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New 270 boondoggle wildcat testing
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<blockquote data-quote="yorke-1" data-source="post: 1595642" data-attributes="member: 11960"><p>I haven't used them before and I'm not sure that there are many people who have played with the 168 since they need such a fast twist. Maybe [USER=7999]@RockyMtnMT[/USER] can chime in on this one. Based on what I've seen from all the other Hammer bullets I've shot though, I expect them to perform really well. This is only the second time I've built a gun around a bullet, the first time was when I saw that Sierra made a 350gr MK in .375 and I made my 375 BME. I don't need to get pushed to hard come up with an excuse to waste money on a new wildcat. LOL</p><p></p><p>The reamer that was used to cut these chambers has a .170" freebore which works out so that the 168gr Hammer Hunter touches the lands at 3.720" OAL. This is perfect since the 1-7" twist barrel I have is the 25" magnum sporter contour that I plan to use as a hunting gun. This means that I can just load the 168gr Hammers to mag length and be good to go. I'll probably lengthen the throat a bit on the 28" barrel with the 8.5" twist since that's going to be the "plinking" barrel. I don't have any 170 Bergers on hand but I'd bet the OAL with the Berger seated to the lands will be closer to 3.600" right now. I'd like to stretch that out to about 3.720" just so that it takes full advantage of a CIP length magazine. I promised a buddy of mine that I'd come shoot a local PRS match with this gun once I got a load worked up with the 170s. I'd be happy if I got more than 800 rounds of target level accuracy from either of these barrels, so I won't go shooting a bunch of competitions with them but I may try a couple of the ELR matches just for fun. As hunting barrels though, I'm sure I'll get bored and move on long before the stop shooting MOA at reasonable hunting ranges.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is my first time working with the ADG brass and so far I really like it. I don't do any weight sorting, uniforming primer pockets or anything like that but the cases were all in excellent condition with no dinged up necks. I guess that the advantage of them shipping the brass in very nice and usable cartridge boxes. I bought the last two boxes of 338 RUM brass that they had at the time and I've got one box of 50 that I'll use for the 27 project and the other one is set aside for the 6.5 Badger (6.5x338 RUM Imp) when I get back to that project. I'll be sure to post updates on how the brass holds up. I don't plan on pushing it too hard so I'd be happy to get 6 firings per case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yorke-1, post: 1595642, member: 11960"] I haven't used them before and I'm not sure that there are many people who have played with the 168 since they need such a fast twist. Maybe [USER=7999]@RockyMtnMT[/USER] can chime in on this one. Based on what I've seen from all the other Hammer bullets I've shot though, I expect them to perform really well. This is only the second time I've built a gun around a bullet, the first time was when I saw that Sierra made a 350gr MK in .375 and I made my 375 BME. I don't need to get pushed to hard come up with an excuse to waste money on a new wildcat. LOL The reamer that was used to cut these chambers has a .170" freebore which works out so that the 168gr Hammer Hunter touches the lands at 3.720" OAL. This is perfect since the 1-7" twist barrel I have is the 25" magnum sporter contour that I plan to use as a hunting gun. This means that I can just load the 168gr Hammers to mag length and be good to go. I'll probably lengthen the throat a bit on the 28" barrel with the 8.5" twist since that's going to be the "plinking" barrel. I don't have any 170 Bergers on hand but I'd bet the OAL with the Berger seated to the lands will be closer to 3.600" right now. I'd like to stretch that out to about 3.720" just so that it takes full advantage of a CIP length magazine. I promised a buddy of mine that I'd come shoot a local PRS match with this gun once I got a load worked up with the 170s. I'd be happy if I got more than 800 rounds of target level accuracy from either of these barrels, so I won't go shooting a bunch of competitions with them but I may try a couple of the ELR matches just for fun. As hunting barrels though, I'm sure I'll get bored and move on long before the stop shooting MOA at reasonable hunting ranges. This is my first time working with the ADG brass and so far I really like it. I don't do any weight sorting, uniforming primer pockets or anything like that but the cases were all in excellent condition with no dinged up necks. I guess that the advantage of them shipping the brass in very nice and usable cartridge boxes. I bought the last two boxes of 338 RUM brass that they had at the time and I've got one box of 50 that I'll use for the 27 project and the other one is set aside for the 6.5 Badger (6.5x338 RUM Imp) when I get back to that project. I'll be sure to post updates on how the brass holds up. I don't plan on pushing it too hard so I'd be happy to get 6 firings per case. [/QUOTE]
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