Floundertrap
Well-Known Member
In case anybody is interested in my data and experience, I thought I'd share:
It's whitetail season in Eastern NC, the rut is beginning, the necks are getting fat and the bucks will start chasing the does any day now. To make a long story somewhat less long, I've allowed a cousin (and very good friend) to share my old trusty tripod stand and perennial hunting spot in an effort to help him get some meat in the freezer and maybe a head on the wall.
In preparation of this albeit benevolent gesture, I secured a new hunting spot for myself, a 60 acre field (of soybeans) with likely shots up to 650 yards, and put in a tripod. My mostly-factory A-Bolt II in 300 WSM might well do the trick at that yardage, but I decided to build a 270 WSM for this new spot. I ordered a sweet chunk of curly maple from PA and sent it out to Richards Microfit in CA. Meanwhile I sent an A-Bolt II (7mm Mag) and a 28" Brux 8 twist to my 'smith to get started. I will be running matrix 165 VLDs or Berger 170 EOL Elite Hunters, so the optimum seating depth requires a long action mag box.
Anyway, that was all back in April and now it's November and my new build is not ready, so I decided to turn my 6.5x47L (PRS rig) into a hunting rifle. I've been shooting 130 Berger VLD Targets for a while, I have a few hundred rounds through it with decent data. It's a 26" Krieger 8 twist on a Rem 700 Action, Calvin Elite Trigger (really light for hunting), Vortex Razor (HD Gen II 4.5-27x56, EBR-7C, MOA), and it's a shooter. So I thought, I'll just make this work for the season and not rush the 270 WSM build.
I looked all over for info on switching projectiles from the VLD to the VLD Hunter, the BCs are the same, but with a thinner jacket on the hunter, I thought there may be some difference at distance. For anybody interested in the performance of the VLD Target vs the VLD Hunting, THERE IS NONE!!! At least there's no difference in my 6.5x47L. I run 41.3gn of H4350 in Lapua Brass with Fed 205Ms seated .010 off. At 500 yds I put 3 in a 3 " (vertical) group right along with my VLD Targets, with a mirage and 8mph cross wind. So anyway, in time we'll get the 270 WSM going, but for the meanwhile, I think the 6.5L will work on a bruiser whitetail in the new spot, if I get a chance at a good one.
Thanks for reading, happy hunting.
It's whitetail season in Eastern NC, the rut is beginning, the necks are getting fat and the bucks will start chasing the does any day now. To make a long story somewhat less long, I've allowed a cousin (and very good friend) to share my old trusty tripod stand and perennial hunting spot in an effort to help him get some meat in the freezer and maybe a head on the wall.
In preparation of this albeit benevolent gesture, I secured a new hunting spot for myself, a 60 acre field (of soybeans) with likely shots up to 650 yards, and put in a tripod. My mostly-factory A-Bolt II in 300 WSM might well do the trick at that yardage, but I decided to build a 270 WSM for this new spot. I ordered a sweet chunk of curly maple from PA and sent it out to Richards Microfit in CA. Meanwhile I sent an A-Bolt II (7mm Mag) and a 28" Brux 8 twist to my 'smith to get started. I will be running matrix 165 VLDs or Berger 170 EOL Elite Hunters, so the optimum seating depth requires a long action mag box.
Anyway, that was all back in April and now it's November and my new build is not ready, so I decided to turn my 6.5x47L (PRS rig) into a hunting rifle. I've been shooting 130 Berger VLD Targets for a while, I have a few hundred rounds through it with decent data. It's a 26" Krieger 8 twist on a Rem 700 Action, Calvin Elite Trigger (really light for hunting), Vortex Razor (HD Gen II 4.5-27x56, EBR-7C, MOA), and it's a shooter. So I thought, I'll just make this work for the season and not rush the 270 WSM build.
I looked all over for info on switching projectiles from the VLD to the VLD Hunter, the BCs are the same, but with a thinner jacket on the hunter, I thought there may be some difference at distance. For anybody interested in the performance of the VLD Target vs the VLD Hunting, THERE IS NONE!!! At least there's no difference in my 6.5x47L. I run 41.3gn of H4350 in Lapua Brass with Fed 205Ms seated .010 off. At 500 yds I put 3 in a 3 " (vertical) group right along with my VLD Targets, with a mirage and 8mph cross wind. So anyway, in time we'll get the 270 WSM going, but for the meanwhile, I think the 6.5L will work on a bruiser whitetail in the new spot, if I get a chance at a good one.
Thanks for reading, happy hunting.
