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<blockquote data-quote="Ohio06" data-source="post: 1006620" data-attributes="member: 70283"><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Just got my new rifle build in earlier this week, I was tornon what to build but ended up going with a .308 Win throated for .208 AMAX or210 Berger VLD's. Short Action Customs of Wellington, Ohio did the build.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Here are the specs:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Action- Bighorn LA</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Base- MurphyTitanium</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Trigger- Jewell@ 2lb</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Mag Kit- BadgerM4 BDL</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Barrel- Bartlein1:10 #3 Contour 26"</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Brake- Vais</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Stock- McMillanHunter Glass & Pillar Bedded</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Scope- VortexHS-T (For now, I'm just doing some load development)</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I ran some 208 AMAX's through it last night with RL15 and2000-MR as that was all I had. I'm goingto load some up tonight with Rl17 and see where it gets me. So far so good though, rifle shoots like adream. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So far velocities are right where I was estimating them to be, so I'm very happy with that, I'm leaving for a hunt in two weeks so worst case I'll just use the RL15, even though RL17 seems to be the go to powder.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The data is as follows, all bullets were seated to 3.020"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">RL15 42.0G</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">AVG 2450</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">RL15 42.5G</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">AVG 2485</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">RL15 43G</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">AVG 2520</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2000-MR 45G</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">AVG 2520</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2000-MR 45.5G</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">AVG 2560</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ohio06, post: 1006620, member: 70283"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Just got my new rifle build in earlier this week, I was tornon what to build but ended up going with a .308 Win throated for .208 AMAX or210 Berger VLD’s. Short Action Customs of Wellington, Ohio did the build.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Here are the specs:[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Action- Bighorn LA[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Base- MurphyTitanium[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Trigger- Jewell@ 2lb[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Mag Kit- BadgerM4 BDL[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Barrel- Bartlein1:10 #3 Contour 26”[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Brake- Vais[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Stock- McMillanHunter Glass & Pillar Bedded[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Scope- VortexHS-T (For now, I’m just doing some load development)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I ran some 208 AMAX’s through it last night with RL15 and2000-MR as that was all I had. I’m goingto load some up tonight with Rl17 and see where it gets me. So far so good though, rifle shoots like adream. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]So far velocities are right where I was estimating them to be, so I'm very happy with that, I'm leaving for a hunt in two weeks so worst case I'll just use the RL15, even though RL17 seems to be the go to powder.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]The data is as follows, all bullets were seated to 3.020"[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]RL15 42.0G[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]AVG 2450[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]RL15 42.5G[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]AVG 2485[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]RL15 43G[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]AVG 2520[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]2000-MR 45G[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]AVG 2520[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]2000-MR 45.5G[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]AVG 2560[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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