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I threw together a few rounds today to break-in the barrel. An assortment of 150 gr. Nosler Solid Base BT's, 160 gr. Speer BT's, and 160 gr. Speer SP's over WXR. Shoot/clean/shoot/clean, etc for the first five rounds, then I fired four in a row, cleaned, then fired my last five shots. My 13 shot...

I'm about to recieve the Remington M700 stainless 7 SAUM I bought. Just would like to know who all is shooting this round, and what you think of it. Any handloading advice would be much appreciated.

Yes, I'm still here. Sounds great, I can't wait until it arrives. Should be fun the play with. P.S., it arrived last Tuesday, but I won't get a chance to look at it until Sunday because I'm out of town. [ 07-18-2003: Message edited by: todbartell ]

I too have tried RL25 with the 160 gr. in my 7mm Rem Mag. 160 gr. Speer BT 70.0 grs. RL25 R-P case CCI 250 ~ 2908 fps avg. w/ 26" barrel

Jay Gorski , Yes, I will be trying it at lots of different ranges. I don't plan on shooting deer out to 600 yards, just milk jugs etc. I've printed off the technical stuff from Burris.com, and have been running diff. loads through a ballistics program, out to 500 & 600 yards.

I will be putting it on a 7mm SAUM. I haven't looked through one, just ordered it from Natchez. The Ballistic Plex should be very close to a 140 gr. @ 3150 fps, out to 600 yards, or a 175 gr. @ 2800 fps out to 500 yards, depending on the zero. This will be my first Burris scope.

Has anybody tried one of these? It looks pretty cool. I ordered a FullField II 3-9X40mm. Seems I should be able to make accurate hits out to 500 or 600 yards, with the use of a rangefinder. [ 06-30-2003: Message edited by: todbartell ]

BountyHunter, I realize my mtn. rifle isn't an ideal LR gun. But I will still have fun playing with it at longer distances, which for me, is 300+ yards. It has a 1-9" twist, which may be iffy with the VLD 140 gr. class bullets. 338-378, That is pretty cool that you guys are shooting the H&R...

Wow, you guys really get heated up quick! Man, I just came here because I was trying to get these MatchKings I had to shoot, so I came to the source of MK knowledge. When I said it takes alot of the human element, what I meant is from the video I watched, it looked to me like a novice...

338-378 , I'm not anti-long range hunting. It just seemed like it pretty easy with the tripod bench set-up. And the custom guns and scopes, precision handloads, etc. It really takes alot of the human element out of it. If I was shooting a blue printed action, Hart barrel, McMillian stocked...

LOL Ahh, the thing about the young girl who smoked a fawn at 750 yards, when she couldn't remove the safety? Yes, like I said, no talent. I loaded up the last of my MatchKings today, and tried them tonight with my rifle wearing the diff. stock. I went with H4895 and Varget. Varget...

Actually, that RL19 load was better than I'm doing now. That was 5 shots with RL19 that are going as tight as my 3 shot groups now. I've shot the 120 gr. MK with Varget, but didn't record the group size, only the speed. So I will try it. I've been shooting lately with the laminate stock...

I have used this RL15 powder in my 260 Rem for 100 gr. bullets. With the 100 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet, I could get pretty good groups, 1" or less. This is the first time I've tried it with a 120 gr. bullet. Yes, my barrel is quite slender. I let it get almost cool, just slightly warm...

Hello all, this is my first post. I'll start out by saying I'm not a real long range shooter, nor do I claim I am. Anyways, to my question. I shoot a Remington 700 stainless mtn. rifle in 260 Rem. My scope is a Bushnell Elite 3200 5-15X40mm. It is not scary accurate, but I'd say good for a...