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Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting #8487213 12/26/21 07:26 PM
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I have the dies and experience with a long list of cartridges. If I do not have the dies for your cartridge I will get them.

•Verify all the screws are tight and barrel is free-floated. Correct any problems found.
•Clean the barrel
•Find the rifling via modified brass
•Seat as close to the rifling as possible, maintaining bullet diameter depth in the mouth. Verify feeding from the magazine
•Appropriate primer selected for the cartridge
•Appropriate temperature stable powder for the cartridge
•Barrel is fouled in with exactly the same components that will be used for testing. Fouling at 100 yards.
•Load testing is done at 200 to 500 yards depending on cartridge and bullet
•Once the proper recipe is found the scope is zeroed with that recipe
•If your scope is capable, or if we are using my scope on your rifle, I will hit steel out to 800 yards and document the DOPE.
•All load testing data is kept on file

•Stock bedding and pillar service

•Scope mounting and zeroing

•Complete rifle builds on your action or purchased actions


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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: J.G.] #8487674 12/27/21 01:08 PM
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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: J.G.] #8491378 12/31/21 02:11 PM
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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: J.G.] #8494197 01/03/22 09:12 PM
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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: J.G.] #8498451 01/08/22 03:28 PM
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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: J.G.] #8499959 01/10/22 01:27 PM
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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: J.G.] #8506490 01/17/22 08:47 PM
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I have a new 280 Ackey Improved that I built, I can't get it to pattern better that 4 inches at 100 yards !

Have built several rifles, I have tried everything I know to do, I need some help!

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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: J.G.] #8512004 01/24/22 02:43 PM
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Bone stock Tikka T-3 Lite, third shot flier is due to barrel heat. "The charge" put rounds 1 and 2 in the same hole at 200 yards.

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Re: Load development, ammo, rifle mods, scope mounting [Re: swatguy] #8603689 05/23/22 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by swatguy
I have a new 280 Ackey Improved that I built, I can't get it to pattern better that 4 inches at 100 yards !

Have built several rifles, I have tried everything I know to do, I need some help!


Well, I got it to do better than 4 inches at 100 yards.

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Curious, on Weatherby cartridges where freebore can be more than one caliber, you really can't find the rifling on the lighter bullets which are invariably short. For instance, on the .257 WMAG the freebore is .378. Do you find a powder load the appears to work and vary seating depth in .10 increments to try to find a sweet spot?

I am starting to load for a .224 Weatherby. The freebore is only .162 but due to the slow twist rate 1:14 you are not going to be able to load anything much past a 55-60 grain flat base bullet. Can't load them long because they will not have enough neck tension to be held in the case.


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