You cant believe how much fun this this is. No kiddin'. Well at least once ya figure it ain't gonna kill ya.
Here's today's activity. Was stuck most of the day getting a camera mounted in an airplane then flying aroud and taking some pics. Ate up most of the day.
Got back and set up the chrono to shoot some of the ammo that came with the rifle.
Check this out:
300 gr solid - 2684 fps 81.5 gr of something that looks like W760
270gr round nose -- 2690 fps - 73gr of something that looks like 4350
300 gr Silver Tip - 2360 - 71 gr of something that looks like 4350
300 gr Silver Tip - 2470 w 64.5 gr of some kind of 4350 looking pwdr.
6 sots in all, elbows on the bench. It "moves ya" but is nice to shoot.
Less kick than the 338 Win w/ 225s @ 2850 fps.
Think I'll start w/300gr Hornacy SPBTs for reaching out there.
If they would go 2700 I could harvest small pine trees with it.
Otta work great on hoary marmots. That would be rock chucks.
BTW, my idea was to do a 338 Tommy or a 338-300RUM but tis is too sweet of a piece to screw the bbl off.
The only other rifle that has has attracted me like this on is the pre war 70 w/long bbl. It was a 300 Win rechambered to 300 Wby. Shot 180 br partitions like a swift. It was a loner from the smith that was building my 270 back in 19 ott 66. I burned up his shells on jack rabbits.
