Recent content by LRHChinook

Thanks for all the replies to my Weatherby problem. I'll PM to close out the questions asked. But... we definitely got sidetracked from my ACTUAL question, which was are the new, guided by Remington, Dakotas as good as the older ones? Does anyone have any experience on this? Thanks

Yes. They asked if I'd confirmed the problem using their premium ammunition ($$$). I had not. Following that, I did find some Weatherby .257 ammo at Cabelas and bought 2 boxes. Remember, my .257 does shoot sub-moa using my hand loads. But with the Weatherby ammo, it only shot 3.3 moa...

I'll try to summarize. I very carefully reload and have tried both Sierra Pro Hunter 180 and Berger VLD 168 and 185. The reason for only trying 2 bullet types is I also have a Weatherby V .257 WM and have tried just about every bullet made in that. Both my Weatherby's have their...

I understood Accumarks were free floated with an aluminum bedding plate. 1) Would you bed the barrel and eliminate the free-float? 2) How can fiberglass bedding help if there's already an aluminum bedding plate? To be honest, I haven't even taken the action out of the stock to look. I am...

In the 1990s, Dakota Arms was "family owned" and the rifles acquired a good reputation. The holding company that owns Remington bought Dakota in 2009. Does this mean the bean counters are going to squeeze quality and increase volume? Are the older Dakotas going to be better than those...

When I take my Wby Accumark 300 win mag or Mark V 257 mag to the range to test new hand loads, I usually fire 40 rounds (10 times 4 different load combinations). But this is not a reloading question. It's how much time do I need to let my barrel cool as I shoot to maintain accuracy? I shoot...

I have two canisters of RL-22. I think I'll try some recommended and max loads of that (73.3/77.6) with the Berger 168s. Also the same for my H4350. As I said, I also have some Berger 185 VLDs. Care to speculate on whether these will shoot better in my Accumark than the 168s? I failed to...

Berger says 75.5 of H1000 is the max. Could one more grain be causing the problem?

MudRunner, You responded whilst I was typing... Can you comment on my 4350 question? Thanks

I've tried the Berger VLDs 168gr using 78.5 gr of H1000. My groups (from a bench rest) were all over the place. I use an electronic scale to weight every powder charge and am using Swarovski optics. I did what you did and seated the bullets so they just fit in the magazine. Can you suggest a...

I'm having trouble finding an accurate bullet for my Weatherby Accumark 300 win mag. Bergers (165 gr and 185 gr) don't work at all and Berger says it's probably due to the Weatherby long throat. Weatherby suggests a flat base bullet. I've tried Sierra Pro Hunter 180 gr with only limited...

Final closure... Yes, Amazon has the items but these items go to other "Amazon" retailers; each item to a different retailer and each with independent shipping cost. By far, the most expensive option. I chose Graf and Sons; $6 shipping flat. Of course, once shopping there, I found...

Some more info and thoughts: 1. I was trying to get KG-12, Kroil Oil and Butch's Bore Shine 2. I tried MidSouth, Natchez, Brownells and Cheaper than dirt 3. Only Midway and Brownells had the KG-12 (or the search's in the others did not find it) 4. Midsouth's shipping was $12...

Lot's of people buy from MidwayUSA but I can't figure why. I've gotten orders ready several times and I've always stopped when the shipping seemed so unreasonable. Tonight, I had an order of 3 barrel cleaners; total weight about 1.5 lbs; say 3 lbs in the box. Total cost of cleaners $30 and...