Ultra Long Range Caliber?
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philny1
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This is what you're talking about building. Joel's toy!!
I can only shoot to 750 yds here at the house. Not a great challenge, but it was fun. Here is Joel, getting redy to really mess up my 750 gong.
Phil
I can only shoot to 750 yds here at the house. Not a great challenge, but it was fun. Here is Joel, getting redy to really mess up my 750 gong.
Phil
djbwow2008
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Very nice. Would you mind listing the components in that build. That is a beauty.
liltank
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Very nice rifle.
Tank
Tank
3fingervic
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That gun should do the trick.
Joel Russo
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That's one of my first .338-.408 builds. It's a .338 Big Baer which is the improved version of the .338-408.
Lawton 8000, Krieger barrel, Jewell, Vias, metal work by Baer, stock work by me.
Although I don't use the Lawton actions anymore, this rifle has been a real shooter.
Here's a picture of a 3.806" group I shot at 1,680 yards at an IBS sanctioned shoot in OHIO with that rifle.
Lawton 8000, Krieger barrel, Jewell, Vias, metal work by Baer, stock work by me.
Although I don't use the Lawton actions anymore, this rifle has been a real shooter.
Here's a picture of a 3.806" group I shot at 1,680 yards at an IBS sanctioned shoot in OHIO with that rifle.
liltank
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WOW!!! That is pretty impressive. Now was there a 5th shot not seen or only four shots total?
Tank
Joel Russo
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Fifth shot just off the right edge of the paper. Marked and measured by the target puller and rangemaster Tom Sarver. Would have brought the group to approx 7.5".
I did not win the match because all five have to be on paper, but nonetheless, it just shows what the combination is capable of.
I did not win the match because all five have to be on paper, but nonetheless, it just shows what the combination is capable of.
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DoubleGobble00
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Joel,
What type bullets and twist barrel do you shoot? Do you shoot a long barrel (like 34")?
Great shooting. That is what I am talking about! That is good stuff. Can't wait to build this big boomer.
DoubleG
What type bullets and twist barrel do you shoot? Do you shoot a long barrel (like 34")?
Great shooting. That is what I am talking about! That is good stuff. Can't wait to build this big boomer.
DoubleG
Joel Russo
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That particular rifle has a 33" 10 twist barrel. That group was shot with the 300 gr SMK.
I am currently testing new bullets that require a sharper twist. So far they have performed exceptionally well with a much higher BC than the corrected BC I use with the SMK.
This cartridge will perform astoundingly well at a certain velocity. There is no need to push them any faster than that.
Joel, great shooting. I was down with Tom a couple of months ago with my 375 -408s and he told me about your success and so I looked up your original post. He s lengthened the range now to 1740 yds but I only grouped about 9" for 4.
Looks like you use a screwed on aluminium base plate for bench rest shooting - has that helped much. Also who makes the rest and how much does it cost. I have a Farley for 6mm BR but have not used it for large calibers - how much does it add to your accuracy?
Thanks
LR3
Looks like you use a screwed on aluminium base plate for bench rest shooting - has that helped much. Also who makes the rest and how much does it cost. I have a Farley for 6mm BR but have not used it for large calibers - how much does it add to your accuracy?
Thanks
LR3
Joel Russo
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LR3~
9" at his place is quite a feat. Good shooting...
Tom has a great place to shoot, we were there in the late spring. We shot a bit at 1,740 but ran out of daylight to hang a few targets.
We shot some at 1,950. He had a 12" steel plate that we shot from the hilltop position to the left of the pavilion.
I use a 3" aluminum plate on the forend of that rifle because of the stock design. It rides the front bag of my rest much better that way.
I've been wanting to make a stock for it, but can't seem to find the time to make one for myself. I'm in the process of designing a new one for these rifles.
My rest you see in the pictures posted by Philny1, was made by Baer. He quit making them a few years ago because of the cost. I think I paid around $1,500. They are by far the best built rest I have used.
Send me a pm with your contact info, maybe we can meet at Sarver's in the spring.
9" at his place is quite a feat. Good shooting...
Tom has a great place to shoot, we were there in the late spring. We shot a bit at 1,740 but ran out of daylight to hang a few targets.
We shot some at 1,950. He had a 12" steel plate that we shot from the hilltop position to the left of the pavilion.
I use a 3" aluminum plate on the forend of that rifle because of the stock design. It rides the front bag of my rest much better that way.
I've been wanting to make a stock for it, but can't seem to find the time to make one for myself. I'm in the process of designing a new one for these rifles.
My rest you see in the pictures posted by Philny1, was made by Baer. He quit making them a few years ago because of the cost. I think I paid around $1,500. They are by far the best built rest I have used.
Send me a pm with your contact info, maybe we can meet at Sarver's in the spring.
Joel, Thanks for the info. I did have an aluminium plate made by Manners for my 30-378 WBY but have not used yet for BR. Tom did suggest I try the 1950 range to the left but I also ran out of time - it was during deer bow season so I only had the middle of the day. I m planning to go down in the Spring also so I ll PM you my contact info. If you know of anybody selling the rest, please pass on my info.
LR3
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