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A couple of years ago, I bought a box of that same ammo, Remington Tipped Core-Lokt, for my 6.5 Creedmoor from Scheels online. I tried...

I'm not saying it's logical, just saying that people do it and trust box velocities.

What is the effect on the performance when that warm ammo is placed into a rifle that may be zero F? If the shot is taken almost...

I’ve found that some factory ammo is EXTREMELY temperature sensitive; like 300-400 fps over 40-50 degrees. The factory ammo that I hunt...

No surprise there. It's a reference point and nothing else! The information supplied gets you close and that's all it does.

Some don’t even do that……after all “it was dead-on last year”! 😉 memtb

alpha hype new rem {rar) just to let anyone on forum know look before you leap I have owned older rem for40 yrs this 7oo alpha was a...

I'm in my 70's and as I wrote this I'm in a heated blind next to a corn field. I'm not knocking any style of hunting. And by the way my...

One major flaw in this thinking is the fact that no factory ammo plant uses WEIGHT to load their ammo on conveyor machines. It is by...

I am unsure why you responded to me directly but for $2000, I would do a semi-custom DIY project over a R700’’s quality today. I have...

I guess my answer to that is, "To each their own." I use both factory and hand loaded ammo for both target shooting and hunting...

Not surprised. The worst I’ve ever seen for this was also Remington core lokt in a 243, the 100 grain soft point. Box says 2960...

The velocity doesn't surprise me.The velocity spread is concerning.It would be interesting to break down a few and weigh the powder...

the alpha 700 i returned they replaced the bolt & magazine it wouldn't not function bolt operation is very rough & extremely hard lift...

As long as they're not shooting distance, they're fine, but if you shoot at 100 thinking you're going to hit at 500 and beyond it's not...