My son has a T3 and runs 80gr TTSX with 2209. Put one into a nice 8pt jap just under the back bone at the base of the neck. Did some incredible damage to the shoulders.
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 05:44 PM
The firing pin and spring comes out so your feeling the chambering of the round not the cocking of the spring
Liked On: 14-04-2020, 10:34 AM
Any of the three would do the job, but I like the 90gr eld-x. It's very accurate and performed well on targets out to 550m and gongs to 860m.
Liked On: 14-04-2020, 10:33 AM
ive never been able to get 100gr to shoot in my savage 80 85 seems to be where its at for mine i leave the primer out as well
Liked On: 14-04-2020, 10:32 AM
Don't go too heavy, my 1:10 twist couldn't stabilise the 103gr ELD-X.
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 11:45 PM
87gr Hornady hpbt over adi 2208 worked great for me. 95gr sst when others run out
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 11:41 PM
im using 85gr sierras and 2209 what you can do for your coal and what i do for all my rifles and it seems to work except for mil chambers is get an empty case thats been fired in your rifle neck or...
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 11:31 PM
For my rifle (Brno ZKK601) and aiming for 0.02 off the lands, COAL is 2.66 inches for the eld-x, 2.64 for the 100gr Prohunter, and 2.56 for the 85gr hpbt Gameking. Sierra manual uses 2.65 for both...
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 10:29 PM
87gr Hornady SPBT’s
Liked On: 13-04-2020, 06:04 PM
I went out today for a shoot to sight in my 30 06 and took my 270 for a shot as well. Didn't shoot a very good group about 2 inch but I know that load can do a lot better but what surprised me is the...
Liked On: 02-10-2018, 08:10 PM
Not sure what the book max is with that powder but you could go up slowly at .5 grs of powder at a time and see what happens. You may tighten the groups more. I had a load of 51.5grs of 2209 with...
Liked On: 02-10-2018, 08:09 PM
chubby try just a single diamond using the first 1" marks and see how you go...thats one busy target....easy to get distracted. nice tidy wee group all the same.
Liked On: 02-10-2018, 05:47 PM
I finally got around to shooting my ladder test. 49.5-54gr. I started around 2740fps for 49.5gr and reached pressure at 53.0gr & 53.2gr (didn't shoot the higher loads) with 2962fps. I am shooting a...
Liked On: 30-09-2018, 01:59 PM
Post in the buy sell swap thread bud.
Liked On: 24-09-2018, 07:39 AM
Have just walked back in the door from the range after loading three different charged 145gr ELDX. Rifle: Blaser R8 COAL: 3.350" (i think this is too long and gave me pressure issues) CCI BR2...
Liked On: 15-09-2018, 05:49 PM