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<blockquote data-quote="brentc" data-source="post: 505425" data-attributes="member: 16938"><p>The FN Winchesters are a good rifle. I picked up an Extreme Weather 300 WSM last year. The EW's come skim bedded into an aluminum block B&C stock. When I got it home I installed a lighter trigger spring, cleaned it up and lubed the bolt for break in. </p><p> </p><p>I found several handloads around 3/4", so I knew it was reasonably accurate for hunting. Like many folks on here that like to tinker, 3/4" wasn't quite what I was after, so I kept working at it. My efforts paid off when I started producing 100 yard 1/4" groups with 200 grains accubonds, and 1"- 1.25" groups at 300 yards with the same load. For an off the shelf hunting rifle, It exceeds my expectations. </p><p> </p><p>The picture is a group I shot utilizing the OCW method at 100 yards. I found a node at 61.8 to 62.2 grains of RL17, all loads in the node have the same POI with groups ranging from .25 to .35 inches. 62 grains produced the best group.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr203/bacreer/200graingroup-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brentc, post: 505425, member: 16938"] The FN Winchesters are a good rifle. I picked up an Extreme Weather 300 WSM last year. The EW's come skim bedded into an aluminum block B&C stock. When I got it home I installed a lighter trigger spring, cleaned it up and lubed the bolt for break in. I found several handloads around 3/4", so I knew it was reasonably accurate for hunting. Like many folks on here that like to tinker, 3/4" wasn't quite what I was after, so I kept working at it. My efforts paid off when I started producing 100 yard 1/4" groups with 200 grains accubonds, and 1"- 1.25" groups at 300 yards with the same load. For an off the shelf hunting rifle, It exceeds my expectations. The picture is a group I shot utilizing the OCW method at 100 yards. I found a node at 61.8 to 62.2 grains of RL17, all loads in the node have the same POI with groups ranging from .25 to .35 inches. 62 grains produced the best group. [IMG]http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr203/bacreer/200graingroup-1.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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