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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 23707" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Thanks everyone. The action will be used with a custom barrel in the end. The deal was done that night. The gun was like new and the stock will be used on a 721 action a friend gave me when I get a custom lightweight barrel for just toten around on the wheeler and such. The action will be trued and used in a project over the winter with an HS stock in the meantime. The idea was to aquire a SS action for the project and the stock for the 721 and in the meantime shoot the 300 RUM barrel for all it's worth over the winter instead of my 300WM. </p><p></p><p>I agree 100% on the custom route. Factory barrels just don't compare, at least the vast majority don't anyway.</p><p></p><p>I went out to 200 yds the day before last with it, looked down the bore, adjusted the scope and fired 3 rds then moved it to the bull. I then fired 5rds of factory 180 Sciroccos, 5rds of factory 180 Partitions. They grouped under 3.5" each. </p><p></p><p>I had loaded 10 180 Nosler BT's up at 80gr with IMR-4350, which was Noslers most accurate powder and load also just to shoot something else too. It did the best of all of them at 3", still nothing to brag about but it was ten rounds in tree inches with no load development at all yet.</p><p></p><p>I'm headed back to the range tomarrow with starting loads up to max loads in .2gr increments to find the sweet spot in a couple different bullets. The 180 BT and the 165 Scirocco that are on hand. I mounted a strain gage on it today so I can check psi with the Oehler 43 along the way. I'll be using two sets of skyscreens downrange to check BC's also. </p><p></p><p>I'll get a good drop chart to start from out of this. </p><p></p><p>The trigger was already lightened up, that was nice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 23707, member: 99"] Thanks everyone. The action will be used with a custom barrel in the end. The deal was done that night. The gun was like new and the stock will be used on a 721 action a friend gave me when I get a custom lightweight barrel for just toten around on the wheeler and such. The action will be trued and used in a project over the winter with an HS stock in the meantime. The idea was to aquire a SS action for the project and the stock for the 721 and in the meantime shoot the 300 RUM barrel for all it's worth over the winter instead of my 300WM. I agree 100% on the custom route. Factory barrels just don't compare, at least the vast majority don't anyway. I went out to 200 yds the day before last with it, looked down the bore, adjusted the scope and fired 3 rds then moved it to the bull. I then fired 5rds of factory 180 Sciroccos, 5rds of factory 180 Partitions. They grouped under 3.5" each. I had loaded 10 180 Nosler BT's up at 80gr with IMR-4350, which was Noslers most accurate powder and load also just to shoot something else too. It did the best of all of them at 3", still nothing to brag about but it was ten rounds in tree inches with no load development at all yet. I'm headed back to the range tomarrow with starting loads up to max loads in .2gr increments to find the sweet spot in a couple different bullets. The 180 BT and the 165 Scirocco that are on hand. I mounted a strain gage on it today so I can check psi with the Oehler 43 along the way. I'll be using two sets of skyscreens downrange to check BC's also. I'll get a good drop chart to start from out of this. The trigger was already lightened up, that was nice. [/QUOTE]
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