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Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?
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<blockquote data-quote="SidTheKidd" data-source="post: 434176" data-attributes="member: 13577"><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Derek M,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Yeah, we try. Guess we got lucky that day. Haha. Sometimes getting set up in time for a good shot is tough. We missed earlier that day at just over 1000 yards due to ranging over the goat. That would have been awesome. But cool glad you like our vids. We got a few more that we gotta edit up and get up there, couple of coyotes to go along with the antelope. Also hoping for a big whitetail kill on video too, but we will see if that happens.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Broz, </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Got a couple more questions on the 7mm-300 for you. What sorta groups were you guys seeing at 100 yrds with the berger? Also was the gun throated specifically for the VLD bullets? Also if you remember, how far off the lands were the VLDs when they shot the best? Where you seeing alot of runout with the RM brass?(You are right, this is what I am using.)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I guess I ask because, I was talking to a fella today who has shot alot of Bergers and swears that they will only shoot on or in the lands if the throat is not reamed for them. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">When I shot the antelope I didnt feel like a had a good enough load worked up for the 180 vld yet. I only had the gun for about 5 days before I went on that hunt. So, the best load that I was able to come up with for the gun was with the AMAX's which was just under half minute.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Now I think I am on the right track with the 180 VLDs. I hope so, sorta built the gun for these bullets! I did the test that Berger recommends and got a group to shoot right at a half minute. The bullets were loaded .083 off the lands of my rifle. So I think I am going to mess around with that a bit, and take a few rounds +- .002 from there and see if they tighten up. I also gotta drop the charge of H-1000 a couple tenths since I am still getting a bit of resisitance on the bolt.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidTheKidd, post: 434176, member: 13577"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Derek M,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Yeah, we try. Guess we got lucky that day. Haha. Sometimes getting set up in time for a good shot is tough. We missed earlier that day at just over 1000 yards due to ranging over the goat. That would have been awesome. But cool glad you like our vids. We got a few more that we gotta edit up and get up there, couple of coyotes to go along with the antelope. Also hoping for a big whitetail kill on video too, but we will see if that happens.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Broz, [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Got a couple more questions on the 7mm-300 for you. What sorta groups were you guys seeing at 100 yrds with the berger? Also was the gun throated specifically for the VLD bullets? Also if you remember, how far off the lands were the VLDs when they shot the best? Where you seeing alot of runout with the RM brass?(You are right, this is what I am using.)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I guess I ask because, I was talking to a fella today who has shot alot of Bergers and swears that they will only shoot on or in the lands if the throat is not reamed for them. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]When I shot the antelope I didnt feel like a had a good enough load worked up for the 180 vld yet. I only had the gun for about 5 days before I went on that hunt. So, the best load that I was able to come up with for the gun was with the AMAX's which was just under half minute.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Now I think I am on the right track with the 180 VLDs. I hope so, sorta built the gun for these bullets! I did the test that Berger recommends and got a group to shoot right at a half minute. The bullets were loaded .083 off the lands of my rifle. So I think I am going to mess around with that a bit, and take a few rounds +- .002 from there and see if they tighten up. I also gotta drop the charge of H-1000 a couple tenths since I am still getting a bit of resisitance on the bolt.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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