The sooper dooper pig 300wsm project thread

[dannyb]

So now I have a moral dilemma..... is my tikka barreled Sako now a Tako or a Sikka

Really was starting to think I'd lost my mojo trying to get this rifle sorted, in hindsight I was rushing and trying to do too much too fast.
I would've saved myself a lot of stress and heartache if I had gone over the rifle more thoroughly when it was first completed.
This would have shown the loose scope and the free float/bedding issues.

[Micky Duck]

strangely enough both times I had scope base come loose issues,that also nearly drove me to drink...the rifle had been away to be threaded for suppressor.... it is now one of the first things that get checked.

[7mm Rem Mag]

Good stuff @dannyb

[trooper90]

Nice looks like your 270wsm groups without all the hassles of a new build....

[dannyb]

Nice looks like your 270wsm groups without all the hassles of a new build....

Yup pretty happy with it, would love to try some superformance powder at some stage as it gives more velocity, but in reality even at 2877fps it's more than enough out to further than I'm likely to shoot it and still slow enough that it wont blow up at closer ranges.
It does however leave me in a quandary as to what to do with the 270wsm barrel, even if I had a tikka or sako action to screw it into what's it gonna do the the 300 won't do better

[Micky Duck]

Yup pretty happy with it, would love to try some superformance powder at some stage as it gives more velocity, but in reality even at 2877fps it's more than enough out to further than I'm likely to shoot it and still slow enough that it wont blow up at closer ranges.
It does however leave me in a quandary as to what to do with the 270wsm barrel, even if I had a tikka or sako action to screw it into what's it gonna do the the 300 won't do better

spit out true 7mm projectiles..........

[Gibo]

Just to clear things up, 19" is not a pig must be 16 or less sorry

[dannyb]

Just to clear things up, 19" is not a pig must be 16 or less sorry

Sooper warthog didn't have the same ring to it

[wsm junkie]

Sooper warthog didn't have the same ring to it

@dannyb nothing wrong with a warthog....especially the A10 version.....brrrrrrrt

[dannyb]

Loaded up confirmation rounds today....think I'll cut my losses and call it done
Quite possibly the best group I've ever shot 3 rounds at 100y

[GWH]

Loaded up confirmation rounds today....think I'll cut my losses and call it done
Quite possibly the best group I've ever shot 3 rounds at 100y

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Nice! Pleased you got there in the end

[chainsaw]

time to go hunting

[Dicko]

Great persistence and Nice shooting. A good lesson of both trouble shooting and reloading!

At 2800 fps with the 178 you’ve done the full circle back to the .30-06 in a different platform and with a few inches less barrel length.


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[dannyb]

Great persistence and Nice shooting. A good lesson of both trouble shooting and reloading!

At 2800 fps with the 178 you’ve done the full circle back to the .30-06 in a different platform and with a few inches less barrel length.


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This rifle has sentimental value, if I was purely chasing velocity I would've left it at 24" this project was as much about accuracy as it was about making a lightweight rig that was nice to carry, not front heavy and more than enough smack down at 600y.
Pretty sure I've ticked all those boxes.
It's tested my patience and I came out on top. Thanks guys for all the suggestions and calculations and moral support.
Time to load some hunting ammo and then not think about it for a while

[dannyb]

Productive morning in the lead shed, will confirm zero without the magnetospeed then quick annealing session a reload the fired cases. That should see me with enough hunting ammo for a while