i was really concidering the 7mm tejas (7mm ultra mag with 50 degree shoulders) brad stair's rifle has 2500 rounds down the tube and still shooting great. its about 300 fps faster than the ultra mag. with that speed i'll shoot the 200 gr wildcat.gun)
i have a chance to purchase a rem 700 in 300 win mag for cheap. and was wanting to use the aics 338 lapua chassis and convert it to 7mm ultra mag or a wildcat based off that. will this action work and what would i have have to do to make it fuction correctly. 338 chassis was chosen for length...
i have the retumbo for my 375 cheytac that i had sent off to be rebarreled to a 338 snipetac. but the way finances are going im going to have to sell that when i get it back. i have thought about trying rl-17 in the 303 brit any one have any expirences with it?
just wondering if anyone has ever tried to reload 303 british with retumbo powder?
my gun is no4 mk1* with 25 1/2 barrel shooting 180 gr seirra prohunters.
my load right now is rl-15 43.7 gr at 3.05 overall giving me 2550fps. just wondering if retumbo might give me the same velocity with less...
The way I have always done ladder tests is one round per load shooting at a huge paper and making shots on a target next to me so I know what each shot is. I test at 400 yds. You will see the differnt nodes as the barrel whips and at the top of the whip you should have a group. Then take each of...
I tested those in august and it was around 80 f I used retumbo in my weatherby I had and maybe had about 20 fps difference between summer months and cold winter months. I got the bullets from lawton barrels in montana they were on sale for 135 for 100 and they seem to stabilize fine in my 1-11.5...
I use retumbo in my 375 cheytac. Seems to be the powder to go with with the cheytac sized cases. I have a 32 in barrel and am getting 3165 fps with rocky mountain 370 gr bullets. I'm using around 130 gr of powder.
Kirby I'm interested in your 7mm AM. How much would it cost if I sent you a rem 700 receiver to have trued, chambered and thread a 26-28 in tube on it? Thanks hope to hear from you