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New toy - single shot 338
@ 06:19 am (GMT) |
Chris McKoyJust thought I would share my new toy, fresh off the pressesSingle feed .338 LM, 30 inch palma, 2 ounce trigger etc. Trueflite barrel but aside from that, hand made by SSRNZ Hoping to use this to shoot out to 1500m (gongs/paper) with some GS custom turned bullets I have. 
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@ 06:35 am (GMT) |
Thomas KitchenRe: New toy - single shot 338that's a beauty chris.can you post any close ups of the action and the bolt i'm always interested to see how different companies machine there actions. im sure you'll do an update with how it shoots |
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@ 07:27 am (GMT) |
Chris McKoyRe: New toy - single shot 338Here is the link to an albumhttp://imgur.com/a/5Nbg4 Action is steel, 3 locking lugs, all 100% contact as you would expect. Bolt uses a Sako style extractor and a very light ejector (only throws the brass enough to drop next to you) Given I just forked out 500 bucks for 100 bits of brass I didn't want to throw it a mile away. |
@ 09:04 pm (GMT) |
Nathan FosterRe: New toy - single shot 338Hi Chris. If its a 1:10 twist barrel from TF, this batch of barrels have 'caused' much higher BC's than other barrels, enough to lift the BC of a given bullet by up to .1. The stability imparted to the bullet is incredible. I have never seen any other barrels quite like these. Seems to be consistent through the batch so far. So, fingers crossed you will see the same. |
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@ 07:55 am (GMT) |
Chris McKoyRe: New toy - single shot 338Hi Nathan, yes indeed that's the one on here.The GS custom 250 grain has a BC of 0.972, in all honesty I don't mind too much if it pushes it over that magic 1.0 mark(these bullets really are target use only). I'm really after data on the new 285 AMAX, I have high hopes of it out-performing the 300grn SMK I'll be testing the following: fed 215m primers VV N570 285 AMAX 0.03 off the lands Lapua brass Your thoughts/ideas would be welcomed |
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@ 06:08 am (GMT) |
Thomas KitchenRe: New toy - single shot 338cheers chris.im guessing there's some teeth/ribs in the action that holds the back of the bolt until its cocked and the mill slots in bolt line up. looks awesome fun and semi portable |
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@ 05:58 am (GMT) |
Chris McKoyRe: New toy - single shot 338Have just done first load ups with the 285 AMAX using a spread of powder weights between 92-96gr of N570. Rifle didn't really seem to care about powder weight in terms of accuracy with 5 shot groups going through a single hole at 100m, granted this will be different further out, but I was simply establishing speed.Results: 92gr - 2777 93gr - 2818 94gr - 2861 95gr - 2875 96gr - 2896 All my loads were measured using my new Gempro 250, so down to 0.02 grain of powder, velocity spread was +- 3 fps. I see no sense in pushing these faster, at this velocity they will go subsonic at 1700m. |
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@ 06:10 am (GMT) |
Nathan FosterRe: New toy - single shot 338Nice!Next step BC testing. Fantastic. |
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