AusVarmint

Did a bit of load testing on my 7mm rem mag last weekend.



Load is 160gr Nosler Accubonds with 65gr AR 2217 powder.


Needless to say i was very impressed with the outcome.

The rifle shoots unbelievable. Longest confirmed kill to date is 647m. On a sunny arvo in 2001 in the Southern Tablelands. Macca (Aus Varmint member) can vouch for me, cause he used his rangefinder to tell me how far away it was.

Show us your best groups and how they perform.

Nice grouping! Is that a stock Savage rifle or has it had work done to it? Also what do you make of the choate stock, i know lots of people dont think much of them but i reakon they would be handy for long range accuracy....

I don't have any pics of my 7mm08 groups but the best groups were all within .75 inch. not spectacular but I haven't done as much load development as I should have!

dave wrote:Nice grouping! Is that a stock Savage rifle or has it had work done to it? Also what do you make of the choate stock, i know lots of people dont think much of them but i reakon they would be handy for long range accuracy....

Dave,

It is a stock 112 VSSF savage (Left hand), Only work done is the purchase of the Choate stock and lightening of the trigger.

I know that the Choate stocks have copped a lot of criticism but I have no complaints about it. It makes shooting at distance a lot easier than the plastic moulded stock that came with the rifle.

I lugged the rifle around Louth pig shooting for 10 days last November in 45+-degree heat and had no gripes.

I am yet to really fine-tune the loads for the rifle. All in all the rifle shoots great and the three loads I have for it (120gr Ballistic tips, 140gr Sierra game kings and 160gr Accubonds) shoot inside .739, .590 and .349 moa respectively. All loads shoot to pretty much the same point of impact as well, which is handy in the field if you want to change bullets.

The Below links show the other 2 load groups and point of impacts

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w156 ... -03-11.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w156 ... -03-11.jpg

Same here. My Ruger 30-06 seems to love Nosler projectiles too, in particular 180gr AccuBonds with 55.5grs AR2209 (above).




The 150gr Ballistics-Tips shoot rather well too (59.0grs AR2209).

Nice groups Drew, good to see some one else putting a bit of time into fine tuning the larger calibres for hunting purposes.

mine tikka in 3006 165 bt noslers
50 gr ar 2208 @ 100mit

very nice now I definately have to see what I can get out of my -06

Ruger M77 MKII 338WM, Totaly stock no bedding, shit trigger and a 6 power scope, Winnie factory ammo.


Im about to go to work so in the Morn i will go and shoot some groups with my 308.

Thommo, groups are measured center to center. Deduct a caliber from the overall size, in your case --.338 and you have a three shot at .56.
Bloody nice group Malcolm

Thats what I was thinking too Malcom, Thomos group is better than.898"

Thomo can just plain shoot
he picked up my rifle and eye shot a kitten at 60+ yards first shot, didn't even test the trigger- just grabbed it , shouldered it, shot and success.

LAter
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malcolm wrote:Thommo, groups are measured center to center. Deduct a caliber from the overall size, in your case --.338 and you have a three shot at .56.
Bloody nice group Malcolm

Yeah im aware of that, i just measure em that way so i can never be told "thats not the center". Should be right for minute of sambar anyway.
I did take it out shooting rabbits the other week, i was surpirsed how flat it shot 200grn projys.

I will get my mates T3 in 338 out and shoot it, it is a one hole jobby, well it used ot be before it went to 250grn projy's now it is a bloody handfull

Pat, i think that may have been a luck shot.

Thomo wrote:

malcolm wrote:Thommo, groups are measured center to center. Deduct a caliber from the overall size, in your case --.338 and you have a three shot at .56.
Bloody nice group Malcolm

Yeah im aware of that, i just measure em that way so i can never be told "thats not the center". quote]

Trouble is that bullet holes in paper are usually smaller than one calibre . Pick the widest 2 shots and measure from the near side of one to the far side of the other and you will get a correct centre to centre measurement .

these are from my first batch of test loads for my wifes m38 6.5x55.
(yes i am aware the measurment is outside to outside !, it made it easyer to photo, the inside measurement is .435)