Posted by: jim saubier
09/25/2001, 07:54:29
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Corbin, You say that you were using factory rounds and that you were seating the bullets .010 into the lands???? How did you accomplish this. And the factory rounds don't use Remington bullets anymore - they use Hornady 25 grain HP's. The Remington bullets are scarce, and I have not been able to get any of them. I look forward to hearing your 600 yard results, the long range stuff is fantastic. What twist is your barrel that you are using for the long range stuff. Do you find preference with the 30 grain bullets? Have you used any of Kindler's boattails? jim
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Posted by: corbin shell
09/26/2001, 09:01:38
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Jim,
I went shooting yesterday and shot about 100 rounds in testing. 200 yards to 525 yards. The results are really interesting. I am going to write it all up and email it to you within the next few days. To spill the beans a little my goal was to determing if factory ammunition is as good as handloads. Not comparing apples to apples as I was using old factory loaded Rem stuff against new handloads with 30 gr bullets. The results are interesting to say the least. What I did is put up a small target at the top of a 6" piece of paper. Shot 5 shots at 200 yards. 10 shots at 300, 400, 525 yards. Not adjusting the scope. Wanted to also compare drop and wind drift. I did this for both the 25gr factory ammo and the 30gr handloads. Lets just say that the 400 yard groups could be covered by a dollar bill ))) Will get this info to you asap.
Corbin
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Posted by: jim saubier
09/27/2001, 21:22:31
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Will have posted shortly. thanks for your continued long range testing.
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Posted by: corbin shell
09/26/2001, 16:44:51
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Jim,
I called Remington and got a manufacture date from the code on the box of ammo I used for the tests. It was made in March 1999. George at rem said they had changed bullets due to poor accuracy but would not say to which manufacture. I indicated Hornady and he said that was a very good guess))Corbin
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