mason a Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Well, I got my gun back from the gun smith today and i could not wait to try some of the loads i had worked up. I did not have much time so i did my testing just out in the desert at 100 yards. The good news is my gun shoots GREAT now. The bad news is there is more than one load that it really likes. I only had time to shoot 6 groups of 3 shots because i let the barrel cool down between groups. The gun smith built aluminum pillars, glass bedded it , and floated the barrel. After i had shot my five groups ,my 13 year old son asked if he could shoot a group, so I said sure, he showed me up again with the .245 inch group. He is the same one who made me look bad shooting 24/25 clay pigeons with his 20 gauge. while i went 18/25 with my 12 gauge. Anyhow now I have a couple good starting loads to work with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffro Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Looks good. Im glad its all working out for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Try the Barnes TTSX. If it shoots, you have your bullet for just about any animal in the world! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Did the gunsmith recrown the barrel also? Results look pretty good now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mason a Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Did the gunsmith recrown the barrel also? Results look pretty good now. He crowned the muzzle break when he put it on, about a month ago, the only thing he did when I took it back to him was , he made aluminum pillars, beded the action, then floated it. He also aligned my scope, because some bonehead has a crooked eye (me).actually I had used that tool called level level level, to align my scope and bubble, but something was off. I was almost ready to kill my brother because he had talked me out of buying the savage LRH 111, to buy the model 700 ,i think for his sake he was happy to hear the gun was shooting good. I think now I will work on a ocw test to dial in the best powder charge, then I will shoot at some longer ranges Btw.thanks,jeffro &308 nut for educating me on ocw/ladder test. There is a 10 part series on you tube called road to precision . Very wel put together on shooting long range and reloading. They cover a lot of good info. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues7 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 Glad to hear things turned out ok. The ladder test is one of the best things ever theorized and applied. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roninflag Report post Posted April 6, 2011 MASON- I SHOOT THE 168 AND 139 out of my 7mms too. i found also the 140 berger and 140 accubond and 140 balistic tip very very accurate. i also found the 215gm gave higher pressure , higher velocity and higher es; and the rem9.5m , cci 250 and WLRM; i could virtually inter change as though they were the same primer only different colors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
