Took the new rifle out for her maiden run. With the design of this stock 600 yds is about as close as it'll shoot.
Loaded with 81 grs of Olde Eynsford 1.5, in BACO stretched cases, rp 9 1/2 primer, .030 fiber wad, RCBS 82084 bullet lubed with NASA.
I think this thing is going to shoot if the first 15 rounds tell us anything.
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Nice set up Don! btw, I went out and bought another trap door
Thanks.
Nothing wrong with them trapdoors.
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That's a nice looking rifle Don!
Chris.
That's a beaut' hex to round and great wood to match !
Got to laugh with that Limbsaver recoil pad on it though.
"NUTS" A. Clement McAullife
Very nice rifle. What barrel and twist?
That's not a limbsaver pad, it's a Shooters Friend slip on pad, and if you shoot just a few rounds from prone with these big guns, you'll be looking for one to put on as well.Originally Posted by dagger dog
That's a beaut' hex to round and great wood to match !
Got to laugh with that Limbsaver recoil pad on it though
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The invoice says it's a Douglas #5 profile. I don't know for sure but I would imagine an 18 twist.
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Oh, I've been on that end too, at least it doesn't leave a hole !
"NUTS" A. Clement McAullife
Hey Partner! You must be getting a little soft to be putting that ugly black stuff on that purity wood??
Don, That is a beautiful rifle. Group looks good to. It should be a real shooter if it like mine. Very nice rifle there. And a great performence on your part. Is it drilled and tapped for a scope also?
Kurt I've still got a raspberry on my shoulder pocket from the Rocky Mtn regional, when I went two targets with the roughrider without my pad. Took about two weeks before I could even shoot sitting or off hand without some extra padding.Hey Partner! You must be getting a little soft to be putting that ugly black stuff on that purity wood??
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Thanks. Yes it's drilled and tapped for the scope, but as well as I can see the targets with these Baldwin sights, I may not mount that scope on this rifle.
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Tried any PP in it yet?
LG
Hav'n you along-Is like lose'n 2 good men
Not yet.
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Time a waste'n--
Hav'n you along-Is like lose'n 2 good men
I don't get the raspberries to often unless I get careless with the way I shoulder the big rifles or shooting the crescent butplate prone
I shot two targets at the Rocky Mtn regional without that pad. That's 15 rounds for score x2 plus sighters. That checkered steel buttplate took it's toll...
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Don I see in your load data with this new rifle you are using NASA lube. I have to ask if you were also using NASA when you shot the nationals? When some people ask me about NASA lube they always ask why they never heard of it winning in any of the big shooting events. I would like to tell them it has. The correct answer here could win you a lifetime supply.
The grease groove bullets I shot during the midrange were NASA as were the grease grooves I shot at the Rocky Mtn. Regional.
The few grease grooves I shot during the Creedmoor at Raton were BSC lubed. But the bulk of the rounds I used at the Nationals were paper patched.
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