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ErnieBishop
10-24-2020, 11:52 AM
Dan Ekstrom and I have been looking for muley’s on public land.
For this area, Tuesday was the last day.
Center-Grip Borden Alpine clone XP-100 action, chambered in 6.5-284 with the 140 grain Nosler AB at 588 yards. Bullet worked great. He was slightly quartering toward us.
Right after the shot he moved to the left about 30-40 yards, and looked like he was going down...doing the wobble/stumble thing.
Given the fact that it was close to the end of legal shooting, and with Dan’s encouragement, I sent a 2nd one.
We discovered it wasn’t needed upon quartering him (the drops were spot on), but we wanted to be sure.
He will be nice and tasty.
Thanks to Dan for helping me pack him out-Quartered him in the field. It was late thirty when I got home.
Michael DeLoach of Nine Run Gun built this Borden Alpine clone XP and it hammers! Brux barrel, Holland brake, Dell trigger, McMillan stock, Burris XTR-III 3.3-18x50 with the SCR MOA reticle. It shoots so good it is just wrong!
https://i.imgur.com/PoIdQIxl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Y9leGVul.jpg
rintinglen
10-24-2020, 02:35 PM
How is it possible? There is no 32 shot magazine, no rails, no LASER, just a scope.

But seriously, great shooting and I hope it's good eating.
ErnieBishop
10-26-2020, 11:36 AM
How is it possible? There is no 32 shot magazine, no rails, no LASER, just a scope.

But seriously, great shooting and I hope it's good eating.

Thanks!
I did use a laser rangefinder to determine distance though...:mrgreen:
swheeler
10-29-2020, 07:28 PM
Congratulations, that is one big forky rack you got there! You getting that 140 Nosler going 2800 out of the barrel?
ErnieBishop
10-29-2020, 07:36 PM
17" 7.5T barrel, 2820 fps with a 140 AB.
It is a pressured up load and I am going to back down a 1/2 grain, and see where we are at.
I ran a XP-100 (My first 6.5-284) Krieger 8T 17" at 2725 fps with 140 A-Max's in the past (sustained shooting), but I have never ran 2820 before.
Dan O
10-29-2020, 10:50 PM
What is the eye relief on your scope?
Dan
ErnieBishop
10-29-2020, 11:56 PM
3.25-4 inches.
https://www.burrisoptics.com/scopes/xtr-iii/xtr-iii-3.3-18x50mm
725
10-30-2020, 12:08 AM
Nice. Good shooting.
Groo
10-30-2020, 03:03 PM
Groo here
Got a Factory 7mm BR..
People just don't understand how tight ,hard and far such a gun can shoot...
J.D. always liked the Nosler bullets for being soft in front and hard in back..