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I didn't find it too bad with 178gn pills, the longer barrel meant it wasn't to blasty either, but I'm a big dude at 6'8 and 115kgs, technique definitely plays into it.
You'll come to terms with it...

It is true in some respects :yaeh am not durnk:

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Progress update.....
Went to the range today to give the bear a bit of air :yaeh am not durnk:
Shot 2 rounds of my previously proven hopeless rounds and was immediately confronted by the fact they...

Yup will give that a go too, just know better than to keep sending lead down range when I'm frustrated, will try magnetospeed on, then will try bumping seating depth to see if things improve if that...

Frustrating day at the range today, adjusted the scope and sent 3 down range, it sprayed them all over the place I then sent another 3 down range same deal, I was getting frustrated so packed the...

It's gonna get bedded anyway, can't see it getting worse. Will be bedded around the recoil lug, tang and also adding pillars. It is already fully free floated.
To put in perspective the seating...

308win I posted pics in the blued and walnut rifles thread.

No chance....the Lupo would go before either the Finnbear or the Featherweight :psychotic: ......none are on the chopping block in case any of you are getting ideas.

Cheeky cnuts :yaeh am not durnk: normally you'd be right, not anymore :cool: next project will be "feather in my hat" winchester featherweight :o

Finally got to the range today seating depth ladder results are in and I have settled on a load.
As per above 6 rounds at each depth, 10thou, 50thou, 90thou and 130thou from my jam/lands.
All of...

Seating depth ladder loaded unfortunately due to work commitments i won't have time to shoot it till Sunday. I had 2 extra primed cases so loaded them as foulers :thumbsup:

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Made it back to the range this morning with 6 more rounds loaded to 56.5gn interesting results. If I exclude the last round shot I would have had an SD of 7fps, but even with the last round included...

Fully free floated, haven't had the action out of the stock yet. Don't intend to unless i run into problems. I will look at getting it pillar bedded and recoil lug and tang bedded to avoid issues...

Sorry mate, will be using them in the featherweight

You're all good Micky what would a load developement thread be without your input about how I'm doing it :yaeh am not durnk:
I expect you'll chime in with similar comments when I do my...

That is always the goal.....:yaeh am not durnk:

We shall see :ORLY: the charge weight ladder only tells me where the harmonics in the barrel like to be velocity wise the groups were irrelevant to a large extent. Will see where the 56.5gn load...

So here is the groups from today, as mentioned nothing super flash in fact quite the opposite, but I'm confident i can tune a load out of the data i have collected so far.

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Got to take the Finnbear to the range today and whilst no particularly stunning groups were shot, I have a really good starting point to tune a load and some very useful and interesting data.
Sadly...

good to know, will work up to it, with my longer COL I may even need to go higher. Will shoot the current ladder and see what results I get back, can always load a few more if I'm not getting the...

That sounds like a couple of smoking good loads, those AB's certainly like to be driven hard I'll bet it's devestating.

Been crook as a crook thing last few days, but managed to get some time at the loading bench today. Got my ladder all loaded up.
Tested in the mag and they chamber perfectly, now i just need to wait...

Maybe.....I guess we'll see, or we won't :thumbsup:

If I try the 165gn I'll be starting a bit higher than that, but bear in mind longer than SAAMI C.O.L so will need more powder for same velocity.
I'm gonna try the ELDX first but once I get rounds...