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Offline PEPAW

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Range report on my .270.
« on: October 11, 2005, 01:53:42 AM »
After receiving a new barrel, installing a "Kick-Eez" recoil pad and refinishing the stock,  I was anxious to get the Elite 3200 sighted in.   I installed the O ring and removed the hammer extension.   I also took care to rest on the action.
First the good news:    The 115 grain Recoil Manage loads from Remington shot real well and probably had about a 2" group in a gusty wind fired fairly rapidly.   I am sure they will do much better.   After moving from 50 (where I got it on the bull) to 100yards, I only had six shots left.
The bad news is the full throttle Federal 130 Power Point loads were all over the paper.     I suppose I will try some other full Factory loads, but hoped those would be close.    A friend has used them for the past couple of years with great results on whitetail, axis and hogs.
I don't reload, so I suppose I will keep trying to find another factory load it likes besides the "half-recoil" loads.   By the way, the felt recoil of the Federals is much more than my .260 with 140 loads.  The light loads felt much like a .243 with 80 grains.

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Range report on my .270.
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2005, 02:21:13 AM »
The news on the managed recoil is good. Anouther option for the youngsters if you don't reload
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Range report on my .270.
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2005, 05:10:17 AM »
You might want to try some of the Federal Fusion ammo for it for yourself.

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