biff's reloading
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My first ever rifle "build" was an old savage 110e my dad gave me. Beat up old ugly gun that shot bugholes. I unscrewed the barrel and rented a ai reamer and 6mm throater and turned both by hand with a t handle. I dont remember the load I used but it was 7828/87gr max and I shot the life out of that barrel in 3 summer's of groundhog hunting with the same couple dozen pieces of brass, shot a couple dozen times each. Accurate Magpro was crazy fast but never got the accuracy from it and I had a 30lb keg of 7828 (wish I'd bought 20 kegs now. Think I paid 20 bucks for that bucket of powder!)
If it's just a hunting gun u will shoot a few times a year, dont bother with the ackley, but if u want to shoot a lot, do it. On calm days, it's right up there with most of the long range boomers that guys on here shoot, just for smaller game. Cheaper too. And very little recoil.
If it's just a hunting gun u will shoot a few times a year, dont bother with the ackley, but if u want to shoot a lot, do it. On calm days, it's right up there with most of the long range boomers that guys on here shoot, just for smaller game. Cheaper too. And very little recoil.
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