Quote Originally Posted by charlie b View Post
Shot some more today, also got to 600yd. 103 ELD-X bullets. A velocity ladder was fired and showed nodes at 28.1 and 28.9, so not far off from last batch.

I had loaded up some at 28 and 28.8 to see how they did. The 28.0gn stuff ran 2780fps, still with low es and sd. Also had what was for me a record group at 200yd, 0.48". This was followed by a 3" group at 600yd. So, am really happy with this setup. The 28.8 stuff ran 2850fps and had slightly larger groups, 1" at 200yd and 5.5" at 600yd. The wind was gusting ~10mph, but, it was from directly behind me so not much effect from it.

I put the .308 barrel on my Axis. What a difference in recoil. It weighs about a pound less, and with the larger bullets (155ELD-M) it seemed 'punishing' after the 6BR. Makes me even happier I did the switch. FYI, the Axis has a Boyd's Pro Varmint stock, pillared and bedded.
Yes, how quickly we adapt to lighter recoil. I’m quite fond of the gentle “push” from 260 in my heavy bench gun.