My Dad showed me this on the weekend. His Grandfathers letter of employment as manager of Siberia station, 100 years and small change ago. Note the cowboy @ 30 shillings/week - a pound was 20...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:31 PM
Cheers for that. I'm thinking the 55gr will still suit my purposes. Not interested in rebarreling a brand new Sako...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:23 PM
Yep smart phones make us dumb Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:23 PM
I think you mean "moot" point. A mute point is somewhat difficult to make, maybe involving sign language.
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:23 PM
1-14 is standard twist for 22-250 Will go upto 55gn no worries My brother has a 22-250 and uses the 55gn sako game head factory ammo Shoots amazing and kills even better Fantastic stuff on...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:19 PM
Always a possibility when the bullet leaves the barrel at about 400,000 rpm could be messy inside a suppressor
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:18 PM
And then we had the guy at our rifle club using a fast twist and heavier projectiles - a few poofs and not reaching the target. Don't know what the projectiles were. Barrel was new too.
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:18 PM
I've got a Weatherby Mk V "Varmintmaster" in 22-250 that I acquired in the UK in 2019. Before I could arrange all the paperwork and carriage covid happened - so nothing happened, it's still there. ...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:17 PM
I decided to ratioalis some rifles down to one. I had a slow twist 223 A 204 and my old slow twist 22-250. I have always wanted a fast twist 22-250 so settled on a super varmint factory 1-8 twist...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:17 PM
I think you’ve settled my worries, Husky! Dan, you’re also confirming my thoughts. Don’t want to go quite as big as 243 so I suppose it comes down to what I’m trying to achieve, and that is a...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:15 PM
Way back in the 70's I bought a Tikka 22-250 cos everybody else was buying 243's and I just wanted to be different. Used Remington factory 55's to get some cases and then reloaded from then on. Tried...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:15 PM
Here is another one… boxes I shot had a compressed load, all from same batch. We checked boxes from a newer batch and load is not compressed so less powder or most likely different powder as it...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:11 PM
Shooting them. Heres a picture from yesterday showing what i mean. 3 shot group from left to right with the same below max powder charge, same seating depth, 2932fps average, ES of 7fps. I have been...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:09 PM
Just a bit of warning regarding Hornady factory 7mm PRC 180 eldm. I had 5 rounds among 60 loaded really hot. Bolt was super hard to lift, bolt face and ejector mark on the case. Primer felt of the...
Liked On: 28-06-2023, 01:08 PM
I use cbc brass in my 16 gauge cape rifle,16 gauge wads don't work as the brass is much thinner than a plastic or paper shell so I had to make a was punch. On the bright side my cases have lasted ...
Liked On: 27-06-2023, 10:25 PM