Jester896
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yep...went there this morning. Grafs had a sale and I went looking for shot shells since my WM doesn't carry the supply others do. For the 2 flats of shells that totaled $167 the wanted $147.?? to ship them to me
That is pure insanity on those shipping charges.yep...went there this morning. Grafs had a sale and I went looking for shot shells since my WM doesn't carry the supply others do. For the 2 flats of shells that totaled $167 the wanted $147.?? to ship them to me
$100 delivered @Jester896 - I bought my last several flats from Ammoman. They have a few other options in that same area.yep...went there this morning. Grafs had a sale and I went looking for shot shells since my WM doesn't carry the supply others do. For the 2 flats of shells that totaled $167 the wanted $147.?? to ship them to me
Dub, I played around with some Shooters World match for slow fire standing, since shooting 77 grain bullets at 200 yards feels like a waste. This was at 50 rested on my pistol range, not 100. The group was shot from my White Oak. Not the best load ever, but better than me standing without a sling on my best day.Will be using it for 6GT whenever I get time to barrel my action and assemble the rifle.
Work schedule has been a beast. No time or energy for anything on my days off.
I got a white oak barrel that shoots like that… 69 RMRs over benchmark. This is 5 shots at 100 yds from a bipod and rear bag. Easily my best from a gas gun ever.Dub, I played around with some Shooters World match for slow fire standing, since shooting 77 grain bullets at 200 yards feels like a waste. This was at 50 rested on my pistol range, not 100. The group was shot from my White Oak. Not the best load ever, but better than me standing without a sling on my best day.
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That will kill a deer for sure. If you want to safely get some wild velocities, try Magpro in .243 and .270. The accuracy for me has been consistently good with Magpro in both calibers plus 7mag with 150 Berger’s, or 150 Speer, and very poor with Partitions or Interlocks in my rifle.And I owe you a weekend report from my son’s 243. Turns out 4064 didn’t work so hot for his Ruger American… but dang if the old brown mule IMR 4350 showed up. I didn’t have the Labradar and forgot my bags, so maybe not the best (used an empty water bottle for rear support) but I think there’s something to work with here.
First group - all four shots - over 41.5 grains.
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Second group.
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Third group.
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He’ll probably never see a 100 yard shot with this gun so I’m more inclined to just call it with a decent load and roll a couple hundred for target practice.
But…
That looks great! I think the 1 in 7 over-spins the light bullets making accuracy erratic unless just the right harmonics are found. This a non-provable by me theory, that has no basis in any fact other than my personal experience.I got a white oak barrel that shoots like that… 69 RMRs over benchmark. This is 5 shots at 100 yds from a bipod and rear bag. Easily my best from a gas gun ever.
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How’s it handle heat swings?That will kill a deer for sure. If you want to safely get some wild velocities, try Magpro in .243 and .270. The accuracy for me has been consistently good with Magpro in both calibers plus 7mag with 150 Berger’s, or 150 Speer, and very poor with Partitions or Interlocks in my rifle.
I generally work up max hunting loads in the summertime with anything of I’m going “hot”, but Magpro doesn’t seem to know that it’s cold outside during hunting season. It hasn’t shown me any signs of being squirrelly . I use CCI large rifle primers except in the 7 mag, which gets magnum rifle primers. If we were in Minnesota, I might work up all those loads with magnum primers shooting ball powder. .243 and .270 just aren’t burning much powder.How’s it handle heat swings?
A friend of mine from PA that shoots clays has daughter attending U of AR, he drives down to visit her. It’s just a short distance to Walmart HQ and there’s 6 Walmarts within short driving distance. He started visiting a different Walmart daily. He got the delivery schedule down and was buying cases of shells. When he drove back to PA the whole back of the SUV was loaded so high one could not see out the back window. Every space had ammo stacked in it. If he had gotten stopped it would have been an interesting conversation though he did absolutely nothing illegal.@Dub I am going to be passing 3 different Wally Worlds this week and will stop in to see what they have before I order them. I think the Federal site includes shipping but I'll check that too. Most of the others, the flats are on the exclusion list of free shipping.
Sold!I generally work up max hunting loads in the summertime with anything of I’m going “hot”, but Magpro doesn’t seem to know that it’s cold outside during hunting season. It hasn’t shown me any signs of being squirrelly . I use CCI large rifle primers except in the 7 mag, which gets magnum rifle primers. If we were in Minnesota, I might work up all those loads with magnum primers shooting ball powder. .243 and .270 just aren’t burning much powder.
if you over spin a bullet it causes the nose to lift. Doing so will create drag on longer trajectories therefore decreasing the BC of the bulletThat looks great! I think the 1 in 7 over-spins the light bullets making accuracy erratic unless just the right harmonics are found. This a non-provable by me theory, that has no basis in any fact other than my personal experience.
some guys in FL tell me what good deals they get and quantities.A friend of mine from PA that shoots clays has daughter attending U of AR, he drives down to visit her. It’s just a short distance to Walmart HQ and there’s 6 Walmarts within short driving distance. He started visiting a different Walmart daily. He got the delivery schedule down and was buying cases of shells. When he drove back to PA the whole back of the SUV was loaded so high one could not see out the back window. Every space had ammo stacked in it. If he had gotten stopped it would have been an interesting conversation though he did absolutely nothing illegal.
The times we live in aren’t like the good times when you went to the store the week before you went hunting and stocked up for a few hunts. These days, we have to think about deer/ dove season 3 years from now.I didn’t reload anything but while I was at the shop picking up my bow I scored 3 fresh 1lb bottles of IMR 4350 for $54.99 each. Quite a few of my rifles love this powder, add this to the 5K Large Rifle Primers I just picked up I should be ready for deer season.