Recent content by M67

Closing on the end of 338LM barrels useful lifetime, i have, and some friends have, thought "the 375 thought" "What about a 375..." This be mostly for far reaching fun, but for one or two of us, also serious hunting. Anyway, question is - bullet options? Cartridge possibilities are from a...

Inside and under aircondition - shooting has actually been rather low this summer. Incredible heat - what about 32°C air and 23°C water - at 67°North? The warm weather comes from a large high pressure system, that put the whole country under subsidence, hence low winds (none at at night) and...

Back home. Not just ready to sit down and report, but a nice trip it was, and some great shooting experiences. No need for super magnum, über calibres for > 1000m shooting it seems. I went with the 175 Scenar L in front of 49gr N550. Longest shots were at 1270m/ 1150 yards, in baking heat - i...

I have never even heard of 175gr NCC, should be interesting. (As should the new 300gr NCC for the 338.. If it can be had) These bullets are simply too expensive, they are like 10% less than a 300gr Scenar, and twice the already expensive Scenar L. If I am going to pay that much to shoot, i'll...

Please bear with me on this one, i believe i will stay within he ELR rules. I am going on vacation and will have the opportunity to shoot alot, alot of places, and at whatever range - basically i am going home, whre there is few people, and far between them. I will bring one rifle and and a...

Interesting post Brent, What you say about the bearing sfc. and making a new load is basically what keeps me sticking to Lapua, their bullets are what they are.. I think i will be shelving the 136 for other than "Feltskyting" with the match-rifle, that stops at 600m, and i have seen nothing...

BrentM, I have seen the same type of thing you describe, An example that is well known here is the Norma GT i mentioned. It generally shoots superbly at "short" range, and is preferred over the 139 Scenar by the 200m shooters, the 8g Scenar likevise. At 1000m, both are clearly outperformed by...

Let me point out that i have noe accuracy issues inside about 600m, or even 900m. I am questioning the 1000m performance. My reloading is probably like anyone elses, i do some testing (not much, having burned some barrels over the years, i tend to find what i want) to find a load that is "good...

At close range i have tried Berger 130 and 140s, Amax, Sierra 140, 142, 144, 8g Scenar, and Norma GTs, and Nosler CCs. Currently i am conducting a test to see how these bullets behave at 500 and 1000m. I seems to me, at 500m, any bullet that will group in your rifle is good ****. 10% BC...

Recently Lapua came out with their new 136gr Scenar-L bullet in 6.5mm. I have previously stuck to the 139gr Scenar, at any range. The 139gr has proven itself well, and good shooting have been done at ranges to at least 1300m. Groups around, or less than 30cm at 1000m have been the norm, better...

ELR, to me, can be defined to about where you WILL miss if you guess the barometric pressure or the temperature, where spindrift is WAY larger than grou size, and coriolis drift similar. I can pretty much be within a click up or down from guessing MET parameters with my 338LM at 1000m, and be...

Nice Skyking! Good video and even better shooting - impressive. A few guys met in the weekend, for an improvised "ELR-shoot". We have access to a deserted piece of land consisting mainly of rock, with large and small boulders abundant. 2' by 2' steel was placed at 1000 and 1340m - 1094 and...

Lapua currently test fire their bullets on a test range, measuring every inch of bullet path with doppler radar. "Lapua Ballistic" ballistic software contain bullet specific drag functions and predict Lapua bullet ballistics with scary precision. About a month ago the Scenar L line of...

When you hold a Berger 140gr VLD up next to the Lapua 139gr Scenar, or a 140gr Nosler CC, it is in my opinion very easy to imagine the Berger having a higher BC - i looks quite a bit more slippery - and it is. The bullets i shoot regularly at long range - Hornady Amax .224" 80gr - Lapua...

I believe i have been using 80.3mm K