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Thanks for your kind comments mate!!! Good to hear you are enjoying the new rifle and i shall look forward to your reports when out hunting!! All the best , Ray.

You done a nice job mate!!! You enjoying the new rifle???

Thanks for your insight Roe!!!! Early days for the 280 Ackley - really liking though!!! Understand what you are saying about price too and availability of components - i made sure i have a good stock of 162 A-maxs to keep me ticking over!! All the best , Ray..

Hi Thomas , Another great video and thanks for sharing!! Glad we can talk openly about A-max for hunting on here , as in the UK its a very sensitive subject!! Mention A-max for hunting on a UK forum and there seems to be alot of disarray about using them and words of --- they dont expand / its...

Thanks for posting the groups up Trucraft!! Looking good and shall be interesting to see what happens when you play with the seating depth!! Did you start your loads with them kissing the lands??? Only the reason i ask , when i have a new rifle or barrel , i pick what bullet i plan to use , load...

Thats good to hear!! Well get what you can of the same batch numbers with them shooting that well..

Yep quite agree and if you have different batch numbers they may not shoot the same either!! Its why i have reloaded all these years too - consistency!!!

Why not just sell them and buy more of what works!!! Or you could reload and have what works all the time!!

Thanks for the update trucraft and that rifle is looking good!!! Well you got the running in bit out the way now so i shall look forward to see how she groups / velocity / and what ends up working well for the rifle!!! Then perhaps some hunting with it??? All the very best , Ray...

Well done young man!!

Yes looking very nice indeed!! be interesting to see how she shoots - what bullets are you planning to use / test?? All the very best , Ray.

Hi mate , Yes i did put a post up about my 280 Ackley!!! I like the thought of good quality Nosler custom ready formed brass too!!! As for the 162 A-max , yes getting hold of them can be a bit thin on the ground but thanks to some good contacts i was able to get a 1000 of them in!!! As i use...

Looking very nice Trucraft!!! I too decided to go the 7mm caliber route and decided to go with the 280 Ackley running the 162 A-max!!!! When shooting those 7mm bullets at long range , they sure make me smile!!! Enjoy your new rifle ........ Ray.

Hi mate and thanks for reply!! I have used the 105 A-max in a 243 Ackley for hunting / 155s in a 308 / 140s in the 6.5-284 / 123s in a 6.5-55 ackley / and now the 162 A-maxs - all been good performers so far!!! Happy hunting and all the best , Ray.

Looking great mate and good to see another forum member from over here!! Cracking caliber , i was using a RPA in the same caliber and was using the same bullet / primer / cases and 50 grains of H4831SC to give me 2900fps. Let us know how you get on hunting with it - great bullet for hunting!!! I...