BradArnett
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Pat, I see you found your way over here too. Same here. (grin)
Lightweight Longrange Gun??
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scenarshooter
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Brad, Yep, looks like you and I are "noobs"......grin!
liltank
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Your not allowed to shoot that far at that big of an animal w/o the caliber being anything less than a .338 BFG caliber!
Just kidding! I like seeing the "LITTLE" calibers getting the job done. Good Shooting!Tank
BradArnett
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Your not allowed to shoot that far at that big of an animal w/o the caliber being anything less than a .338 BFG caliber!
Tank
What about using .224" centerfires on game?
scenarshooter
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Thats funny right there!!....we both know better than that......grin!
scenarshooter
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Your not allowed to shoot that far at that big of an animal w/o the caliber being anything less than a .338 BFG caliber!
Tank
Before and after pics of a nice mule deer buck I shot with the same .308 last fall....320 meters.
I've got some big rifles too.....grin!
Good
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Real nice toad sir!gun)
liltank
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Before and after pics of a nice mule deer buck I shot with the same .308 last fall....320 meters.
I've got some big rifles too.....grin!
That is a beautiful big mulie you got there. Just out of curiosity, what is your load recipe for the 08? I have one and currently am playing around.
Tank
scenarshooter
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Pretty generic but has proven to be very effective:
155gr Lapua Scenar
45.5grs Hodgdon's Varget
Lapua brass
Wolf(russian) large rifle magnum primer
2.810" coal, 5 thou. jump.
MV is 2950fps.
With that barrel I could easily get 3000fps. 1-11" Rock 5R@24". 2950fps seems to be the "node" for that bullet in my other two .308's as well.
6X6 bull taken with same rifle and load last fall....
155gr Lapua Scenar
45.5grs Hodgdon's Varget
Lapua brass
Wolf(russian) large rifle magnum primer
2.810" coal, 5 thou. jump.
MV is 2950fps.
With that barrel I could easily get 3000fps. 1-11" Rock 5R@24". 2950fps seems to be the "node" for that bullet in my other two .308's as well.
6X6 bull taken with same rifle and load last fall....
liltank
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Are they opening up? I know that seems to be an issue with Lapua Scenar's.
Tank
Tank
scenarshooter
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I've been using the 155's for the past 4 or 5 years and have had very good luck with them. Elk, deer, antelope and black bears have been taken out to 600 or so meters without any problems. They open up well and penetrate.
Same rifle and load took this nice buck last fall....
Same rifle and load took this nice buck last fall....
liltank
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Do you find the Scenar to have a true BC as to what is stated, or is it less? Can you set up your drop charts to the listed BC and your velocity or do you have to tweek it to make it work?
Tank
Tank
scenarshooter
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Lapua claims its .508....I came up with .495 at my elevation, spin rate and velocity.
liltank
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Cool... thanks for all the info. I just looked today on their website to see what they had listed. I remember seeing it listed as .508, but they list now at .460. So I would say it would depend on where your at when your shooting them. Thanks for the help.
Tank
