Hoping to get my first build underway before too long

[trebark]

Thanks for all the info, I will look into these powders for sure. I am sitting on about 1K 162 A-MAXs, so I will start there for sure. I know eddybo was big on VV N560, and used it exclusively in his .280 AIs. Looking at his targets, it worked for him for sure. Paired up with 162 A-MAXs, he said around 61 ish grains seemed to be the number in all of the 280 AIs he built. I just wish N560 was available anywhere.

If you have 1000 162Amax's on your reloading bench, guard them well! That is a rare bullet these days!

 

[slickyboyboo]

If you have 1000 162Amax's on your reloading bench, guard them well! That is a rare bullet these days!

Yeah, I bought in anticipation of the build, when they were plentiful. However looking at Hornady's 2014 current product list, it looks like we should see the 162s again in the near future, since they took it off the suspended list.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com...mes-production-of-some-bullet-and-ammo-types/

 

[cohunter14]

I've been wheeling and dealing for about the last 4 years, amassing all the parts for this build, and I'm hoping I can get it finished maybe by the end of summer or early fall. It will be a 280 AI throated for shooting 162 A-MAXs. Its amazing how much I saved by wheeling and dealing and picking up a piece here and there. Everything is new except for the 700 Action (its a 6 digit serial# action)

Leupold Mark 4 4.5-14x50 (after more wheeling and dealing)
.......................................................................................$0.00

Forget suggestions, I just want to know how you wheeled and dealed a free Mark 4!! I'll give you $100 to do that for me LOL

 

[slickyboyboo]

Forget suggestions, I just want to know how you wheeled and dealed a free Mark 4!! I'll give you $100 to do that for me LOL

Well this is how it went down. I bought a slightly used 700 XCRII with a new Swaro Z3 4-12x50 BT, and a new Jewell trigger for $700 (yeah I stole it, but I asked him twice if he was sure of the price). Sent the 700 back to Rem for a finish problem, and they sent me a brand new XCRII back along with the Jewell. So I sold the Swaro and the XCRII, put my original $700 back in my acct, and bought the Mark 4, and have a Jewell to go along with it as well.

Honestly, I don't know if I'll ever get lucky enough to come across a deal that good again.