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<blockquote data-quote="midwesthunter" data-source="post: 405449" data-attributes="member: 10792"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">First let me say I don't have any velocity readings. Buddy shot my chrono before it was my turn. You should have seen the look on his face LOL. He thought I was going to shoot him. But he instantly got his wallet out, and I just told him stuff happens just order me a new one. So temp was 80 deg out, I was shooting in the shade of my truck. I had four different powders loaded in .5 grain increments. Shooting new Remington brass cci primers and sierra MK 69 grain. I forget OAL but bullet was .003 off lands. Gun is Model 10 predator 1-9 twist 22" barrel. Cartridge fit in mag fine but some would catch when chambering. I only shot three shot groups and I fired the groups as fast as I accurately could. So less than 30 seconds between all three shots. Barrel cooled for 5 min between groups. Distance was 200 yards with bi-pod no rear bag. I don't know if I was more impressed with the groups or my shooting. On a side note, I only had time to test 2 of the powders and they were Varget and H335. I will test other two when I get time. Here are my three best groups. First is varget other two is H335</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa130/midwesthunter/004.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><img src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa130/midwesthunter/002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Center to center of .264 @ 200 yards not bad for a bone stock savage.</p><p><img src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa130/midwesthunter/003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I definatly need a better stock. In the colder months its fine, but in the summer heat it gets pretty wobblie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="midwesthunter, post: 405449, member: 10792"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]First let me say I don't have any velocity readings. Buddy shot my chrono before it was my turn. You should have seen the look on his face LOL. He thought I was going to shoot him. But he instantly got his wallet out, and I just told him stuff happens just order me a new one. So temp was 80 deg out, I was shooting in the shade of my truck. I had four different powders loaded in .5 grain increments. Shooting new Remington brass cci primers and sierra MK 69 grain. I forget OAL but bullet was .003 off lands. Gun is Model 10 predator 1-9 twist 22" barrel. Cartridge fit in mag fine but some would catch when chambering. I only shot three shot groups and I fired the groups as fast as I accurately could. So less than 30 seconds between all three shots. Barrel cooled for 5 min between groups. Distance was 200 yards with bi-pod no rear bag. I don't know if I was more impressed with the groups or my shooting. On a side note, I only had time to test 2 of the powders and they were Varget and H335. I will test other two when I get time. Here are my three best groups. First is varget other two is H335[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa130/midwesthunter/004.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa130/midwesthunter/002.jpg[/IMG] Center to center of .264 @ 200 yards not bad for a bone stock savage. [IMG]http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa130/midwesthunter/003.jpg[/IMG] I definatly need a better stock. In the colder months its fine, but in the summer heat it gets pretty wobblie. [/QUOTE]
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