stagpanther
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First loads
I'm working on a 300 weatherby at the moment--but I did manage to sneak in a few of my very first 30 BR development loads using the fire-formed brass while out testing the weatherby. I only managed a couple of 5 shot groups @ 208 yds before having to pack it in as a line of thunderstorms were moving in according to the weather radar.
I didn't do any sorting of the brass or bullets--and using a savage axis receiver and bolt probably knocks a bit of concentricity off the cartridge upon chambering--but the accuracy and consistency are nonetheless quite compelling. I am a believer that a 1-hole .0x group is probably no exaggeration with the right gear and components.
The 115 bergers are not in the same class as the custom BIB or Bart bullets from what I've read, but they did good for me out of my barrel.
This is the first 5 shot group--the shot on the right was definitely my clumsy fault.
Here's the next 5 shot group, this time I managed to hold things together better.
Experienced match shooters probably are accustomed to this kind of performance. I've shot some other very accurate and consistent cartridges--but not one like this in my experience.
I'm working on a 300 weatherby at the moment--but I did manage to sneak in a few of my very first 30 BR development loads using the fire-formed brass while out testing the weatherby. I only managed a couple of 5 shot groups @ 208 yds before having to pack it in as a line of thunderstorms were moving in according to the weather radar.
I didn't do any sorting of the brass or bullets--and using a savage axis receiver and bolt probably knocks a bit of concentricity off the cartridge upon chambering--but the accuracy and consistency are nonetheless quite compelling. I am a believer that a 1-hole .0x group is probably no exaggeration with the right gear and components.
The 115 bergers are not in the same class as the custom BIB or Bart bullets from what I've read, but they did good for me out of my barrel.
This is the first 5 shot group--the shot on the right was definitely my clumsy fault.
Here's the next 5 shot group, this time I managed to hold things together better.
Experienced match shooters probably are accustomed to this kind of performance. I've shot some other very accurate and consistent cartridges--but not one like this in my experience.
Except that in this case I know it was specifically me that screwed up the shot; I didn't hold the rifle on the bags properly and rolled the rifle as I pulled the trigger. It happens--a lot, actually--when I shoot off the sloping hood of my pick-up truck; which is how I shot these. In other words it wasn't the rifle or the ammo that caused the aberration--it was me. 
