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<blockquote data-quote="jaybic" data-source="post: 1105320" data-attributes="member: 17055"><p>Well, </p><p> </p><p>Its been a while and last year I had quite a time with this gun, my custom 243ai...(now wearing a Mcmillan A3 stock and a 5.5x22 nxs)....and its demons are still present.....It ended up going back to Hart for them to work with it themselves but they ran out of time and just ended up putting a brand new 8 twist tube on it....aaannnndd......I promptly fireformed 100 brand new WW cases and lost almost 1/2 of them to split necks......and it is still very finicke about what it will shoot.....</p><p> </p><p>I am getting the occassional 1/2 in group with the 87 vmax and 41grs of varget at .20 off at 3231 fps(does this seem slow to any of you?)...I am trying to get the 105 amax to shoot and using 48.5 grs of retumbo, have 1 ok group(5 under a quarter but it still seems pretty picky to me....</p><p> </p><p>I bought a pawn shop savage 22-250, had it and another retubed savage both turned into 22-250ai(the pawn shop gun is just for fireforming) and loaded up some left over 52 bergers and H380 and both guns will put 5 under a dime.....I just dont understand how I have near 7000.00 in this gun and it gets beat up by the production savages......It appears it will have to go back again due to excessive headspace by Hart themselves(there is no crush fit at all on brand new brass) and lots of misfires and split necks....</p><p> </p><p>I am getting to the point that the Hart tube is going to come off and be replaced(only has mabe 150 rounds on it) by something from someone else...my local smith chambered up both of my 250ai rifles and not one lost case and some of that brass was shot god knows how many times as a regular 250....one brux tube and one stock tube....He tube my .308 with Krieger and it shoots great....</p><p> </p><p>sorry to be long winded and rant fellas but I built my dream rifle and threw the checkbook in the trash can to do it and it still is not performing in my mind, for that kind of money I should be able to use home made gun powder and rocks for bullets and get better accuracy than the normal .75 to 1.5 (occassional .5 with only 1 load out of many tried) that I am getting....I have other rifles that will shoot almost anything combination that you put in them....I dont get it at all....</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, thanks for your time and have a good season this fall fellas,</p><p> </p><p>Jamie</p><p> </p><p>P.S. I have a brand new, still in the box, 6mm Hart tube, 27inch #5 douglas taper, fluted stainless steel barrel that I would like to part with....its the one the original gunsmith stuck me with and I dont need it so if anyone is interested, PM me...I paid 440.00 it and can provide pics and a receipt showing when I got it....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybic, post: 1105320, member: 17055"] Well, Its been a while and last year I had quite a time with this gun, my custom 243ai...(now wearing a Mcmillan A3 stock and a 5.5x22 nxs)....and its demons are still present.....It ended up going back to Hart for them to work with it themselves but they ran out of time and just ended up putting a brand new 8 twist tube on it....aaannnndd......I promptly fireformed 100 brand new WW cases and lost almost 1/2 of them to split necks......and it is still very finicke about what it will shoot..... I am getting the occassional 1/2 in group with the 87 vmax and 41grs of varget at .20 off at 3231 fps(does this seem slow to any of you?)...I am trying to get the 105 amax to shoot and using 48.5 grs of retumbo, have 1 ok group(5 under a quarter but it still seems pretty picky to me.... I bought a pawn shop savage 22-250, had it and another retubed savage both turned into 22-250ai(the pawn shop gun is just for fireforming) and loaded up some left over 52 bergers and H380 and both guns will put 5 under a dime.....I just dont understand how I have near 7000.00 in this gun and it gets beat up by the production savages......It appears it will have to go back again due to excessive headspace by Hart themselves(there is no crush fit at all on brand new brass) and lots of misfires and split necks.... I am getting to the point that the Hart tube is going to come off and be replaced(only has mabe 150 rounds on it) by something from someone else...my local smith chambered up both of my 250ai rifles and not one lost case and some of that brass was shot god knows how many times as a regular 250....one brux tube and one stock tube....He tube my .308 with Krieger and it shoots great.... sorry to be long winded and rant fellas but I built my dream rifle and threw the checkbook in the trash can to do it and it still is not performing in my mind, for that kind of money I should be able to use home made gun powder and rocks for bullets and get better accuracy than the normal .75 to 1.5 (occassional .5 with only 1 load out of many tried) that I am getting....I have other rifles that will shoot almost anything combination that you put in them....I dont get it at all.... Anyway, thanks for your time and have a good season this fall fellas, Jamie P.S. I have a brand new, still in the box, 6mm Hart tube, 27inch #5 douglas taper, fluted stainless steel barrel that I would like to part with....its the one the original gunsmith stuck me with and I dont need it so if anyone is interested, PM me...I paid 440.00 it and can provide pics and a receipt showing when I got it.... [/QUOTE]
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