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250g .308 WildCat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 129558" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>A bonded 240, 250 or 265g? That would put the big 30's in a whole new class!</p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>Indeed it would. An update on that front:</p><p></p><p>Richard has the punches and has made some bullets! I was a bit mistaken in the weights these jackets would provide as it seems the punch stretches the jackets more than I realized. The short of it is he can now make RBBT ULD's from 265 to 300 grains, bonded or unbonded with the jackets he has now. And it appears his shorter jacket order is close to completion which will allow bullets down to 235 grains which might be better suited for the WSM/Win Mags, etc.</p><p></p><p>It's finally happening. I have some bonded 265 RBBT's and some unbonded 290 RBBT's on the way. The BC's of these things should be mindblowing. I don't know how well my rifle will handle the 290 RBBT's yet since they'll be longer than the FB's I tried, but there's only one way to find out. And an update on that--I had a couple left and did whack the gong at 700 with them so the 290 FB's certainly work in my rifle. We'll see if it can handle the longer RBBT version, but I'm 100% confident the 265's will be golden.</p><p></p><p><em>And the .308" caliber rises from the ashes.</em> /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif</p><p></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>1. I noticed in an earlier post you had some pics of your 300RUM with what appeard to be your ballistic chart printed on a 'sticker' affixed to your stock. How did you do that?</p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>I did that with Avery Label Paper. Just cut it out and stick it on. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif In the past I just used paper taped on with clear packing tape (drop chart made from a spreadsheet like the one in the sticky). That worked fine, but it did bother me a bit with only the edges of the tape around the chart sticking to the stock. Probably not a problem, but since I had the paper I decided to play around....</p><p></p><p>I've found using the labels directly on anything is a bad idea. When you take them off the paper rips from the glue and you're left with a sticky, gooey lable outline that's probably familiar to anybody who has taken the wrong sticker off something and had a PITA cleaning the residue. </p><p></p><p>I now stick the Avery labels directly onto the roll of packing tape. Then cut them out together. The packing tape will come off of stuff cleanly and you get good adhesion over the whole surface. But I determined that this wasn't as durable/weatherproof as I wanted, so in addition to the above, I add another layer of packing tape on top of the label. </p><p></p><p>In the end, it isn't much different than taping on a piece of paper but I had the stuff laying around. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif But I like it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Here's a pic of the actual chart I used this season:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0045chart.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>2. How is the 300RUM Nosler brass doing for you? What do you think is the difference between Nosler and Rem brass with your experience so far?</p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>I don't have anything more to say beyond the initial notice of the consistency, the thicker base I noticed sectioning, etc. The way things turned out, I've only ended up fireforming about 30 cases so I haven't even resized one yet! Hey, I already had a bunch of ammo loaded up before they got here..... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif</p><p></p><p>I should know more soon. When my big heavies from Richard arrive, I'll try and test them out in the Nosler fireformed cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 129558, member: 319"] [ QUOTE ] A bonded 240, 250 or 265g? That would put the big 30's in a whole new class! [/ QUOTE ] Indeed it would. An update on that front: Richard has the punches and has made some bullets! I was a bit mistaken in the weights these jackets would provide as it seems the punch stretches the jackets more than I realized. The short of it is he can now make RBBT ULD's from 265 to 300 grains, bonded or unbonded with the jackets he has now. And it appears his shorter jacket order is close to completion which will allow bullets down to 235 grains which might be better suited for the WSM/Win Mags, etc. It's finally happening. I have some bonded 265 RBBT's and some unbonded 290 RBBT's on the way. The BC's of these things should be mindblowing. I don't know how well my rifle will handle the 290 RBBT's yet since they'll be longer than the FB's I tried, but there's only one way to find out. And an update on that--I had a couple left and did whack the gong at 700 with them so the 290 FB's certainly work in my rifle. We'll see if it can handle the longer RBBT version, but I'm 100% confident the 265's will be golden. [i]And the .308" caliber rises from the ashes.[/i] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [ QUOTE ] 1. I noticed in an earlier post you had some pics of your 300RUM with what appeard to be your ballistic chart printed on a 'sticker' affixed to your stock. How did you do that? [/ QUOTE ] I did that with Avery Label Paper. Just cut it out and stick it on. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] In the past I just used paper taped on with clear packing tape (drop chart made from a spreadsheet like the one in the sticky). That worked fine, but it did bother me a bit with only the edges of the tape around the chart sticking to the stock. Probably not a problem, but since I had the paper I decided to play around.... I've found using the labels directly on anything is a bad idea. When you take them off the paper rips from the glue and you're left with a sticky, gooey lable outline that's probably familiar to anybody who has taken the wrong sticker off something and had a PITA cleaning the residue. I now stick the Avery labels directly onto the roll of packing tape. Then cut them out together. The packing tape will come off of stuff cleanly and you get good adhesion over the whole surface. But I determined that this wasn't as durable/weatherproof as I wanted, so in addition to the above, I add another layer of packing tape on top of the label. In the end, it isn't much different than taping on a piece of paper but I had the stuff laying around. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] But I like it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Here's a pic of the actual chart I used this season: [img]http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0045chart.jpg[/img] [ QUOTE ] 2. How is the 300RUM Nosler brass doing for you? What do you think is the difference between Nosler and Rem brass with your experience so far? [/ QUOTE ] I don't have anything more to say beyond the initial notice of the consistency, the thicker base I noticed sectioning, etc. The way things turned out, I've only ended up fireforming about 30 cases so I haven't even resized one yet! Hey, I already had a bunch of ammo loaded up before they got here..... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I should know more soon. When my big heavies from Richard arrive, I'll try and test them out in the Nosler fireformed cases. [/QUOTE]
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