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<blockquote data-quote="angus-5024" data-source="post: 513479" data-attributes="member: 10306"><p>nice shooting <strong>brentc</strong>. I think that Ill remember that load combo.</p><p>A good friend of mine just got into hunting last year and I convinced him to buy a m70 in the extreme weather. It just has to many good features for $900CAD. I was hoping that he would get a 300WSM but he went for the straight 300WIN. </p><p> </p><p>After releaving the barrel channel and bedding the action we ran some factory loads with 180 accubonds through it just to get him used to the rifle while he found all the reloading components he wanted. the groups were not that great, about 1.25 MOA at 100 yards, but my chrono gave an extreme pread of less than 10fps (i cant remember exactly what the velocity was). I figured that human erreor was the culprit in the big groups. We tore into a new box from a diffrent lot # and the velocity started fluctuating much more. </p><p>After we developed several loads with 180 Accubonds we could not get the groups better than 1MOA, and that was rare. We switched to E-tips and the rifle has been shooting alot more constistant at just under 1MOA. </p><p> </p><p>My personal feelings on the rifle are that it is one heck of a rifle for the money. The machining quality is good, the action very smooth, the stock is great and the barrle is decent. The downers were the trigger... which wasnt that bad having very little creep or play, but it was heavy. an just the fact that the barrel channel needed love'in. over all I think that the rifle is great. comparable to senduro quality in a light rifle. </p><p> </p><p>I think that my friends rifle would shine more if more time was spent on load development and he was a more seasoned shooter (he's well on his way though). I would recommend this rifle to anyone looking for a solid hunting/sporter wieght rifle. This is coming from a remmy guy too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus-5024, post: 513479, member: 10306"] nice shooting [B]brentc[/B]. I think that Ill remember that load combo. A good friend of mine just got into hunting last year and I convinced him to buy a m70 in the extreme weather. It just has to many good features for $900CAD. I was hoping that he would get a 300WSM but he went for the straight 300WIN. After releaving the barrel channel and bedding the action we ran some factory loads with 180 accubonds through it just to get him used to the rifle while he found all the reloading components he wanted. the groups were not that great, about 1.25 MOA at 100 yards, but my chrono gave an extreme pread of less than 10fps (i cant remember exactly what the velocity was). I figured that human erreor was the culprit in the big groups. We tore into a new box from a diffrent lot # and the velocity started fluctuating much more. After we developed several loads with 180 Accubonds we could not get the groups better than 1MOA, and that was rare. We switched to E-tips and the rifle has been shooting alot more constistant at just under 1MOA. My personal feelings on the rifle are that it is one heck of a rifle for the money. The machining quality is good, the action very smooth, the stock is great and the barrle is decent. The downers were the trigger... which wasnt that bad having very little creep or play, but it was heavy. an just the fact that the barrel channel needed love'in. over all I think that the rifle is great. comparable to senduro quality in a light rifle. I think that my friends rifle would shine more if more time was spent on load development and he was a more seasoned shooter (he's well on his way though). I would recommend this rifle to anyone looking for a solid hunting/sporter wieght rifle. This is coming from a remmy guy too. [/QUOTE]
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