Thread: 7-08 rem & 162gr Amax?

Hi Sneeze. Thanks for the offer but a few people have a had a go (who know what they are doing) with it now with no luck so I am binning it.

No worries its your call.

Well it does NOW..... was more humourous before you replied though

Originally Posted by sneeze

Well it does NOW..... was more humourous before you replied though

It wasn't humorous being told to fire half the value of the barrel in ammo down the friggin things before they would MAYBE shoot.
If it isn't going to shoot in a few test loads it rarely will after a couple Hundy rounds.


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Originally Posted by R93

It wasn't humorous being told to fire half the value of the barrel in ammo down the friggin things before they would MAYBE shoot.
If it isn't going to shoot in a few test loads it rarely will after a couple Hundy rounds.


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I think I could get a laugh out of watching you deal with that

Originally Posted by sneeze

I think I could get a laugh out of watching you deal with that

You would, along with a few other people get a kick out of my stubbornness.



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heh yeah., you know my sense of humour
You gotta have a little sympathy for barrel makers though, they must have to deal with their fair share of muppets who just plain cant shoot but think they are all that and a bag of chips blaming perfectly good barrels.

Originally Posted by sneeze

heh yeah., you know my sense of humour
You gotta have a little sympathy for barrel makers though, they must have to deal with their fair share of muppets who just plain cant shoot but think they are all that and a bag of chips blaming perfectly good barrels.

I agree that they must get pissed with muppets at times. But I think most sensible/realistic people will get a few others to confirm their suspicions like Ginga has done, before going back to them.
Firing 250 rnds on a barrel that has an expected life of say 1500 is pointless. Good barrels in my experience shoot well, straight away. I know of quite a few from the above mentioned, that have not performed. I have a grand or so tied up in stainless tubing that is not good for much other than maybe some expensive tomato stakes

Originally Posted by R93

I agree that they must get pissed with muppets at times. But I think most sensible/realistic people will get a few others to confirm their suspicions like Ginga has done, before going back to them.
Firing 250 rnds on a barrel that has an expected life of say 1500 is pointless. Good barrels in my experience shoot well, straight away. I know of quite a few from the above mentioned, that have not performed. I have a grand or so tied up in stainless tubing that is not good for much other than maybe some expensive tomato stakes

or a walking stick for for your gammy leg!
+1 for Vulcan.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

or a walking stick for for your gammy leg!
+1 for Vulcan.

Who kicked over your Banjo? My gammy leg is better than ever now. We will see who has gammy legs when we have to climb for a few scrub bulls

Originally Posted by R93

Who kicked over your Banjo? My gammy leg is better than ever now. We will see who has gammy legs when we have to climb for a few scrub bulls

challenge accepted.Like you said my barrel was a laser right from the get go.

Originally Posted by R93

I agree that they must get pissed with muppets at times. But I think most sensible/realistic people will get a few others to confirm their suspicions like Ginga has done, before going back to them.
Firing 250 rnds on a barrel that has an expected life of say 1500 is pointless. Good barrels in my experience shoot well, straight away. I know of quite a few from the above mentioned, that have not performed. I have a grand or so tied up in stainless tubing that is not good for much other than maybe some expensive tomato stakes

Yeah mate I'm not promoting trueflight at all though the ones Iv had anything to do with have been fine and also not casting dispersions no Gingas issues at all . Any make or model of anything will have duds. I just have a strange obsession for problem fixing. The vulcan I have is fine.

Originally Posted by sneeze

Yeah mate I'm not promoting trueflight at all though the ones Iv had anything to do with have been fine and also not casting dispersions no Gingas issues at all . Any make or model of anything will have duds. I just have a strange obsession for problem fixing. The vulcan I have is fine.

I knew where you were coming from the whole time. Dunno about your obsessions but agree with the strange part

Originally Posted by R93

I knew where you were coming from the whole time. Dunno about your obsessions but agree with the strange part

Youl lean more about them in time

It wasn't humorous being told to fire half the value of the barrel in ammo down the friggin things before they would MAYBE shoot.
If it isn't going to shoot in a few test loads it rarely will after a couple Hundy rounds.

That's exactly my feeling R93. After about 250 rounds at say $1.50 each it starts to wear a bit thin. Every other rifle I've owned (and there has been the odd one) shows form pretty dam quickly. In fact in my experience if a rifle wont shoot a sierra bullet with reasonable accuracy early on there is often not much hope.