Thread: "Feather in my hat" 308win Featherweight load development

Well that should take some of the sting outta the recoil, just a spare extra thick grind to fit limbsaver I had left over from another project, not a perfect fit but before i buy a new one i wanna aee if it helps much. Certainly a lot softer that the factory one, it's hard like a rock if this makes it nicer to shoot I'll grab a new one and grind it to fit perfectly, the extra LOP will certainly help too.



Will obviously keep the undamaged red one for if it it ever leaves my company.

beautiful job......should help no end...now Im 99% sure of the answer to this one...but you arent perchance trying to shoot rifle using hug yourself hold are you???? DEFINATELY will respond better to firm grip on forend....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

beautiful job......should help no end...now Im 99% sure of the answer to this one...but you arent perchance trying to shoot rifle using hug yourself hold are you???? DEFINATELY will respond better to firm grip on forend....

Shooting off bags for load developement, final sighting will be done as per in the field

Greetings.
My Rem 700 ADL had a hard plastic butt plate for years. It certainly backed off the projectile quick. Early on I started backing off the loads a couple of grains for target shooting and more recently a lot more. As I got older I started getting recoil headaches after some of the shoots. A few years back my son gave me a spare Hogue stock he had and I had a suppressor fitted. A different rifle altogether now.
GPM.

Originally Posted by dannyb

Shooting off bags for load developement, final sighting will be done as per in the field

but is your off hand on forestock or hugging yourself and manipulating the toe of stock???

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

but is your off hand on forestock or hugging yourself and manipulating the toe of stock???

Generally hold the fore. When I sight it in I will try a few different shooting positions to see if it effects poi

Originally Posted by Mathias

Don't expect miracles with the Finnbear either Danny, you are dealing with old school classic in which 1.5moa is very acceptable to the makers at the time. These were not known as tack drivers as we know of this day and age with modern engineering.
However, good luck with the process of bettering its performance. Enjoying the up dated posts.

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Dam! Must be something seriously wrong with my “old school classics”
Krico. .243 56 years old
Husky 1640 6.5x55 58 years old
Husky 1640. 30 06. 50 plus years
Sako .222 50 plus years
H&K 22lr. 50 plus years
ALL sub. MOA and better, all day, any day
Personally, wouldn’t have a new “modern” rifle on my arse for a wart
Good luck dannyb, keep it simple, don’t overthink it

Give the 150gr hotcor a go @dannyb . Same pill as the federal blue box, flat base and will smash anything inside the ranges you wanna shoot that winny

Appreciate all the suggestions, will get round to trying some or all of them, my range is out of action for a few weeks due to farming needs. Hence working on my neglected cruiser

While Dannyb is otherwise occupied I'll put a post on my mod 70 in 300 wsm. The price of ammo makes me even more mean n miserable so to strat I just roughly sighted it in, but went out last nite with the thermal and a pard 007s on the back of the rifle. Just enough lite from the stars to be able to wonder around in the dark, occasionally viewing the paddocks ahead as I'm cruising thru. So in this particular area I spy two wallaby's and down the far end some larger than rabbit ,animals, hoping they are pigs. As the paddock has a few trees and one or two Areas of wee copses . I used one for hiding behind and sneaked to within 100 mtrs, now I'm using a tripod to shoot off but for some reason I have lateral movement, I eventually get the target in the scope and its a dog fox, the other must be a bitch, trying to judge the swing I hurried the shot and after the bang I hear no twack, fuk missed.
This afternoon I took the winnie down to the south end range, I have an Eastern one as well, now my poor old right eye is coming to the end of vision and I get about a fraction of a second before it gets fairly dark, hence I looked away and then as soon as I looked back again I squeezed the trigger and straight away knew it went south, shit shot that is, bang on but 4 inches low. Took more care with the second and it felt good, about right but 1 inch to the left.
Got sick of my right eye so swapped shoulders and holy gamely clear as a bell,
It fell one inch below the one that was 1 inch left, that will do me an inch or should I say 1 MOA.
I'll go for another walk tonite as there was a sambar hind in the next paddock and a pig in the following one but the shot at the dog ruined any chance I might have had.

Shot the seating depth ladder today after somewhat of a sabatical from all things shooting related sorry @SmokeyJason looks like the 165gn spbt's will do the job.....hopefully, will need to load up a few more confirmation rounds but the best group of the day was just shy of 1" at 100y (.9405") likely traveling at 2600fps or near enough. No chrono today as I didn't want to risk skewing group sizes.
For a lightish knock about short range rifle with a 2.5-8 scope that's plenty good enough.
The thicker limbsaver was a game changer so will definitely buy a new one and shape it perfectly for this stock, absolutely transformed the rifle with extra LOP and decent recoil absorbing it no longer is a handful.
Fingers crossed when I get around to loading the confirmation rounds it stays consistent...... could be a while as I have no intention of sitting at the loading bench any time soon.

Great result

People often don't realise how important it is for the rifle to fit the shooter, especially if it's light or somewhat lively.

Originally Posted by No.3

People often don't realise how important it is for the rifle to fit the shooter, especially if it's light or somewhat lively.

Whilst it definitely helps I have shot many a good group with short light rifles, I also shot a charge ladder with 150gn NBT's the same session as my seating depth ladder with the 165gn spbt's, there was nothing spectacular about any of the NBT loads, the best group was just over 1" everything else was 1.5-2"

they would be spectacular inside 200 yards when smack into a redskin all the same.