KaiserNorton
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A while back I did a deal with CRASHRONDO here in the classifieds, buying his Sharp Shooter Supply barrel in .250 Savage for my Savage M10 action. For some reason, I've a "thing" for this cartridge, having owned one in a M110 sporter (sold it), and having bought and sold a Midway A&B barrel in this caliber. About the time I'd sent the A&B barrel down the road, I hit upon a deal on another board for a bunch of .250 brass (300 pcs), two boxes of factory ammo, and a set of Redding dies. Well, I just had to have them. Then this barrel popped up in the classifieds here - done deal.
At this point, the only stumbling block was to find a scope. I've a set of Burris Signature Double Dovetail mounts on this action, and none of my Nikons fit in them - not enough length in the tube. I could have changed mounts, but this was to be a switch barrel platform, and I wanted rings that wouldn't scratch the scope during barrel swaps. Well, I finally broke down and stole the Leupold 6.5x20 off my Sendero - thinking it'd be good for load workup, then back to the Sendero. I loaded up 15 rounds with 34,35, 36 grs of Reloader 15 under a Sierra 90gr HPBT - lit off my Federal gold medal primers in Remington brass.
I used a few of the factory loads to get on paper, then began with the handloads. WoW!! First three shots were touching, the fourth opened up the group a bit, though. Then I pulled the fifth about a half inch up. The first four measure .435, center to center. The 35 gr load put all five into .31, CtoC. The 36 gr load started off just as good, with the first three going into .248, but that was too much - I pulled #4 AND #5 well out of the group. I'm just not used to shooting that well.
I then shot the rest of the factory box (Winchester 100 silvertips) into a two inch group (17 shots).
I think this rifle is going to shoot, now if I can just get it to feed from the magazine............
Kaiser Norton
At this point, the only stumbling block was to find a scope. I've a set of Burris Signature Double Dovetail mounts on this action, and none of my Nikons fit in them - not enough length in the tube. I could have changed mounts, but this was to be a switch barrel platform, and I wanted rings that wouldn't scratch the scope during barrel swaps. Well, I finally broke down and stole the Leupold 6.5x20 off my Sendero - thinking it'd be good for load workup, then back to the Sendero. I loaded up 15 rounds with 34,35, 36 grs of Reloader 15 under a Sierra 90gr HPBT - lit off my Federal gold medal primers in Remington brass.
I used a few of the factory loads to get on paper, then began with the handloads. WoW!! First three shots were touching, the fourth opened up the group a bit, though. Then I pulled the fifth about a half inch up. The first four measure .435, center to center. The 35 gr load put all five into .31, CtoC. The 36 gr load started off just as good, with the first three going into .248, but that was too much - I pulled #4 AND #5 well out of the group. I'm just not used to shooting that well.
I then shot the rest of the factory box (Winchester 100 silvertips) into a two inch group (17 shots).
I think this rifle is going to shoot, now if I can just get it to feed from the magazine............
Kaiser Norton