Finished just in time..........

Well last year I decided to rebarrel my Remington, sticking with the .284 calibre. I got Scott Trail to put on a new Hardy's barrel that looks bloody good.

I then sent it off to friend to do some load development for it. We settled on a load using Hornady 139gn SST's. These are doing 3070fps and are shooting half an inch groups. I used to use the Interbonds and would have preferred them, but these SST's were more accurate and accuracy is the name of the game.

So I went and picked the rifle up only last night just in time for the weekend. Now its off to National Park to a) Try to knock over a stag with it and b) Not get shot by a loopy in the bush.

Fingers crossed for both.

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Just keep an eye on the terminal performance of those 139 sst projectiles, i have heard a few reports of light thin skinned game (fallow/sika)running off after solid chest shots from experienced marksman.

They now use the 140/150g NBT



Just a heads up .

What is it you have wrapped the stock etc with?

Those flutes look rad, although I would probably cut my hands on them

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What is it you have wrapped the stock etc with?

Those flutes look rad, although I would probably cut my hands on them

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The vinyl wrap on the stock is from Gunskin. The flutes are not as sharp as they look. H&S approved...lol

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Just keep an eye on the terminal performance of those 139 sst projectiles, i have heard a few reports of light thin skinned game (fallow/sika)running off after solid chest shots from experienced marksman.

Just a heads up .

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Yes, they were not my first choice of projectile, however this is the first load I'm trying so I am sure there are other projectiles that will shoot as well. Although I was trying to sell it so might just leave that to someone else to find out.

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Just keep an eye on the terminal performance of those 139 sst projectiles, i have heard a few reports of light thin skinned game (fallow/sika)running off after solid chest shots from experienced marksman.

They now use the 140/150g NBT



Just a heads up .

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Take no notice Kudu.
SST stands for Super Speedy Terminator, and NBT stands for Not Bloody Terminal. Everyone knows that. :)

Rifle looks great.

Hahahaha

Yeah the rifle looks really nice.

Make sure to tuck yourself into a tree when you roar mate, good luck

Looks good but not sure a pea shooter will be so good on deer :wtfsmilie:;)
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Just keep an eye on the terminal performance of those 139 sst projectiles, i have heard a few reports of light thin skinned game (fallow/sika)running off after solid chest shots from experienced marksman.

They now use the 140/150g NBT



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I've had a close range surface blow up with the 139 SST on a sika yearling at only 2875fps from a 708.

Rifle looks mint!

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I've had a close range surface blow up with the 139 SST on a sika yearling at only 2875fps from a 708.

Rifle looks mint!

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Did it die?

We are inclined to judge bullet performance by exceptions, rather than the norm. Normally, they all work.

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Yes it did, but it was a very small animal. I do wonder if the outcome would have been different on a larger animal.

All the lead exploded on the surface creating a dinner plate sized skin deep wound. Part of the copper jacket penitrated and did enough damage to kill it.

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My mate uses the 139 and nothing else shoots big reds no dramas. Hitem were it counts


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A extremely nice looking rifle. Gibo you are a man for detail. 10/10 for observation.

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I havnt used them again since this....

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looks dead to me.

Waddaa ya mean it saved the other foreleg meat too... LOL :wtfsmilie:

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Holy hell, you sure you didn't lob a grenade at the poor bugger?

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Holy hell, you sure you didn't lob a grenade at the poor bugger?

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I got a hell of a shock when I got to it that's for sure!

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Serious trauma. Get it to the vet straight away.

Nice looking rifle. Try lobbing some 150gn NBT's or 150gn Swift Scirocco's if the SST's don't work out.

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Nice looking rifle. Try lobbing some 150gn NBT's or 150gn Swift Scirocco's if the SST's don't work out.

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+1, my 284 goes well with 150 NBT'S at 2970. And very accurate.

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Well I got to take the rifle to the range today and I came away pretty stoked. After mucking around getting it to where I thought it should be at 100 yards (I was not firing groups, just a shot and then adjusting.) I decided to jump in and have a go at 200 yards. Now I don't admit to being a great target shooter, so I was rapt with the results. Those are inch squares on the target so that will do me.

Bring on the Sika next week!!

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That should do it.

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That should do it.

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The only thing that would top the rifle off now was one of those fancy carbon fibre stocks!!!

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The only thing that would top the rifle off now was one of those fancy carbon fibre stocks!!!

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That can be sorted, if you don't mind waiting nearly a year. Won't see the fancy carbon pattern under the fancy digi camo though.:thumbsup:

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That can be sorted, if you don't mind waiting nearly a year. Won't see the fancy carbon pattern under the fancy digi camo though.:thumbsup:

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Bit youll feel it ;)

What length is the barrel?

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What length is the barrel?

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22 inches. I Thought why restrict myself by having a short barrel? Plus I can always take some off later if I feel the need. but if I cut it short first and don't like it I've found sellotape does not re-attach the cut piece back on very well.

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22 inches. I Thought why restrict myself by having a short barrel? Plus I can always take some off later if I feel the need. but if I cut it short first and don't like it I've found sellotape does not re-attach the cut piece back on very well.

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Sello is shit, try duct tape ;)

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22 inches. I Thought why restrict myself by having a short barrel? Plus I can always take some off later if I feel the need. but if I cut it short first and don't like it I've found sellotape does not re-attach the cut piece back on very well.

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Good. You could have even gone to 24"if you are not fitting a suppressor. Lots of powder you can burn in one of those cases.