recently traded for a rem classic in 857. Wasnt to excited about the thing to be truthful. That is until today. Finally got around to shooting it. 150 interlocks with 4895. Wasnt expecting much but the first 5 shots went into an inch. That got my attention. Shot a couple more groups and it average around an inch and that was the first load (and probably the last) i tried. Then i shot some over the chrono. First shot i thought there was something wrong with the chrono. So i shot my 06 go to load to see if it was right, the o8 showed 2900 fps which is about right so i shot a 5 shot string with the 8 and it averaged 3125!!! Absolutely no pressure signs and easy bolt lift. Now its got a 24inch barrel compared to the o6s 22 which might account for a 100fps at best. It not only beat the 06 but trounced it!! I mostly use bolt guns for crop damage shooting which is typicaly 300 yards so like i said before today i wasnt to excited but after today you couldnt pry that gun out of this house. Ive seen factory 300 mags that didnt give that kind of velocity with 150s. Might not be the best bc bullet out there but at that speed it ought to shoot plenty flat. Pretty impressive for a ww2 era battle round.
