

And thus solves the mystery. Thanks Harley.

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42.5 I bet with a 27" 1:8 twist and 42.5gr. under a 140-143, you are going to be 2850-2880 on virgin brass and new barrel. I bet it speeds up to close to 2900ish after it breaks in. I get 2840 w. 41.5gr. & 2940 w. 43.0gr. now out of a 27.25" Bartlein My barrel gained about 45fps once I had about 90-110 rounds down the barrel in my 6.5 SLR. My .260 pushing a 140 Berger HVLD w. 42.0 H4350 gets 2850 w. 26" Bartlein.

So can I bring my 6.5 on Saturday, and if time permits, my .300RUM on Sunday?

What is your H4350 charge weight?

No feasible difference between 28 Nosler and 7RUM. Or 30 Nosler and 300RUM. Just the new kid on the block. Like the 6.5 Creedmoor craze. Really no different than a 260 Rem, 6.5x55 Swede, etc. Like my 6.5 SLR. Just the fad. But choices are always good.

Archery for sure! That will keep you out of the drawings I am trying for.

Rem 700 Sendero Best optic you can get in your budget, don't overlook good used optics.

As I sit here and write that right is right, I can't help but wonder if I am right. Left is not right for me right now, nor has right always been right, but right is right right now, right?

Bump this up for a great underated scope.

I think Vortex's high end stuff is pretty darn good. Especially the top 3 rifle scopes. Razor Gen I, Razor Gen II, and the new Razor AMG is getting rave reviews from some real world testing by non-sponsored people who run their stuff hard. Binos and spotters are OK, and a good step up in quality. But not in the "top tier" range of a lot of the European glass companies like Swarovski, Leica, Zeiss, Meopta, and the like. With Minox being built by the former owners of Premier (Optronica group), their new line of riflescopes (ZP TAC) are amazing. I hope their binos and spotters follow suit.

15x56 Swaro HD NEU used or 15x56 Euros. I have a LOT of hours behind the Meopta Euro HD, in the 10x42, 15x56, and now my new 20-70x82 spotter. They are amazing glass for about $1k+ less than new Swarovski. I was recently on a mountain top with 3 guys with Swaros. Two older and one HD NEU SLC. All 15x56s. We all were back and forth between glass, and the NEU SLC did have a slight advantage on the outer edges. But center (90% FOV) clarity was on par, and better with the Euro than the older SLCs. I do have one buddy on here that bought a set of Euro 15x56s used, and had an issue with them. I think he exchanged them for a new pair at Cabela's.

Got any pics of the rifle for me to start figuring out what I need to sell to buy it?

This is Taylor as a "guide"..... But as a shooter and a killer.....she has that down.

Bump On a side note...this optic will get the "high end glass" addiction going.

Believe me, this is not being "trolled". Just clarified for reference on a nice sounding accurate rifle. You should see some of the trolling that goes on here from time to time. And let's see the picture of the animal you posted on Twitter!!!

The R700 5R Mil-spec is right there with they Sendero in my opinion. Great factory rifle.

Stock and trigger I would assume. More of an "upgraded" than "custom". I have seen some serious "semi-custom" R700s in my time.....