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Defiance Rebel with matched rail 30" Lilja fluted chambered in 7mm Practical (300WM necked .284) Cooper break Jewel adj. trigger bottom safety A.I. folding thumb hole stock Vortex Razor HD Gen1 FFP moa 15lbs - not exactly a "let's go hiking" rig, but felt recoil is similar to a .223. 180gr...

Tikka T3 7RM 5280ft elev. Zero=200: Sierra GameKing 160gr., RL22 @ 62.6gr, win brass, CCI 250, .005 off lands. MV 2950-3K. This is the load for my B-I-L hunting rifle I developed for him. He has successfully taken antelope, whitetail, and mulies to 600 yards (540 lazed leica 1600b for this...

A 1994 Rem700 Classic 6.5x55 Swede was my first hunting rifle given to me for my 16th birthday by my father circa 1995. I've been reloading that rifle since. Americans are fairly thick-headed in adopting calibers not primarily designed in country would be the main reason. For instance, head...

Hammer & Collet. Collet for finished loads for the reasons stated time and again earlier - powder mess. Hammer for pulling uncharged cases I'm using to set dies to seating depths. Foam, cotton, cloth wad in the hammer keeps meplats from getting bungged up.

My 700Classic 6.5x55 Swede wants the 140 VLD hunter at .005 off the lands. I followed Berger's recommended ladder for hunting VLD seating found on pages 100 & 101 of Berger 1st Edition reloading.

I've personally never considered using a bullet that the manufacturer specifically states as not recommended for game use... That said; a couple birdies have told me that certain entities use Sierra MatchKings exclusively. The .300WM load, for instance, is the 190gr MK propelled by RL22 ignited...

Cooper Christensen Montana Rifle Company Or Add a grand and go full custom and get whatever you want. But you won't get the rifle and glass for your budget on any of those options. Sako Browning CZ Tikka Are all decent manufacturers. Choose a cartridge that is popular and offers a ton of...

200yds is pretty well point-blank for any center fired cartridge so setting a 500yd limit pretty well leaves the selection wide open without providing a little more information like what the target species would be. Which has been said by others already. That said... The .264 cartridges are...

Chronos are NOT all equal! Of all the equipment, this piece is the most research sensitive, in my opionion. But unless you're planning to shoot 1000+ regularly, it's also not critical. Especially if you have access to a range capable of 3-500yds - longer the better - since you can use witnessed...

I've been using a rock chucker for 30 years with a hand thrown RCBS powder throw and trickler. And have used RCBS beam scales, Dillon digital, and the Chargemaster 1500. I've found that as long as each and every session is begun by using the calibration procedure for either of the digital...

Dave Young of Young's Gunsmithing, Tracy, Montana. He's a metal work perfectionist. Turned a Lilja blank and blueprinted the LH Tikka action to 6.5x55 Swede for my dad 10 years ago or so; back before lefties had options in 6.5's. Dave has also done a full custom job for me, the metal work on a...

Richardson Ground Squirrel (gopher) 264yds .22LR 10/22 (took nearly a full BX25). Coyote 200yds 6mmRem Antelope 300yds .300WM Mule deer 325yds 6.5x55 Swede Elk 80yds .300WM

Rifle: 3x .223 Rem 1x .220 Swift 2x 6mm Rem 1x .257 WBY 3x 6.5x55 Swede 1x 7mm Rem 1x 7mm Practical (7mm X .300 WM) 3x 30-06 1x .300 WM 1x .338 WM Handgun: 9mm .357 .40 S&W .45ACP .475 Linebaugh RCBS RockChucker single stage for precision Dillon 550 for bulk target Manual throw RCBS Auto...

Forest, you show great wisdom and fortitude to admit such mistakes friends in person. To admit it internationally on the internet is..., well, I don't think I could have done that. Anyways... couple of things: 1) don't use one manual, use them all. More info is better when making miniature...

The Grendel is good for most any N. American big game animal out to 400yds given proper bullet choice. The 6.5 Creed, 260, and Swede stretch effective range to 5-700yds with minor gain in recoil. Mainly due to being able to push the 140gr bullets at 2600 - 2900fps and still be only fractionally...