Recent content by Bownut

Good morning Guys, It has been a few days sence i have been able to post. my son and i had deer tags in Idaho in a limited entery area. my son got his bigest deer to date a very nice 3x3 about 15 in wide. i passed on a big buck we guessed to be in the 170 class. looking for a bigger buck. i...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bownut good morning Guys, i have been to the range serveral time scence last posting tring to get her dialed in. with the 168 lrx i get a good group for the first 6 rounds then it falls apart as the barrels gets dirty.from about 5/8 in 3 shot group to over a 1.5 in...

good morning Guys, i have been to the range serveral time scence last posting tring to get her dialed in. with the 168 lrx i get a good group for the first 6 rounds then it falls apart as the barrels gets dirty.from about 5/8 in 3 shot group to over a 1.5 in group. after cleaning it will group...

Good morning Guys, Update on the rifle load… I finally got the load worked out for my rifle, Barnes 168 LRX 79.5 gr H1000 3.6480 OAL. 3180 average velocity Variance in velocity over 3 shot 10 fps .5 - 3 shot groups at 100 yards.. In my book the cat’s meow… I want to thank all of you for the...

Took the rifle back to the smith last night. The one that mounted the scope was a younger guy that is working for him. They both remember the gun and asked how it was shooting. After explaining everything i had gone through in working up the loads then everything falling apart. He took it in...

good morning Guys, i haven't posted anything for a while with family vacation and the summer things. i have been working on the stw load . setled on 79.5 gr of h1000 under the 168 lrx at 3180. In power testing 79 gr shoot a 5/8 in 3 shoot group. 80 gr.was about the same but the case was a...

i like the barnes, i use them in all my rifles i would look at the 168 LRX or if you want something a little faster shooting the 145 LRX. barnes train better than 90% of there weight and mushroom great. with every little meat damage.

just looked at Midway for the nosler 168 accoubond LR that were supost to be on the shelf this spring.. ( i think spring has come and gone) there web sight said 7-5-13 avalibility. i think this is going to be the cats meow for long range hunting. the BC is reported to be .652 for the 168...

Lefty, the rl50 was with the 168 LRX i was a little supriced also. as i loaded 2 shots from 80 to 87 grains to see how things would work as there is a little bit of it around here. there is alot of the H50bmg around don;t know if i should grab a pound to try that. i had looked at what you had...

Black Sheep, thought i would ask as it would have been a good reason to take the wife away from the house and kids for a Saturday drive. one of the local small shops in Ogden has Primers in $50 per 1000.. he gets a little powder in but it don't last long.. if i remember right ( i have...

thanks for the Welcome, Lefty i mainly bought the factory rounds for the breaking in and most importantly the BRASS as it is very hard to find... i bought 6 boxes and have put about 4 boxes through it so i have brass to work with. i have been reading on the shoulder bump that has been...

Black Sheep, is there a ready supply of powder in your neck of the woods?? if so i might take the wife for a ride to Wendover as that is only a couple of hours away.

good morning guys, i finally got to loads some H1000 behind the 162 Amax i bought to play with. also tried so rl50 with 168 LRX. the amax were tested at 79, 80, 81 grains no presure signs with any of the powder weights. the 80 grain produced a 3 shot clover at 100. the rl50 were loaded in...

good morming Guys, this is the first time i have posted on this page , i have chated with some of you on the laod data page. i just finished reading through all 513 pages in this thread. i have been trying to find some powder to burn. i finally found some H1000. and started working with it...

good morning Guys, i just scord on some H1000 so now i can start to work up a load. i will post results as the come. thanks for the help so far you guys are great