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Half inch groups at 300 yards and you are not happy? Doens't sound like there is anything wrong with the rifle to me.

Got my 2nd choice. Early rifle bull unit 3a 3c. First tag ever! Took me 10 years to draw.

Cabelas card showed a hit for me or the wife today as well.

Leupold VX2 6-18x40. Light weight, repeatable and with good glass will get her to 600 and them some pretty easy.

I have always had much better results with 4064 than varget in .308.

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Surprisingly enough H-1000 works really well with the 105 class bullets. 46.0 grains seems to be the magic number that has worked for me in a couple different .243's

1:9 you should be able to run a 100gr and even the 105 Amax just fine.

That rifle probably has a 10 twist barrel but possibly even slower. Like mentioned above, twist will dictate what bullet you will be able to run. For 400 yards the Sierra 100gr Game King is tough to beat. If that one don't shoot well you may need to step down to the 85gr weight class. The 87gr Berger would be a good choice.

Unless you are ordering a custom spec reamer bullets.Com or grizzly.com generally have the ptg reamer and gauges in stock ready to ship and a little cheaper. I have had nothing but great luck and service from ptg.

Barrels need to be looked at similarly to tires on your pickup. They wear out and get replaced, it's just one of those expenses you plan for. That being said the average barrel life is only a matter of seconds regardless of what caliber you choose. http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2017/02/a-few-seconds-at-best-the-short-operating-life-of-barrels/

Yeah, it would be nice to have a heavier bullet for sure but I have yet to see anything live through the 115.

Not nearly as easy to find but you can find it if you look and the match stuff will cost you. Probably not going to find it at the run of the mill mom and pop shop if you forgot your ammo on a hunt somewhere. Reloading wise Lapua makes brass for it as well as Norma and Nosler but you can always neck up or down any .308 based cartridge and go from there. The huge success of the Creedmoor is due in large part that there are many factory loadings available in a number of different bullet weights as well as a few match quality loadings at very reasonable prices. The 6.5 Creed has gotten the aftermarket support the .260 deserved but didn't get back in the 90's

I am a fan of both. Each cartridge fills a pretty small niche in your line up though. Not really much you could do with either one that you couldn't do with one of your 6.5's and your 7mm mag, I also know you got the big 30's covered as well. That being said I would say you have elk and deer pretty well covered up. I would seriously consider keeping a 25 in the line up or even a hot rod 6mm of some sort. That way you have the varmints to deer spectrum covered up as well. You can get pretty creative and do a 257 Roberts improved which would give you 25-06 performance in a nice efficient package. 7x57 Ackley would also be a nice option in a 7mm with performance very similar to the .280 in an efficient package as well.

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Ease of loading and the simple fact that there are numerous options in factory rifles as well as match quality factory ammo puts the Creedmoor in a class of its own. It's following is only getting stronger and with that more and more options available. It doesn't do anything better than any of the other 6.5's mentioned other than it was designed to fit a standard magazine with the 140 class bullets. I for one don't really understand the hype with the cartridge but it does do everything pretty well. Accuracy is great, velocity matches the old swede, ammo is available just about everywhere, great bullet selection from 107gr all the way to 160, barrel life is very good and it is very deadly even at long ranges. Just about every major rifle maker is offering a model chambered in the Creedmoor so it really boils down to what one has the features you like best. An 8 twist barrel which is pretty much standard for a 6.5 will handle just about any bullet you can throw at it and as far as ease of reloading, I haven't found it to be any better than any other 6.5 cartridge out there as they are all pretty easy to tune. I vote Creed just because you have more options.

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The triggers you have are easily tuned down to 2lbs and can be very nice triggers for hunting situations. If the extra half a pound is worth $140 put a Timney in it.

Jim, put them on the scale and you will see why they don't shoot worth a darn. Only thing I use them for is a cheap barrel break in bullet or fire forming. I have seen differences in bullet weight by up to three grains within the same box of 100. The .30 cal 150s have consistently been the worst I have encountered with the biggest spread but I have seen some big variances in the 6.5's and 7mms as well. Most bullets even the cheap bulk Remington or Winchester stuff will be within a half grain and most of your big name bullets like Berger, Sierra and Nosler will be within .2 or less, generally less. To be fair the SST line is the only line of bullets from Hornady that I have had this problem with. Try separating them by weight and see if anything improves.

The BR Norma is throated for longer heavier bullets and the Remington is throated for the lighter weights typically used in 100yd bench rest.

If you are talking about setting it up like a Savage the barrel nut will secure the lug in place, no need for pins or epoxy. Even if you are not planning on using a barrel nut system the shoulder on the barrel will secure the lug just fine as well. Every lug on factory 700s isn't pinned or attached to the receiver in anyway, just pinched together between the shoulder on the barrel and the receiver face.

So during that time you were a successful landscaper what did you pay your employees? Hopefully, it was enough to support them and there 3 illegitimate kids plus a mortgage payment and the new mini van in the driveway.

or is it saving you way too much Yeah lex, just start thinking like a woman. You only spent $150 when you could have spent $200. So you didn't spend $150 you saved $50. My wife keeps telling me I saved money all the time.

What Lance said. You are giving up a lot of potential in that RUM. Shooting 180 Barnes in the 300 rum is like buying 3/4 ton 4x4 diesel truck to haul around a quad. You have the potential to haul bigger and better things but you aren't.

Stockystocks.com sells a few different styles of bottom metal and also detachable mag systems. They even offer a bit of a discount on those when you buy a stock and a bottom kit together. One stop shop.