Mike S

Well done! Congrats.

Thanks, never considered the scope cover idea. Would easily pay for itself in a fall...

Was this in one of the scabbard type packs like an Eberlestock? Just curious as I have never had this issue with my rifle strapped to the side of my Mystery Ranch 6500 or Longbow bags.

I had a CDS MOA dial retrofitted by Leupold to my Vari X 3 2.5-8 a few years ago. I have been very happy with it and the zero stop feature for hunting. No issues with accidental turning including extended backpack hunts where it was strapped to the pack on the way in and out. Like the low profile as compared to the M1 knob. I had the parallax re-set to the longer distance as well.

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Redding .270 Win 2 die set - SOLD Redding Competition Micrometer Seater - $80 Forster Neck Bushing Shoulder Bump Die w/ 3 bushings - $65 All in near new condition. Prices are for local pick up. Add $5 for shipping

Final price drop to $850...

Posting for a friend, just the ticket for that upcoming elk hunt! http://webmail.q.com/service/home/~/300%20win%20mag.pdf?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=68160&part=2 Please contact Robert directly by e mail. He prefers to meet at Phoenix Rod and Gun Club to show the rifle. 300 win mag.pdf

Gloss or matte?

180 yards +-, 6.5-06 127LRX @2980 MV, 1-8" twist, quartering towards. Dropped in tracks. Did not look for bullet as it was a solo hunt and I had much to do... used gutless method and looking between ribs i couldn't make out the lungs on the side facing me at the shot, just a red mass. I was aiming for the top of heart/lung area and appeared to have hit it. The shoulder to brisket depth appeared to be over 30 " so it was a big target

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Update... the little 6.5 dropped a big bull in its tracks Monday morning. Very impressed with the performance!

If working with a lapped match barrel, any break in is primarily removing any machining burrs in the throat from chambering process. That only takes cleaning for the first 3-4 shots. A barrel will usually settle in after that, but that will occur whether you clean or not...

Thanks, the Mauser is definitely a looker and shoots great. I used to hunt coues with it, but now that I'm backpack hunting mostly, the M70 is taken out. Backpacking it into the Kachina Peaks Wilderness tomorrow to chase bulls with with one of the 7E peaks hunt tags in hand... Your collection looks pretty good to me. Tinkering is half the fun.

Backpack/Rough Country custom: Pre64 fwt action 1960? (I shot out the .270 barrel) Jewell trigger / re-timed safety McMillan Hunters Edge / Marine-Tex Rock #2 1-8 5R barrel 6.5-06, 23", 3/4" Cylinder, JGS Reamer S&K bases and rings Leupold 2.5x8 with CDS MOA turret 7.4 pounds Work by me except barreled by friend. Classic Custom VZ24 Mauser Custom bolt handle, safety, surface ground etc. Blackburn bottom metal .257 Roberts 23" 1-10" Kreiger barrel long throated for 3"+ COAL English walnut stock, skeleton grip cap, Silvers pad 6x Leupold Crafted by Ray Price ACGG member

Can't see a max or over max charge blowing up a group like that. My best guess would be a stability issue. Are the holes in the paper round? Even with an 8" twist you may not be running them fast enough with that cartridge to get the spin rate to stabilize them. My second guess would be jacket damage during seating. I understand those bullets have real thin jackets up front. Seems like Casey posted some pictures of really deformed ogives on some long range accubonds he tried seating with too much neck tension.

Similar situation here. This is an awesome setup, but I just broke in the Rock 6.5-06 barrel on my pre 64 action sitting in a Hunters edge stock with a jewel trigger.

What does this weigh without the scope?

Free bump for a great package deal... running the same setup except for the head.

still available

Thanks, they were a little high, but it was almost 100 out so I'm thinking that was an air density thing.

A 500 yard group shot this morning at Phoenix Rod and Gun Club with my 7.5 pound 6.5-06. I'd say they fly fine. Plan to be testing them on elk and Coues shortly...

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