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<blockquote data-quote="Ron Johnson" data-source="post: 977" data-attributes="member: 1761"><p>Hello All,</p><p>I had a 30-378 built in '79 with a 30" douglas s/s bull barrel, on a Ruger #3 action with Canjar trigger and Fagen wood. I used a 24X leupold at first and then a 5.5-22 Nightforce. This rifle was bedded with glass and I tried several different tuning methods to tighten groups more. I built it to hunt with more than target shoot. I have used several powders as listed.</p><p>T-5010</p><p>T-5020</p><p>T-5050</p><p>T-5070</p><p>H-1000</p><p>R-22</p><p>IMR-7828</p><p>H-4831</p><p>WC-860 AND WC872. I mostly shot 200 and up to the 240's. Little time spent with lighter weight bullets. Shot a cotote in AZ with a 150 Win silver tip pulled from 30-30 ammo at about 3600 fps. Brown furr and red mist. Using the 200 gr. Sierra Matchkings shot several deer and a couple of elk out to about 700 yds. This chamber had little freebore and the 200 grs can touch the lands when the breech was closed. Max loads were as follows: 180 gr = 3550,</p><p>200 = 3350, and 220 = 3150, with the 240 limited work was done but about 3050. The Lieca 1200 works well and I have used it to a little over 1000 yds, but the beam is large at that distance. We found by ranging cattle and sheep with several laser rangefinders and a Wild rangefinder that if we aimed the Lieca at thier feet we got closer to real numbers. Can anyone comment on that thought that beam divergance is too great and you actually get a reading back from the ground beyond the animal??</p><p>Thanks for your time,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ron Johnson, post: 977, member: 1761"] Hello All, I had a 30-378 built in '79 with a 30" douglas s/s bull barrel, on a Ruger #3 action with Canjar trigger and Fagen wood. I used a 24X leupold at first and then a 5.5-22 Nightforce. This rifle was bedded with glass and I tried several different tuning methods to tighten groups more. I built it to hunt with more than target shoot. I have used several powders as listed. T-5010 T-5020 T-5050 T-5070 H-1000 R-22 IMR-7828 H-4831 WC-860 AND WC872. I mostly shot 200 and up to the 240's. Little time spent with lighter weight bullets. Shot a cotote in AZ with a 150 Win silver tip pulled from 30-30 ammo at about 3600 fps. Brown furr and red mist. Using the 200 gr. Sierra Matchkings shot several deer and a couple of elk out to about 700 yds. This chamber had little freebore and the 200 grs can touch the lands when the breech was closed. Max loads were as follows: 180 gr = 3550, 200 = 3350, and 220 = 3150, with the 240 limited work was done but about 3050. The Lieca 1200 works well and I have used it to a little over 1000 yds, but the beam is large at that distance. We found by ranging cattle and sheep with several laser rangefinders and a Wild rangefinder that if we aimed the Lieca at thier feet we got closer to real numbers. Can anyone comment on that thought that beam divergance is too great and you actually get a reading back from the ground beyond the animal?? Thanks for your time, [/QUOTE]
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