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Bumping shoulder neck sizing neck turning
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<blockquote data-quote="Bigeclipse" data-source="post: 1004215" data-attributes="member: 52437"><p>Ok so here is the deal...it is actually shooting .5 MOA or about that with my current factory remington Core lokts. This is exactly what I have done so far and maybe I am way off what I should be doing. I have put a criterion 7mm rem mag 9 twist on a savage 110 magnum action. This was placed in a B&C stock that is NOT currently bedded (minus aluminum bedding block) but is free floated. I will most likely have it bedded but the smith is busy until January. I was anxious to shoot the gun so I decided to buy some ammo to break-in the new barrel and see what happens. I broke in according to criterion/kriegers method. So far I have shot 40 rounds of the 60 core lokts I bought and it has been consistently shooting .5-.75 MOA at 100 yards. I tested at 300 yards yesterday. Only two 5 shot groups though. Both groups had 4 shots clustered in a nice 1.5 inch group with a "flier" 3 inches away. Both fliers were perfect in vertical with the other shots but horizontally stringing away from the others. These fliers could be me and not enough trigger time or maybe my rifle not being bedded? Anyways, I have some 160 accubonds on the way that I was going to work up some loads using the brass left over from the core lokts. Brass has been difficult to find and the brass I did find (lapua) seemed crazy expensive. I was planning on neck sizing the remington brass and bumping when needed with my FL RCBS dies to improve brass life to help prevent case head separation. I was not exactly doing neck only for accuracy reasons. I do not have lots of money and maybe I have spent the money on the wrong dies. I am a basic hunter and where I hunt most shots would be under 200 yards. We do have a 400 yard field (farthest shot to date on a deer is 275yards) and now have gained access to a 600 yard field to hunt. The goal with this rifle will ultimately be to stretch its legs to 700 yards on game, BUT of course that will only be when I feel I am capable to take those shots. Realistically I see myself hunting next year out to 400 and maybe the year after that to 600.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigeclipse, post: 1004215, member: 52437"] Ok so here is the deal...it is actually shooting .5 MOA or about that with my current factory remington Core lokts. This is exactly what I have done so far and maybe I am way off what I should be doing. I have put a criterion 7mm rem mag 9 twist on a savage 110 magnum action. This was placed in a B&C stock that is NOT currently bedded (minus aluminum bedding block) but is free floated. I will most likely have it bedded but the smith is busy until January. I was anxious to shoot the gun so I decided to buy some ammo to break-in the new barrel and see what happens. I broke in according to criterion/kriegers method. So far I have shot 40 rounds of the 60 core lokts I bought and it has been consistently shooting .5-.75 MOA at 100 yards. I tested at 300 yards yesterday. Only two 5 shot groups though. Both groups had 4 shots clustered in a nice 1.5 inch group with a "flier" 3 inches away. Both fliers were perfect in vertical with the other shots but horizontally stringing away from the others. These fliers could be me and not enough trigger time or maybe my rifle not being bedded? Anyways, I have some 160 accubonds on the way that I was going to work up some loads using the brass left over from the core lokts. Brass has been difficult to find and the brass I did find (lapua) seemed crazy expensive. I was planning on neck sizing the remington brass and bumping when needed with my FL RCBS dies to improve brass life to help prevent case head separation. I was not exactly doing neck only for accuracy reasons. I do not have lots of money and maybe I have spent the money on the wrong dies. I am a basic hunter and where I hunt most shots would be under 200 yards. We do have a 400 yard field (farthest shot to date on a deer is 275yards) and now have gained access to a 600 yard field to hunt. The goal with this rifle will ultimately be to stretch its legs to 700 yards on game, BUT of course that will only be when I feel I am capable to take those shots. Realistically I see myself hunting next year out to 400 and maybe the year after that to 600. [/QUOTE]
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