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    Whats the worse rifle or gun you ever bought ? I hsve several tied

    Group? Garbage in every aspect.
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    Whats the worse rifle or gun you ever bought ? I hsve several tied

    Remington Model 600 350 Rem Mag. Total piece of ****!! My anger stems from the fact that I went away for college to come home and find that my dad had traded a Win Model 1895 45-90, two Savage Mod 99, and a Win Model 1892 25-20 for this junk. Kicked like a mule. Needless to say my dad was way...
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    264 WIN MAG

    What powder and primer are you using in the 270WSM with the Berger 140 gr Classic Hunter bullet? Thx…
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    Ruger American Gen 2 vs Ruger American Gen 2 Rancher

    The 6.5 Creedmoor produces about 13 ft-lbs of recoil vs 17 ft-lbs for the 7mm08. If this is a deer only rifle go with the 6.5 CM. AMMO is readily available and lower recoil will enhance the shooting experience for the young shooter. Specialty rounds are OK if you’re an avid reloader. However...
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    25-06 with a Barnes 80gr ttsx

    Love the 25-06. Lived in eastern Montana during the 80’s when we could get 8 deer tags some years (5 muley doe, 2 whitetail doe, and the A tag). Made lots of sausage for family & friends. Those years I used 120 gr Speer Grand Slam bullets in my Browning B78. Currently using 115 gr Berger VLD...
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    270WSM Handloads

    Looks like we lost a post?? The contributor raised the possibility that the barrel wasn’t broken in. That could be. This rifle is an anomoly wrt Gunwerks quality and was built about the time of the split with Best of the West. I’ll watch for copper as I try some of the combinations suggested in...
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    270WSM Handloads

    Winchester Brass. My goto if I can't get Lapua in a caliber. I do use Wetherby for my Wetherby rifles. Using Hornady in the Creedmoors because it was available. I avoid Remington and Federal based on past problems.
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    270WSM Handloads

    Hoping to luck out. FYI, I have a 300 Win Mag load and a 6.5 Creedmoor load that work in over 4 rifles each. The Creedmoor load is seated to SAMI Max length and seems to work universally. The 300 Win Mag load gets tweaked for jump but otherwise has been universally producing subminute accuracy...
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    270WSM Handloads

    not yet. I like to ID low ES point and then tune accuracy with jump. I’m always open to new ideas if you use a different approach I’m primarily searching for advice here re/ best powder, bullet design, and bullet weights to get a good starting point. I am anxious to try the 100 gr Hammer load...
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    270WSM Handloads

    I popped lots of whitetails in the head in my teens with an old Rem Mod 721 270win with 100 grain bullets. No where near that velocity!! Do you have to mail order Hammer bullets? I never used any but See lots of positive comments about them in these forums.
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    270WSM Handloads

    This happened a long time ago When they were still Best-of the West and just getting started.
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    270WSM Handloads

    See my comment below. This was prior to the split (Best of the West vs Gunwerks) It’s been sitting in the gunsafe for a long time because we didn’t get a custom load. Old dad is retired now and has time to mess with it. My son has one of their tack driver 7 mags and no time or situation to work...
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    270WSM Handloads

    Yes. We have several Gunwerks customs in the family. They’ve all been top notch and usually come with a custom load. This rifle dates back to their beginnings, possibly before the split with Best of the West and we didn’t get a load workup. The Leupold scope was also pre Huskemaw. The last...
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    270WSM Handloads

    H4831SC, H4350. I have not tried: IMR7825, RE26, Retumbo, H1000, Hybrid100v, RE19, Winchester StaBall HD or Magpro that i have on hand. Suggestions?
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