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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
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<blockquote data-quote="74honker" data-source="post: 1985927" data-attributes="member: 113930"><p>If many of you haven't figured out yet I'm a bit old school for most my age. Many of the things I do are A for the tradition and B out of respect for those that came before me. When I began this journey I consulted my good friend and mentor in shooting and handloading from KS. He is a 3rd generation handloader and his knowledge and help has been priceless to me. I (with limited funds usually) wanted one gun to do it all so to speak. I kinda had my heart set on a 30.06 and I wanted to be able to shoot 1000yrd but after a long search just didn't find exactly what I wanted. We discussed finding a donor and just making one when I came across a barely used M700 long range model in 7mm RM. Didn't know a whole lot about the caliber so called him up for an education. After a lengthy Q and A and it was priced really good I jumped on it. Got the gun in April 19 took till Sept before I got a good scope and the rings and base were my xmas present from my wife. My friend who no longer shoots 7mag only because he went to 338WM for elk sent me about 100 once fired cases and a set of RCBS dies from his late father. He also sent me a page from his dads notes from 1994 to use as a reference. Seen he had best luck out of many with H4831sc. I picked a 168g SMK as a starting bullet. Figured if it can shoot anything it would be those lol. 4th test load through it I bugholed. Tweaked a few things one at a time of course a was good but not that 4th one. Tried it again and almost bugholed but even tighter. Like 2shots were at .116 moa and I shanked the third and knew when I pulled the trigger lol. I knew I had it so loaded 3rnd with H4831sc and 3rnd H4831 just to see if there would be a difference. Nope 6 consecutive shots cold, clean bore no foulers and put them in 1 hole of roughly .3. I told him his dad must have put some kind of pixy dust on those dies and I will NEVER not use them. I knew his dad also and was a great guy whom we had many talks about this stuff long before I ever started reloading. This truly is a unicorn and I smile at every trigger pull. The longest I've took it so far is 425yrd and kept it at .3 moa. Just got the beans cut next to my little range so 1k is the next attempt lol. At some point I will probably pick a good hunting bullet and nosler most likely and work up another load but for now this one sure is fun. I know factory guns just aren't supposed to shoot like this but it's a unicorn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="74honker, post: 1985927, member: 113930"] If many of you haven't figured out yet I'm a bit old school for most my age. Many of the things I do are A for the tradition and B out of respect for those that came before me. When I began this journey I consulted my good friend and mentor in shooting and handloading from KS. He is a 3rd generation handloader and his knowledge and help has been priceless to me. I (with limited funds usually) wanted one gun to do it all so to speak. I kinda had my heart set on a 30.06 and I wanted to be able to shoot 1000yrd but after a long search just didn't find exactly what I wanted. We discussed finding a donor and just making one when I came across a barely used M700 long range model in 7mm RM. Didn't know a whole lot about the caliber so called him up for an education. After a lengthy Q and A and it was priced really good I jumped on it. Got the gun in April 19 took till Sept before I got a good scope and the rings and base were my xmas present from my wife. My friend who no longer shoots 7mag only because he went to 338WM for elk sent me about 100 once fired cases and a set of RCBS dies from his late father. He also sent me a page from his dads notes from 1994 to use as a reference. Seen he had best luck out of many with H4831sc. I picked a 168g SMK as a starting bullet. Figured if it can shoot anything it would be those lol. 4th test load through it I bugholed. Tweaked a few things one at a time of course a was good but not that 4th one. Tried it again and almost bugholed but even tighter. Like 2shots were at .116 moa and I shanked the third and knew when I pulled the trigger lol. I knew I had it so loaded 3rnd with H4831sc and 3rnd H4831 just to see if there would be a difference. Nope 6 consecutive shots cold, clean bore no foulers and put them in 1 hole of roughly .3. I told him his dad must have put some kind of pixy dust on those dies and I will NEVER not use them. I knew his dad also and was a great guy whom we had many talks about this stuff long before I ever started reloading. This truly is a unicorn and I smile at every trigger pull. The longest I've took it so far is 425yrd and kept it at .3 moa. Just got the beans cut next to my little range so 1k is the next attempt lol. At some point I will probably pick a good hunting bullet and nosler most likely and work up another load but for now this one sure is fun. I know factory guns just aren't supposed to shoot like this but it's a unicorn. [/QUOTE]
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