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JUDD's new MCR 7mm Dakota
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<blockquote data-quote="JUDD" data-source="post: 524040" data-attributes="member: 8739"><p>Shot the 2 day shoot at Ridgway last weekend. Came in 3rd place with this gun on Saturday. Sunday I dropped down a couple places due to my issues reading the wind. The rifle shot flawlessly all weekend. </p><p> </p><p>One thing we noticed with this is the gun likes to be shot as clean as possible. It comes out of the cleaning shooting lights out. Anything over 20 rounds and accuracy starts to fall off. First ten rounds after cleaning are dead nuts on. Also I need to purchase a body bump die or take .010 off the bottom of my die to bump the shoulders back. I'm not to impressed with Dakota brass for the cost. Even new brass chambers inconsistantly. Bumping the shoulders back .002 will help this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The BAT action is beautiful. BUT it not like a R700 or stiller you better keep it clean! Tolerances are so tight there is no room for any foreign substances. Cleaning the rails and lugs are not an option it's a necessity with a BAT. Do this and you won't find anything smoother then a BAT.</p><p> </p><p>We also found some new cleaning solution that we are both a big fan of. it's called 10x. Just patches ran thru soaked with 10X and thats it. Barrel cleans up with 10 or less patches soaked and then some dry patches. I havn't ran a brush in the barrel since I started using it. Needless to say I'm a big 10x supporter. </p><p> </p><p>I now have just shy of 300 rounds thru this gun. I'm very happy with the performance thus far with this build. It shoots great out to 1k and the fact it takes me 18 1/2 min to get to 1k is a plus <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. I've only shot the 180 vld's so far but I have a box of 190 matrix to try out next. With some quick numbers into exbal it show my drops are identical out to 1k. It's does show that with a 10mph wind at 3 o'clock I have 3 1/2 " less wind drift at 1k. That 3" would have meant allot more hits at ridgway last weekend. </p><p> </p><p>I want to purchase a bullet pointing die and try with the Matrix bullets. The have a very large meplat and pointing them should show allot of promise. It's gonna be awhile until I get time to do more testing but I'll post the results after I test out my theories.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JUDD, post: 524040, member: 8739"] Shot the 2 day shoot at Ridgway last weekend. Came in 3rd place with this gun on Saturday. Sunday I dropped down a couple places due to my issues reading the wind. The rifle shot flawlessly all weekend. One thing we noticed with this is the gun likes to be shot as clean as possible. It comes out of the cleaning shooting lights out. Anything over 20 rounds and accuracy starts to fall off. First ten rounds after cleaning are dead nuts on. Also I need to purchase a body bump die or take .010 off the bottom of my die to bump the shoulders back. I'm not to impressed with Dakota brass for the cost. Even new brass chambers inconsistantly. Bumping the shoulders back .002 will help this issue. The BAT action is beautiful. BUT it not like a R700 or stiller you better keep it clean! Tolerances are so tight there is no room for any foreign substances. Cleaning the rails and lugs are not an option it's a necessity with a BAT. Do this and you won't find anything smoother then a BAT. We also found some new cleaning solution that we are both a big fan of. it's called 10x. Just patches ran thru soaked with 10X and thats it. Barrel cleans up with 10 or less patches soaked and then some dry patches. I havn't ran a brush in the barrel since I started using it. Needless to say I'm a big 10x supporter. I now have just shy of 300 rounds thru this gun. I'm very happy with the performance thus far with this build. It shoots great out to 1k and the fact it takes me 18 1/2 min to get to 1k is a plus :D. I've only shot the 180 vld's so far but I have a box of 190 matrix to try out next. With some quick numbers into exbal it show my drops are identical out to 1k. It's does show that with a 10mph wind at 3 o'clock I have 3 1/2 " less wind drift at 1k. That 3" would have meant allot more hits at ridgway last weekend. I want to purchase a bullet pointing die and try with the Matrix bullets. The have a very large meplat and pointing them should show allot of promise. It's gonna be awhile until I get time to do more testing but I'll post the results after I test out my theories. [/QUOTE]
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