Thread: "Karhu" A.K.A "Finnish Bear" 30-06 load developement

Try some 130 or 125gr projectiles. I used 60.5gr 2209 and a magnum rifle primer wirh125ge Sierra and 130gr Speer in my 30/06. Great on goats and less recoil.

Take Mr Duxbury up on that offer and you will be sorted in no time. Sometimes another experienced set of eyes will spot something obvious that makes world of difference.you don't know what you don't know. You are not too proud to ask for help and that is a great thing.

I had the same rifle once. Shooting prone the stock used to belt my cheek bone. Sitting , standing all good.

Try softer 150 gn loads or run 130s. For a while.


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Likely nobody will be interested, but I thought I'd type out an update about what happened to this rifle.
After 2 or 3 Leith Valley range visits I couldn't make it shoot. So I asked Mr Passmore to give it a try, and he couldn't make it shoot either. Two different shooters, multiple different types of ammo, including some of Passmores hand loads. Passmore said it was a bedding issue, so I got that done. Only to find out the Leith range was shut for 2 months for winter maintenance.
Their first day open was today, and I took it along. Put a box of 150gr hornady whitetail ammo through it. The money seems well spent on the bedding job. With my amateur front-rest-only ability it was grouping within an inch or so, and consistently in the same place on the paper. Very very pleased

Absolutely stoked to read that mate.absolutely stoked. Now go shoot a deer and fill the freezer.

Yes, I will smite a deer soon. I have a plan
I sighted in the howa 223 I bought from mudgripz too. That thing is a honey to shoot

Rifle long gone sorry