gamehawker
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Cool,
I'll keep the max mag length just like I did for the std accubond 140gr. & 140gr. last year out of my twin Remington 700 Sendero SF 7mm STWs which was grouping @ .25 MOA.
That length was 3.675" COL.
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Cool,
I'll keep the max mag length just like I did for the std accubond 140gr. & 140gr. last year out of my twin Remington 700 Sendero SF 7mm STWs which was grouping @ .25 MOA.
That length was 3.675" COL.
barnesuser28
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Or you could get a magnetospeed.
Lefty7mmstw
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I already have the oehler... got it when you were in diapers I suspect.Or you could get a magnetospeed.
Problem is 1/2 is in my brother's garage, and 1/2 is at my pop's place. My dad and I bought it years ago and one of use usually has it... Not so at present.
Engineering101
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Lefty,
I just fold a couple of pieces of notebook paper and stick them over the barrel to solve the barrel heat mirage. It is way better to have no wind and do that than letting wind blow your bullets around. As to the power source for the IR screens, I used a deep cyble RV battery. My CED is basically perfect. I wouldn't trade it for an Ohler.
I just fold a couple of pieces of notebook paper and stick them over the barrel to solve the barrel heat mirage. It is way better to have no wind and do that than letting wind blow your bullets around. As to the power source for the IR screens, I used a deep cyble RV battery. My CED is basically perfect. I wouldn't trade it for an Ohler.
Lefty7mmstw
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I'm not much of a fan of only two screens and finicky bullet pickup I guess.
I have enough sunshade to get past the pipe; I just forgot them on my other rifles with similar scopes. The target dances pretty well at 32x when the mirage is on.
gamehawker
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Or you could get a magnetospeed.
That's on my wish list!
Engineering101
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Lefty,
My CED never fails to pickup a bullet with one rare exception, under certain lighting conditions it won't see a 22 cal VMAX running 3,800 fps. When I'm shooting that rifle I have to stick the IR skyscreens on and then it works perfect. With bigger bullets going slower it never fails to read. Maybe I was lucky and got a good one. You do have to clean the dust off the lenses every now and then.
My CED never fails to pickup a bullet with one rare exception, under certain lighting conditions it won't see a 22 cal VMAX running 3,800 fps. When I'm shooting that rifle I have to stick the IR skyscreens on and then it works perfect. With bigger bullets going slower it never fails to read. Maybe I was lucky and got a good one. You do have to clean the dust off the lenses every now and then.
Fiftydriver
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Barrel heat mirage can be the worst to try to fight through, especially if its humid out. Not sure if this is the case but it could be.
Fiftydriver
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Why not just make a barrel mirage blocker to put on your barrel? Pretty simple to make and work well.
barnesuser28
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I already have the oehler... got it when you were in diapers I suspect.
Problem is 1/2 is in my brother's garage, and 1/2 is at my pop's place. My dad and I bought it years ago and one of use usually has it... Not so at present.
Ok, gotcha. Have fun with them ABLRs. gun)
Fiftydriver
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I take it you like the Vortex Viper PST?
For the money they are a pretty **** good scope.gamehawker
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I take it you like the Vortex Viper PST?
Yes,
I absolutely love them. I highly endorse them for the money, the quality & the superb customer service!
Here's a few pics of my twin Remington 700 Sendero SF 7mm STW with the Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50 FFP EBR-1 MOA Reticle Scopes on them.
And a few pics of the groupings I had last year with them.
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Engineering101
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Let me mention something that is back on the original subject of this thread. I was sitting here asking myself how a rifle that stacks bullet on top of bullet all day long when it is a 260 Rem can spray bullets like a shotgun with only a barrel change. The barrel could have a manufacturing defect but assume for the moment that the barrel does not have a defect.
After going over it, I realized I did change one other thing on the rifle. I had to change out the regular 260 bold head for a magnum bolt head. Furthermore, the magnum bolt head I got is not the same as their latest design. For some reason Savage changed their magnum bolt head to make it even thicker than the already thick original magnum bolt head. It occurred to me that they may have done it because the first one had accuracy issues. The difference in thickness is 0.496" for the original and now they make them 0.558".
Anyway, figuring that they had a reason for making this change, I took the bolt out of my 7mm WSM which uses the thicker magnum bolt head (and shoots pretty good) and stuck it in the 270 WSM and reset the headspace. I put the original bolt in a drawer because putting it in either of those rifles now would ruin your entire day. So the 270 WSM it is now sitting in the truck ready to head to the range with some ABLR handloads that should shoot good but don't.
So who wants to bet on the outcome? Kirby you ought to know the answer to this right off the top of your head. Will this solve the accuracy problems? I'm pretty sure the answer is no but I learned to eliminate all the possibilities when trying to solve a problem and this is one of the few remaining possibilities.
After going over it, I realized I did change one other thing on the rifle. I had to change out the regular 260 bold head for a magnum bolt head. Furthermore, the magnum bolt head I got is not the same as their latest design. For some reason Savage changed their magnum bolt head to make it even thicker than the already thick original magnum bolt head. It occurred to me that they may have done it because the first one had accuracy issues. The difference in thickness is 0.496" for the original and now they make them 0.558".
Anyway, figuring that they had a reason for making this change, I took the bolt out of my 7mm WSM which uses the thicker magnum bolt head (and shoots pretty good) and stuck it in the 270 WSM and reset the headspace. I put the original bolt in a drawer because putting it in either of those rifles now would ruin your entire day. So the 270 WSM it is now sitting in the truck ready to head to the range with some ABLR handloads that should shoot good but don't.
So who wants to bet on the outcome? Kirby you ought to know the answer to this right off the top of your head. Will this solve the accuracy problems? I'm pretty sure the answer is no but I learned to eliminate all the possibilities when trying to solve a problem and this is one of the few remaining possibilities.
Engineering101
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gamehawker
Speaking of Vortex Viper PSTs, I've been thinking of getting one for a while but could never find one to look through it to see if it was any good for my eyes (I don't see so good anymore). Anyway I finally found a FFP 6X24 the other day but much prefer 2nd focal plane. It is a very nice scope, great controls, etc. I noticed that the price has gone up from around $750 to $950 which I suppose means that they are selling all they can make. Since you have a bunch of them you must know where to buy them. Where would you recommend?
Speaking of Vortex Viper PSTs, I've been thinking of getting one for a while but could never find one to look through it to see if it was any good for my eyes (I don't see so good anymore). Anyway I finally found a FFP 6X24 the other day but much prefer 2nd focal plane. It is a very nice scope, great controls, etc. I noticed that the price has gone up from around $750 to $950 which I suppose means that they are selling all they can make. Since you have a bunch of them you must know where to buy them. Where would you recommend?
