lancetkenyon

Wow. What a shame. Tough way to go.

Look for a thread on load development for a Ruger M77 in 7 Rem Mag pushing a 168 HVLD to start soon. Completely factory rifle.

I finished load development for this rifle. Got 100 rounds loaded up. All fired brass has been resized, shoulder bumped .002", cleaned, annealed, and loaded. Each charge weight was individually weighed to the single kernel of H1000. Each bullet individually seated and measured to within .0005" of target CBTO 2.7800". Scope turrets zeroed for the 200 yard zero. Rifle was cleaned 23 shots ago, so member said to leave it fouled. All information recorded in the ammo box and in a notebook. 21 virgin brass loads marked for identification. Then only difference in the virgin brass loads and the fire formed brass loads is headspacing. The virgin brass has about .013" shorter base to shoulder length. Ready to go home to it's owner.

Someone should put a bullet...or arrow....in them.

.22 or .25 cal pneumatic pellet gun.

Energy = mass x velocity. You go up in arrow weight, you will go down in speed. I say leave it alone if you are shooting well.

No sweat. I drive by every day, and just now had the opportunity to stop in. And saw I missed the grand opening by a day. Letting everyone know they are open. There were 2 more boxes of FED GM210M on the shelf when I left. Guess they went quick.

Your avatar is a smoking good group. Care to elaborate on the gun/load? And shooter? Back to the topic at hand. I got to shoot one in 6.5 Creed. Totally factory, with a 3-9x40 Leupold VX2 on it. It shot a .75 MOA 3 shot group with factory Hornady ammo.

I have never been a big fan of the "bugle" pose. That 4th palmated bull looks like he is on a hot cow, and is one of the coolest forms I have seen. I dig it.

Maybe they have been open. The "Grand Opening" was yesterday though. The store is definitely smaller than the old Goodyear store and the Phoenix and Mesa stores. It is along the lines of the Flagstaff store for size.

How do the Fierce rifles shoot? I know they sell them at Sportsman's Warehouse, but I have never seen any performance first hand, or heard any reviews from anyone I know. I know you work there, so you might be a bit biased, but looking for an honest review.

Wells are not a municipal water source, so no regulation on them like a municipal water source of 10 PPB. 40PPB could be considered "low" in a private well. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/122-A130/ Not that it means it is safe or unsafe. Apple juice, rice, and other foods have higher levels of arsenic than 40 PPB. Peach/nectarines, apples, etc. all have naturally occurring arsenic in the seeds/pits too.

One with a lot of pretty scenery. Hunting is not always about killing. It is the experience. Looks like the guy had a successful hunt to me.

What was the PPM reading?

Link? I can't find it.

Glassed for an hour first. I have taken a few coyotes up there. The plate is 3/8 AR500. I have shot my .300RUM pushing 215 @ 3100, and my 25-06AI pushing 115 HVLD @ 3400 & 100 TTSX @ 3580 as close at 300 yards. The .300RUM put the very slightest of dents in the plate @ 300.

Had a great afternoon. My son-in-law was on fire. Best shooting I have seen from him. 3 shooters, 3 limits plus a bunch of Eurasians. I had 22 total birds, 28 shots. My second best outing this season.

Woe is me. I have been talked into one last afternoon hunt this evening. Heading out in about an hour.

Stock is factory. Aluminum block only.

I love my carbon fiber Manfrotto. About $320, but light, strong, and adjusts from basically prone height to taller than I can use standing up. I am no giant, but I bet 6'+ guy would still be fine.

If anyone has a Savage that is not shooting well, I have a suggestion to try. It definitely can't hurt. Test your action screw torque settings. I had pulled the rifle apart to clean everything, and reassembled. I had read about Savages being a bit finicky with the action screw torque settings. Some shoot great at 45 in/lbs, some at 65 in/lbs. I went out and tested this theory. I started my testing after cleaning and reassembly by shooting 7 foulers. I had started at 45 in/lbs on the front and rear action screws......holy cow, the groups I had been shooting between .4-.8" turned into a 2+" group. I thought it was just taking a bit to foul back in, so I shot 5 more, with the same results. 2.4" 5 shot group. With the loads I had already worked up for this rifle. I had another 18 rounds loaded which I had planned on using for long range confirmation. So I started torqueing the action screws down in 5 in/lb increments and shot 3 rounds at each. The results were crazy. 50 in/lbs: 1.75" group 55 in/lbs: 1.2" group 60 in/lbs: .75" group 65 in/lbs" .4" group 70 front/65 rear: .38" group So I went home and loaded up some more rounds of my recipe, and went out and braved the 100+ afternoon temps and 15mph winds to see how it would do at longer ranges. I actually set up my frame and a Shoot & See target to shoot for group at 400. But the mirage was so bad, I was afraid we would not be able to see impact, so I pulled it and just hung my steel. Drove back to 500 for my first shot. Hit about 4" low from what Shooter had predicted, but nailed L/R for my wind hold of 1.7 MOA. Easily visible hit on steel, and the ring was loud. I reset my info in Shooter to true my 500 yard hit, Moved back right away to 616. I had shifted my angle a bit on the drive back to 616, so recalculated my wind hold again. 1.8MOA wind hold, and dialed 10.75MOA. Mirage was bad, and Taylor was helping to spot with my 15s. First shot, hear the DING, but can't tell where the hit was. Tell her I am going to send another one. BOOM...DiNG. Can't be sure, but we both think it might be on the red center dot? Drive down to find this....low shot was my 500 then recalculated, and put the next 2 @ 616 about 1.5" apart on the money! This is looking good. Flip the target to the clean side and go back. I drove back on the dead end road to 727. Got set up in the truck bed again. Shooting to here.... Check Shooter, dial 14MOA, with a 1.9MOA wind hold as the road curved around and the wind direction changed a bit again. First shot @ 727 BOOM....DING. Taylor calls out a slightly low, right side hit. Rather than change the dial or POA, I give the same hold and put 2 more downrange. BOOM....DING BOOM....DING. Moved back to 811 where I ran out of hill top, and sent one final round. Dialed to 16.75MOA, Wind hold of 2MOA right.....BOOM.....DING. Slightly high, slightly right. Hard to see through the mirage, and the target was dancing pretty good in the scope too. To say I was happy with the 727 group would be an understatement. Top shot is 811, bottom 3 are 727 group. Not bad for not really truing any velocity or ballistics on the rifle/load combo. I think I am really close to my guess of 2940fps with the 210 HVLD. Probably about a 2.5" group at 727. That knife is 5" long when closed. I just measured with my tape. SO now all I have to do is go and resize the last of the brass, and load up all 100 and call the member to come get his rifle and start practicing with it for hunting season.

Heck yeah!

We slayed them today. Probably my last outing this Dove season, but ended on a very high note. I had 13 mourning, 7 Eurasians, and 2 big flying rat pigeons. 27 shots. My kids had 18 between the 2 of them in a couple boxes, and my brother had a limit too, in about a box. Dove kebabs and poppers on the menu this week. The season total for me was 103 legal birds, 39 Eurasians. Plus a few pigeons. Shot a total of 202 shells. A far cry from last year's totals of 411 birds with 3/4 being Eurasians in 2 full cases. But great times none the less. A few closing photos.

RCBS dies can most definitely bump a shoulder back. All of mine (RCBS and Redding) are set to bump the shoulder back between .0025" to .0010" depending on cartridge. How are you measuring your sized cases? Something like this? http://m.hornady.com/store/Lock-N-Load-Headspace-Kit-With-Body-1-Each/

Hit up the next gun show to roll through town. I picked up an 18" barrel and take off stock to cut down for my kids when they started for about $30.