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Retail is close to $500 most places. The local Walmart wants $467 for the model with the Bushnell scope. $270 is a great buy. What store and where?

I have found those little lee case trimmers to be about the easiest and most accurate trimmer out there. I use a drill and made some round handles to go on mine that makes things a lot more comfortable.

700 yards really isn't a big deal and lots of calibers can do that relatively easy without having to move up to a magnum sized caliber. As said before it depends on what the end goal is, paper and steel or game. Either cartridge you have listed will get you there no problem and provide clean kills on game at that distance but so will a standard 270 or 7mm08 with proper shot placement and bullet selection.

I don't have access to my manual at the moment but load data.com shows a coal of 3.340" hope this helps.

That is a bad mother chicken right there. Makes me want to crank some cowboys from heck. Good luck with the trade.

Send it off to shaw for fluting or purchase a new fluted barrel from them and have them install it. By far the cheapest route.

The best way to determine drops and turret values is by shooting and lots of it. Practice at the ranges you intend to shoot and practice in adverse conditions and varying elevations to better understand what you and your rifle are doing. Ballistic calculators are great but they are only as good as the information input into them. I will never trust a calculator over my proven data and drop charts developed at the range and in the field. As far as B.C.s go berger has the most accurate and scientific data available of any bullet manufacturer. They use multiple chronographs acoustic sensors and radar over 600 yards to determine actual bcs of their bullets. They also use the G7 standard which is a much more consistent drag model for todays modern bullet designs. The actual bc can have slight changes depending on elevation and weather conditions but for the most part are very consistent. Sierra also provides very good information but does so using the G1 standard models which is velocity dependent. Hornady I will admit has come along way in their BC information especially in thier Amax and Match bullet lines but can at times be a little exaggerated but not by much and depending on the bullet. Nosler just likes to blow smoke and lots of it, their ballistic testing is limited to 100 yards and pushed at the highest velocities possible which doesnt amount to good data at all for the average hunter / shooter. My opinion on a custom dial system vs the standard moa knob is this. If you changes bullets or loads at anytime your custom dial is pretty much useless and you will have to spend the money on a new one. The moa knob allows you the freedom to change at any time or for any situation by simply making a new drop chart. Its just as easy to dial up moa as it is to dial up to a yardage on a turret.

Have you tried using a windage adjustable base and the Burris zee rings? You might be able to take up enough to at least get it zeroed and the plastic inserts won't allow the scope to pinch and bind. Worth a shot what's another 60 bucks. Worse case it doesn't work and you sell the rings and bases in the classifieds and get your money back.

Head over to savageshooters.com and poke around I bet someone over there has one.

I've tried that too but it never seems to stay lit for me. The heet has never given me trouble once its lit and why I prefer it.

I picked up an aluminum one on eBay for about five bucks and it works awesome. Fill it half way with heet and light it, less than ten minutes later you have boiling water. Best part is that it only weighs like 3oz and fits in a small pocket.

Are you shooting from the lead sled pictured? If so ditch the sled and use a rest and or bags. Sleds are known for causing issue with scopes especially when mounted on magnum caliber rifles. If that doesn't help things I would switch to some burris signature zee rings to eliminate any question with rings or alignment issues.

H1000, Retumbo, Ramshot Magnum and H4831 should all give good results. Ramshot Hunter has worked well for me in a 300wsm with a 168 match king as well. Hunter and 4831 are fairly close burn rate wise. Accurateshooter.com has some good articles and data on the 7wsm http://www.accurateshooter.com/cartridge-guides/7mm/

Well what can i say i dont descriminate when it comes to guns and there is a time and place for pellet guns.

I hate a cluttered work space. I like to know right where everything is.

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Not sure why people think fireforming is such a chore. Fire form while doing barrel break in and you kill two birds with one stone. I generally break in for 50 rounds so when im done I have 50 cases ready to go and if I need more I wait until its time to clean it then fire form a few more to foul in the barrel. Works out pretty good. The 6.5-06 ackley is a great cartridge I have one and love it. I am getting 3180 out of mine with a 140 berger and only have to use 59 grains of powder to do it. The 26 Nosler can beat it im sure but not by much and it will have to burn quite a bit more powder to do it. There are quite a few 6.5s available that meet or exceed the 26 Nosler performance but dont have the backing of a major company that will allow joe smo to buy factory ammo. For those of us who reload and enjoy working with wildcat chamberings the 26 isnt all that exciting. But the guy that goes to the store looking for the best hot rod on the shelf the 26 looks pretty dang good.

270 will work fine especially for deer out to that range. There are some great bullet choices available now for the 270 that make it a good performer out to 800.The most important thing for making a long range shot is practice and good optics. If the load is good and shoots sub moa out to that distance I don't think you will have a problem. I prefer the scope to just have standard moa adjustments rather than the custom dial option just for the simple fact that I might change bullets or loads at some point and not have to buy a new turret to match. Bottom line is putting the bullet where it needs go. If you can do this with the 270 it will kill anything you point it at.

Sorry had a hard time getting the pics to load for some reason.

I have a lightly used Predator T-Rex stock for sale. Asking $150 shipped to the lower 48. Church up your 10/22 today! Bi-pod not included.

22" probably if its a factory Savage which it looks to be. Still a good buy.

Worst suggestion ever Tell that to the elk. Sure beats a sharp stick shot from a string and people kill elk that way all the time. Look at the ballistics for the 250 savage running a 115 berger at 2800 fps and you will find that it has plenty of pop for any distance kids will be shooting.

My nephew shot an elk this past season with a 250 savage I put together for him. Less kick than a 243 and it did the job no problem with a 115 berger. 260 is also a good choice.

Yep barrel life should be short but probably more than adequate when used as a hunting rifle. Shouldn't be any worse than these large RUM cartridges that people like so much. Just makes me wonder why they wouldn't opt to produce a high BC 140 grain bullet when they had to know they had this cartridge in the works. I will pick a 140 over a 130 every time no matter how inflated the BC is.

how many bulls do you suppose got drilled this year and no one even checked for blood because they didnt look hit and was too far across a canyon to go check? thats a question for a different thread though Well I know one in 22n. Got shot at over and someone smoked a 6x5 on my sons hunt. Ran right in front of us and died 100yds from us over the ridge. No one ever came and looked for the bull. They hit it a little back but still had a blood trail. Just makes me angry when you shoot something and not sure if you hit or not and still don't go look for blood. Sad story you will be seeing a lot more of that with everyone getting into long range. ive seen a bull take a .300 weatherby at 200 yards to the power plant and not even flinch. walk across a deep canyon to look for blood, aint nobody got time for that. What about all the game that's hit poorly with an arrow to run off and die a slow painful death and never found. There are poor examples on both sides yet only the long range hunters get the label of being unethical. Both disciplines require practice to become proficient and as long as someone puts in the time and effort and the game is harvested cleanly then I have no problem with it. Congrats to any hunter that is able harvest the game they are chasing regardless of how they did it.