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? 7mm, 7mm ultra or 300wm or 300rum for LR hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 105419" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>How high did you ever go with the 7828? In the 26" guns we all load for we have found that 88 to 88.5 grains yields the best results and chronographs 3300fps. (Mine does 3330 ave with 88 grains in Weatherby brand brass.) Don't even think about it in Remington brass. Brass life is at 10 shots on Lee Collet neck sized brass and the bolt still drops shut on it's own. To get more I will need to anneal the necks. </p><p></p><p>For seating length I never go beyond 3.600" with either Partition or Barnes. I used to try that chasing the rifling thing but found it was a bust. Even my non-Weatherby's shoot well at .150" off the rifling. Did you try any 165 grain Ballistic tips. At 3450 they are simply crazy accurate but I don't need another deer rifle. </p><p></p><p>Try tightening you action screws up to 45 to 50" pounds. What do your groups look like? That is a lot of shots in a day and two things come to mind. Barrel fouling and shooter fatigue. I wish you lived near by. We would have you shooting moa in no time. For serious accuracy we still go prone on bags to really see what a rifle will do. Those scope base screws need to be man killer tight on a 300 Wby to hold still. Don't give up yet. I agree with Lerch, It may never run with the customs but it will kill deer and elk to 500 pretty reliably. Beyond that a good custom by the smiths mentioned will remove all doubt about the rifle from the equation. </p><p></p><p>Making kills on game past that is the stuff my dreams are made of and one needs more than an accurate rifle. No one can do it if the conditions won't allow it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 105419, member: 1290"] How high did you ever go with the 7828? In the 26" guns we all load for we have found that 88 to 88.5 grains yields the best results and chronographs 3300fps. (Mine does 3330 ave with 88 grains in Weatherby brand brass.) Don't even think about it in Remington brass. Brass life is at 10 shots on Lee Collet neck sized brass and the bolt still drops shut on it's own. To get more I will need to anneal the necks. For seating length I never go beyond 3.600" with either Partition or Barnes. I used to try that chasing the rifling thing but found it was a bust. Even my non-Weatherby’s shoot well at .150" off the rifling. Did you try any 165 grain Ballistic tips. At 3450 they are simply crazy accurate but I don't need another deer rifle. Try tightening you action screws up to 45 to 50" pounds. What do your groups look like? That is a lot of shots in a day and two things come to mind. Barrel fouling and shooter fatigue. I wish you lived near by. We would have you shooting moa in no time. For serious accuracy we still go prone on bags to really see what a rifle will do. Those scope base screws need to be man killer tight on a 300 Wby to hold still. Don’t give up yet. I agree with Lerch, It may never run with the customs but it will kill deer and elk to 500 pretty reliably. Beyond that a good custom by the smiths mentioned will remove all doubt about the rifle from the equation. Making kills on game past that is the stuff my dreams are made of and one needs more than an accurate rifle. No one can do it if the conditions won’t allow it. [/QUOTE]
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