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Offline Mac11700

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338-06 range report#2
« on: October 14, 2005, 08:42:00 AM »
Boy...talk about having to take the bad with the good...I took my 25-06 and my 338-06 to the range this morning...seems my brand new Atech scope has had a major malfunction...can't keep the groups on paper at 100 yards...and the absolute best I could get was 3-4" spacing betweeen the holes at 25 yards with the forend pulled of...oh well...I should have know Mr.Murphy was around...for a while...but I'm glad he took off before I started shooting my 338-06...

I loaded up some 180 Noslers BT's over 59 grains of BL-C(2) and averaged 3050 fps for the velocity..temp right at 65 degrees or so I'm told by the weather channel...and I was getting 2945 fps for 58 grains when it was much hotter this year...so the extreme powders are doing their job rather nicely...anyways..shots 1 & 2 were just touching and a little left...adjusted the Leupold 4 clicks right...and shot the next 3...that's a wheat penny coving those 3 shots by the way..I'll be loading up another box to take back over when it cools down some...and then I'll site it in to be 2.62" high at 100 yds.






I know which rifle will be getting the nod for deer hunting...I ran the numbers thru Point Blank and it impressive to say the least...

100yds...+2.62"...2756fps...3035ftlbs energy
200yds...+2.14"...2524fps...2546ftlbs energy
300yds...-3.78"....2304fps...2121ftlbs energy

It's certainly not the flattest shooting cartridge I own...but I reallly think it will get the job done on whitetails...

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338-06 range report#2
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2005, 08:48:39 AM »
NIce shootin Mac

It's certainly not the flattest shooting cartridge I own...but I reallly think it will get the job done on whitetails...

Whitetails, elk, bear and darn near anything else that walks, flys runs and eats.

Never got the call.  Did you not connect?
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2005, 08:50:26 AM »
Thanks...


Handi..I just tried you cell...you at home or work?

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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2005, 10:06:30 AM »
Mac, Good work and great shooting!!! Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together!!!! :wink:
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2005, 10:30:13 AM »
Absolutly...Wayne has outdone himself with this conversion...it is simply superb...

On another note...I finnally got that 270 Ultra-Comp fitted..smoked the latch shelf as you have said to do...and it's getting 1/8" all the way across on lock up now...and a .0015" feeler gauge can't be pulled out...now that's tight... :lol: it surprisingly  fits real good in the bedding for the 25-06..

Looks like I'll be shooting somemore next week...the 130 grain Fusion's and some selected handloads...I got some 140 TSX bullets just sitting there on the shelf...160 grain Nosler original partitions...some 130 grain Grand Slams...140 grain HP Sierra's and a 130-150 BT's and some 130 SP Hornady's  to choose from...should be something there that will shoot good enough...oh...I'll be using my 3x9x40 Burris BP in Leupy's QRW's this time...so scope failure shouldn't be an issue...

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Re: 338-06 range report#2
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2005, 02:51:32 PM »
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100yds...+2.62"...2756fps...3035ftlbs energy





hey now mac are you sure thats enough for a whitetail???? you know how them MO deer get you mat want to bring a bigger gun. how about you sell this one to me to and we'll find you a real gun.
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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2005, 04:25:07 PM »
Sure mitchell...I'll take $2000 for this set up...will you be sending check,cash,or money order :)  :)  :) (Not really...it's not for sale)

The do supposedly have some bears and quite a few cougars around where I'm hunting at..so...I never go undergunned when hunting...:wink:


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« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2005, 02:41:28 AM »
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I'll take $2000 for this set up



is that with or without dies????



congrats mac looks like you got yet an other great shooter.
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