What A Way To Start The Day

[MikePrice]

I did not shoot very well when I went to shoot Saturday. I could not get comfortable at my friends make shift bench and I kept moving at the point I pulled the trigger. I hit paper out to 500yds and when I shot right I hit it at 600yds but that is all I can say about a very poor day of shooting. I will bring my own bench next time but I had fun shooting with Jerry, he is a good friend.

So, with that bad shooting day in my craw I decided to make sure I had my hunting load tweaked like I like it. So, on my way to work this morning, I stopped by the range to sight-in my rifle with my hunting load.

I had fired 60 rounds through my rifle and decided last night to clean it before I went to the range this morning to sight-in and also to foul my barrel with five rounds for this hunting season. I believe my rifle, load and me are ready for this year. What a way to start my day, having a five shot group like this out of a completely clean barrel. Sure says a lot for the quality of barrel on my 300Win Mag 116 FHSS Savage Weather Warrior.


165gr HPBT 3220fps
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[319]

Nice shooting! Do you just cut and paste the message on Nodak?

[chet]

that is some great shooting, wish I could say that for my buddys rifle, which I think is the same model. what load did you find best with what weight bullet, I tried about 7-8 different loads the best we got was about 1" with factory loads, reloads were over 1", could use some info on the 300 win mag.


thanks
Chet

[MikePrice]

Nice shooting! Do you just cut and paste the message on Nodak?

Yes, I just cut and pasted it on the Nodak forum

[MikePrice]

that is some great shooting, wish I could say that for my buddys rifle, which I think is the same model. what load did you find best with what weight bullet, I tried about 7-8 different loads the best we got was about 1" with factory loads, reloads were over 1", could use some info on the 300 win mag.


thanks
Chet

I used Win brass, CCI250 primers, 74grs of IMR4350 and Sierra G/K HPBT and COAL 3.340"

[chet]

I got a hold of my buddy's rifle, with the same load you were using things looked better, my buddy's rifle is the same as yours, but has the Savage brake on it, did you do any bedding ect,

Chet

[MikePrice]

I never touched the rifle in any way, just right out of the box.