varmint / tactical / long range rifle

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Brad Y
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Re: varmint / tactical / long range rifle

Post by Brad Y »

There is a timney trigger that is actually quite nice with that action.

Free float that barrel for sure!

As I said before, a 10 twist wont shoot those 100 plus grain bullets I dont think. 95 would be about your max. I would suggest getting some decent brass cases and working up some loads with 70-90gr bullets.
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thanks again guy's . tonight i put a sub moa HB stock on , my mates trigger ( 900 gram letoff ) & a 4-12 redfield sits on top now . whole new rifle :mrgreen: . my mate & i are loading up some 55gr blitzking molly coated bullets on friday night & heading down the range on sat after work . well the barrel is well & truely free floating now :mrgreen: cya guy's .
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how did you go?
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well the first 20 shots were no different still about 1 1/2 inch . then all of a sudden like magic groups droped to around 20 mm to just over a inch . big improvement . i'm not sure weather it was all me or the rifle , or a bit of both . it was somewhere between 90 & 100 rounds from new when things started getting better . i was using 43 gr of 2208 behind the 55 gr blitzking & 41 gr of 08 behind the 62gr barnes varmint grenade . it was the barnes that went 20 mm . but i only loaded 9 rounds of the barnes . well i must say i'm alot more confident now & with abit more tinkering i'm sure things will get better again . i know with some more practice i'll get better to . must go now mates but will be back .
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Post by stinkitup »

Keep trying different pills too, sometimes a rifle shoot a projectile into an inch, try another and it is 1/2 inch.
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