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well that barrel is gone, sold it.
Buuuuut I just got my new gun in. Its a weatherby vanguard in 7-08. I also purchased a knox axiom stock. Put it together last night with leopold bases and rings and a mueller 4x16x50. Pics soon. |
My opinion and experience
A rifle will shoot accurate loads at normal shooting pressure.
Sometimes, some hunters, are not that accurate, so they adjust to hot loads. If you want to shoot hot loads, find the appropriate rifle that fires those loads, as normal. |
Originally Posted by Valentine
(Post 3462988)
A rifle will shoot accurate loads at normal shooting pressure.
Sometimes, some hunters, are not that accurate, so they adjust to hot loads. If you want to shoot hot loads, find the appropriate rifle that fires those loads, as normal. |
Originally Posted by zrexpilot
(Post 3461037)
well that barrel is gone, sold it.
Buuuuut I just got my new gun in. Its a weatherby vanguard in 7-08. I also purchased a knox axiom stock. Put it together last night with leopold bases and rings and a mueller 4x16x50. Pics soon. |
let me ask this will one (same caliber ) rifle shoot a hot load but show signs of pressure in another rifle
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Originally Posted by zrexpilot
(Post 3464298)
let me ask this will one (same caliber ) rifle shoot a hot load but show signs of pressure in another rifle
Then I had it rebarrled with a krieger and I could't even reach 95gr without pressure signs. I can't emphasize it enough, with a new rifle, start low and build your way up again. We had a rifle incident at the range. A rifle can blow up. Another lesson I learned is if you build a load in sub freezing weather, be careful shooting that load in 90F day. I had a load that would shoot great when I made them at 12F, but one summer day it locked my brass up cold in the chamber. |
To put it my way of saying it
I always found a very accurate load by loading within the recommended grain weight of the powder for that caliber.
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I can't emphasize it enough, with a new rifle, start low and build your way up again. Also make sure to re-check/do your seating depth. Each time you have a change it's start over time - be that a rifle or component. |
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