oneissuevoter
02-21-2014, 01:48 PM
I traded for this- a AK I was in $400, and a Howa 7mm08 I was in $400
It came with reloading dies and a chamber gauge & Harris bipod.
I found a seller with 250 once fired Swiss rorge brass and got em all for $250
Now I just read about a guy who blew up his tight chamberd savage .338 LM - he left the cleaning rod he was beating brass out of the chamber with, in the chamber and fires more ammo. He lived but destroyed a savage 110. I built a reply, to that thread- and then decided to start this thread.
This post has more pics.
When I bought my savage it had a tight chamber.
Factory .338 worked perfectly. But at $50 for ten rounds- ummm- NO...
As soon as I put my fired brass in the press for resizing I knew there was going to be a problem.
The brass I had fired in the rifle was still capable of being put in a chamber gauge.
The brass I bought to reload with had to be resized to fit the gauge.
I tried chambering three different resized rorge oncefired brass -they fit in the chamber gauge- all chambered in the rifle too- but had to be ram rodded out. ****.
I immediately bought a reamer and some buffing compound.
I noted where the chamber was dragging on the brass and reamed the chamber and buffed it to a polish.
Now the weapon works perfectly.
Here are my first 25 reloads thru the Savage long range hunter. It weighs 9lb w bipod on. The recoil is like a .243. Muzzle brake works perfectly.
Savage has now corrected their tooling issue. No one is reporting issues with tight chambers in .338 LM -recent production-
200 gr SP spitzer
95 grains of H1000
No issues with a tight chamber. I'm in the gun $900 now reamer kit has been sold to recoup costs. I'm adding the hit I could not recoup to the value I had in the trades.
Being handy is a good thing. I learned a bunch doing this smithing project.
I also am moving my loads to a 300gr Berger on 90grains of H1000. That's next.
The 200gr spz I found for $15 shipped on the EE are fun but next time I post on this thread it will be at 200-500m.
They shoot ok.
Pics are 100m w a 3-9x I had layin in the parts box. Need a SWFA 12 or 16x..
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/1DA26ACC-7124-4B95-A8E9-A132099304D5.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/1DA26ACC-7124-4B95-A8E9-A132099304D5.jpg.html)
First round- bore sight- and corrections
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/9B96AF64-C16B-4725-A894-8742F8660E46.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/9B96AF64-C16B-4725-A894-8742F8660E46.jpg.html)
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/AAD4039F-BE0C-48A1-A3B4-B91602037609.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/AAD4039F-BE0C-48A1-A3B4-B91602037609.jpg.html)
Got it a bit too hot and group opened up-
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/6DE00BD9-1B95-4E77-AAF4-225AFDC4B0FB.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/6DE00BD9-1B95-4E77-AAF4-225AFDC4B0FB.jpg.html)
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/CE103D3F-F58F-49C0-85CC-B81C878C6F47.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/CE103D3F-F58F-49C0-85CC-B81C878C6F47.jpg.html)
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/0FFAF7D7-2EC6-4C1B-B4D2-C163439D5C96.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/0FFAF7D7-2EC6-4C1B-B4D2-C163439D5C96.jpg.html)
Things I need: powder tricker - I had to double throw 47.5 to get to 95 grains. I weighed the combo and loaded to book OAL.
Chrono- I have no idea what speed I've got.
A better stock.
A better scope.
More H 1000 :)
It came with reloading dies and a chamber gauge & Harris bipod.
I found a seller with 250 once fired Swiss rorge brass and got em all for $250
Now I just read about a guy who blew up his tight chamberd savage .338 LM - he left the cleaning rod he was beating brass out of the chamber with, in the chamber and fires more ammo. He lived but destroyed a savage 110. I built a reply, to that thread- and then decided to start this thread.
This post has more pics.
When I bought my savage it had a tight chamber.
Factory .338 worked perfectly. But at $50 for ten rounds- ummm- NO...
As soon as I put my fired brass in the press for resizing I knew there was going to be a problem.
The brass I had fired in the rifle was still capable of being put in a chamber gauge.
The brass I bought to reload with had to be resized to fit the gauge.
I tried chambering three different resized rorge oncefired brass -they fit in the chamber gauge- all chambered in the rifle too- but had to be ram rodded out. ****.
I immediately bought a reamer and some buffing compound.
I noted where the chamber was dragging on the brass and reamed the chamber and buffed it to a polish.
Now the weapon works perfectly.
Here are my first 25 reloads thru the Savage long range hunter. It weighs 9lb w bipod on. The recoil is like a .243. Muzzle brake works perfectly.
Savage has now corrected their tooling issue. No one is reporting issues with tight chambers in .338 LM -recent production-
200 gr SP spitzer
95 grains of H1000
No issues with a tight chamber. I'm in the gun $900 now reamer kit has been sold to recoup costs. I'm adding the hit I could not recoup to the value I had in the trades.
Being handy is a good thing. I learned a bunch doing this smithing project.
I also am moving my loads to a 300gr Berger on 90grains of H1000. That's next.
The 200gr spz I found for $15 shipped on the EE are fun but next time I post on this thread it will be at 200-500m.
They shoot ok.
Pics are 100m w a 3-9x I had layin in the parts box. Need a SWFA 12 or 16x..
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/1DA26ACC-7124-4B95-A8E9-A132099304D5.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/1DA26ACC-7124-4B95-A8E9-A132099304D5.jpg.html)
First round- bore sight- and corrections
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/9B96AF64-C16B-4725-A894-8742F8660E46.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/9B96AF64-C16B-4725-A894-8742F8660E46.jpg.html)
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/AAD4039F-BE0C-48A1-A3B4-B91602037609.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/AAD4039F-BE0C-48A1-A3B4-B91602037609.jpg.html)
Got it a bit too hot and group opened up-
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/6DE00BD9-1B95-4E77-AAF4-225AFDC4B0FB.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/6DE00BD9-1B95-4E77-AAF4-225AFDC4B0FB.jpg.html)
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/CE103D3F-F58F-49C0-85CC-B81C878C6F47.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/CE103D3F-F58F-49C0-85CC-B81C878C6F47.jpg.html)
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/oneissuevoter/0FFAF7D7-2EC6-4C1B-B4D2-C163439D5C96.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/oneissuevoter/media/0FFAF7D7-2EC6-4C1B-B4D2-C163439D5C96.jpg.html)
Things I need: powder tricker - I had to double throw 47.5 to get to 95 grains. I weighed the combo and loaded to book OAL.
Chrono- I have no idea what speed I've got.
A better stock.
A better scope.
More H 1000 :)