Gday mate, yeah like we have said once youve had a good swift and have seen what they can do in a good gun its hard to be without one, i did get the 8 twist shortened to 24 and heading up to have a crack with it tomorrow, its not really tuned right but it will be good just to meet some new like minded fellas and have a go , cheers matemacca wrote:Very nice indeed.
Must be nice to have the king back in the safe.
Happy crow exploding.
Did you get the 1:8 shortened ?
Cheers
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That looks like a bit of allright. would look even better with a dead cat in the picture.
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You really should bring it up next weekend so we can leave drool stains on it .
Long Live the "KING"
Long Live the "KING"
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Ran it in and it's a ripper of a barrel, cleaned up real easy , then came load development and I'm fair dinkum when I say there was none other than upping the powder a little here is the best and worst of 4 5 shot groups at 200 yds with flags , the mirage made it a little hard , the best group is 41.5 grains of o8 at 4320 the worst 42 at 4380 with a 40 grain b/tip
ps , thanks for the invite Andrew but I'm at nyngan all week but one day it will happen- MISSED
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If your in Nyngan all week that would mean the swift is at home alone
just for safety reasons you could drop it in on your way past
just for safety reasons you could drop it in on your way past
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You no I would but it will be right beside meMISSED wrote:If your in Nyngan all week that would mean the swift is at home alone
just for safety reasons you could drop it in on your way past
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Mark you have very good taste in guns. Fluted stainless with lairy coloured Tupperware. Yes very good taste indeed.
Now were was that post about McMillan. Have we found an import licence yet?
Now were was that post about McMillan. Have we found an import licence yet?
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No maddco fluted the barrel, being a button rifled barrel fluting after heat treating is a no no !!!trevort wrote:oh, and did Matt flute the barrel or did that happen at the manufacturer
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Matt I have a couple of lilja liljas and a shilen fluted by Clancy. Do they use a different rifling process or was some risk taken?
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In my opinion some risks has been taken, you'll get away with it sometimes BUT not always, I would never flute a delivered button barrel.
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Looks like a typical maddco. Onto my second now and its shooting bugholes! Nice work Mark!
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Nice looking outfit, mistit
What load are u using through that beast?
What load are u using through that beast?
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G'day teepee , 41.5 of 2208 and 40b/tip
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that 40gr is humming along whats the MPO on that 350yards there abouts, similair or faster than a 223WSSM perhaps?
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Dave I have the gun zeroed at 280 yds which gives me about 2inches high at around 190 yds and puts me about 2 inches low at 340 this is checked on a target at that range , it is getting along but there's no major signs of pressure , I use a full lenght bushing die to get the desired neck tension and I've loaded the same 50 cases coming up to my 3rd time as we speak with the primer pockets feeling fine , in the real world this load is devastating out 400 ydsdave wrote:that 40gr is humming along whats the MPO on that 350yards there abouts, similair or faster than a 223WSSM perhaps?