RockyMtnMT
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I have bit my tongue for a long time on this because we just did not know if it would work. I should probably still be quiet.....I can't.
This Idea started in a wall tent 3 yrs ago on a hunting trip in a blizzard that kept us inside for 3 days. We aren't the first ones to try this, we just did it a little different.
Here is what we did. We are just calling it what others have in the past, 6.5 Ultracat.
We took the 300/7mm ultramag put a 40deg shoulder on it and took out most of the taper. We did two rifles with 30" barrels in 7 twist with the small pain killer brake. We put in extended mag box and set the bullets at 3.85 oal to mag feed. Actions both are Rem 700 squared up. Topped both with Night Force NXS 5.5-22 NP-R2 scopes. Both in McMillan sporter stocks. Jewel trigger set at 6oz.
Here is where it gets different. We designed the bullet during that time in the wall tent also. So we proto typed a 130g mono metal bullet to run in this monster. We are figuring this bullet to have .63 bc and built as a dedicated hunting bullet. I will be shooting it at extended range this coming weekend to see how it does.
We did load development yesterday with half a dozen different powders and settled on US869 at 106g. This produced 3900fps in one and 3950fps in the other. Both rifles shot sub 1" at 200 yards.
The icing on the cake with this is it is an absolute dream to shoot. The Pain Killer brake on this setup is so efficient that there is literally almost no recoil. I would let any young kid shoot it. I shot 40 shots yesterday with free recoil and felt nothing. One of the rifles is going out tonight with a 12 year old boy to shoot a bear. Video and pics hopefully to follow.
Before you all start saying that the barrels are already burnt up from load development, I think we have a solution to that in the bullet we built. Time will tell in that. We will make an effort to burn one of them up and document how many shots we put through it. It is designed to be a long range hunter so I will not be scorching the barrel. Never more than 3 or 4 consecutive shots.
This combo makes a point blank to 500 yards and still carries 1400 ft lbs of energy at 1200 yards. We have got a lot of hunting coming up very soon. These rifles will be getting a work out, and we will document as much as we possibly can to share with you all.
Steve
This Idea started in a wall tent 3 yrs ago on a hunting trip in a blizzard that kept us inside for 3 days. We aren't the first ones to try this, we just did it a little different.
Here is what we did. We are just calling it what others have in the past, 6.5 Ultracat.
We took the 300/7mm ultramag put a 40deg shoulder on it and took out most of the taper. We did two rifles with 30" barrels in 7 twist with the small pain killer brake. We put in extended mag box and set the bullets at 3.85 oal to mag feed. Actions both are Rem 700 squared up. Topped both with Night Force NXS 5.5-22 NP-R2 scopes. Both in McMillan sporter stocks. Jewel trigger set at 6oz.
Here is where it gets different. We designed the bullet during that time in the wall tent also. So we proto typed a 130g mono metal bullet to run in this monster. We are figuring this bullet to have .63 bc and built as a dedicated hunting bullet. I will be shooting it at extended range this coming weekend to see how it does.
We did load development yesterday with half a dozen different powders and settled on US869 at 106g. This produced 3900fps in one and 3950fps in the other. Both rifles shot sub 1" at 200 yards.
The icing on the cake with this is it is an absolute dream to shoot. The Pain Killer brake on this setup is so efficient that there is literally almost no recoil. I would let any young kid shoot it. I shot 40 shots yesterday with free recoil and felt nothing. One of the rifles is going out tonight with a 12 year old boy to shoot a bear. Video and pics hopefully to follow.
Before you all start saying that the barrels are already burnt up from load development, I think we have a solution to that in the bullet we built. Time will tell in that. We will make an effort to burn one of them up and document how many shots we put through it. It is designed to be a long range hunter so I will not be scorching the barrel. Never more than 3 or 4 consecutive shots.
This combo makes a point blank to 500 yards and still carries 1400 ft lbs of energy at 1200 yards. We have got a lot of hunting coming up very soon. These rifles will be getting a work out, and we will document as much as we possibly can to share with you all.
Steve
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