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Experience with 358 STA
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<blockquote data-quote="358 STA" data-source="post: 1966009" data-attributes="member: 115298"><p>I was wondering if anyone here had experience with the Cutting Edge 275 or 340 grain?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]210339[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I built my STA on an A-bolt over 10 years ago when I was planning on attending the University of Fairbanks. I left the barrel at 29" and slapped a cheap brake on it while I decided what finished length to cut it. I made up a bunch of form loads with 250 grain Hot-Cors and (in retrospect, very overconfident-ly) took it on an elk hunt that fall with a 1st gen Burris Laserscope on top.</p><p></p><p>I killed 2 elk with it that hunt, one at 430 yards and the other at 540, both one shot kills. The gun got tucked away after moving to Virginia and after moving back out west last year I decided to finish it off. The barrel got chopped back to 26", a MBM Lil Beast brake installed, and black Cerakote. It now wears a 4.5-14x40 VX3 Long Range and Seekins low rings.</p><p></p><p>I left the Douglas "air gauged" barrel long to squeeze as much velocity as I can with the slower powders, and its 1 in 10" so I can stabilize the long bullets. I'm leaning toward the 275 grain, but am happy to hear arguments for the 340.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="358 STA, post: 1966009, member: 115298"] I was wondering if anyone here had experience with the Cutting Edge 275 or 340 grain? [ATTACH type="full"]210339[/ATTACH] I built my STA on an A-bolt over 10 years ago when I was planning on attending the University of Fairbanks. I left the barrel at 29" and slapped a cheap brake on it while I decided what finished length to cut it. I made up a bunch of form loads with 250 grain Hot-Cors and (in retrospect, very overconfident-ly) took it on an elk hunt that fall with a 1st gen Burris Laserscope on top. I killed 2 elk with it that hunt, one at 430 yards and the other at 540, both one shot kills. The gun got tucked away after moving to Virginia and after moving back out west last year I decided to finish it off. The barrel got chopped back to 26", a MBM Lil Beast brake installed, and black Cerakote. It now wears a 4.5-14x40 VX3 Long Range and Seekins low rings. I left the Douglas "air gauged" barrel long to squeeze as much velocity as I can with the slower powders, and its 1 in 10" so I can stabilize the long bullets. I'm leaning toward the 275 grain, but am happy to hear arguments for the 340. [/QUOTE]
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