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<blockquote data-quote="panama" data-source="post: 553665" data-attributes="member: 37565"><p>when i was working for bo clerke at clerke arms int. in raton nm. during one of our breaks he related a story about a 4 grove springfield bbl that just shot the lights out, bo and another match shooter decided to check this relic out found it started out being a 10 twist but as they found it had become almost an11 from wear he said. i asked him if an 11 twist left hand made any sense to him, i was running the monomatic green monster at the time profiling match bbls for the teams,m14s. bo told me after work we'd set up and pull a couple of left hand twist bbls. i bought both those bbls built a ai 3006 got the reamer from dave at pacific. worked up some loads. best was 58.gr.of 4831 imr that was made in 1974 i got from ron troyer at the whittington center he had about 6 lbs. i like hornady bullets the 190 bt. spire pt. i found out early on that win. brass is about 16.gr. lighter than fc. or rp. im running pretty hot with 58. gr. imr 4831-fed 215 prim. rem cases l.o.a. for my chamber is 3.315. velo. is 2945 acc. is excellent. same load but useing 180 speer grand slams velo. 3022. longest shot was a cow elk at 420 yds. she never untracked. to me if you hand load and neck size only, brass lives longer ihave fired one set of LC-69,s 29 times. those same cases are now loaded for my son's 338-06AI. bo always told me that **** 4831 is 20 mm powder you should use 4350 but me being who i am, thought if it ain't broke don't mess with it. truth is to me bo clerke is THE GUNSMITH, by the way for those that don't know carlos hathcock did not win the 1000 in 65 bo clerke did.i saw the trophy in the shop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="panama, post: 553665, member: 37565"] when i was working for bo clerke at clerke arms int. in raton nm. during one of our breaks he related a story about a 4 grove springfield bbl that just shot the lights out, bo and another match shooter decided to check this relic out found it started out being a 10 twist but as they found it had become almost an11 from wear he said. i asked him if an 11 twist left hand made any sense to him, i was running the monomatic green monster at the time profiling match bbls for the teams,m14s. bo told me after work we'd set up and pull a couple of left hand twist bbls. i bought both those bbls built a ai 3006 got the reamer from dave at pacific. worked up some loads. best was 58.gr.of 4831 imr that was made in 1974 i got from ron troyer at the whittington center he had about 6 lbs. i like hornady bullets the 190 bt. spire pt. i found out early on that win. brass is about 16.gr. lighter than fc. or rp. im running pretty hot with 58. gr. imr 4831-fed 215 prim. rem cases l.o.a. for my chamber is 3.315. velo. is 2945 acc. is excellent. same load but useing 180 speer grand slams velo. 3022. longest shot was a cow elk at 420 yds. she never untracked. to me if you hand load and neck size only, brass lives longer ihave fired one set of LC-69,s 29 times. those same cases are now loaded for my son's 338-06AI. bo always told me that **** 4831 is 20 mm powder you should use 4350 but me being who i am, thought if it ain't broke don't mess with it. truth is to me bo clerke is THE GUNSMITH, by the way for those that don't know carlos hathcock did not win the 1000 in 65 bo clerke did.i saw the trophy in the shop. [/QUOTE]
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