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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    One of the instructors had a labradar there so we found out what my loads were actually doing. I will say I was pretty surprised to see that velocity, most of the 6mm guys say you need a 26" barrel. This is with a 24" 31gr of 8208xbr and 107smk. I'm thinking I need to mess around with the neck...
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    Had an awesome time the first day of class. Heading back in 2 hours for the dusk/night shoot.
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    Uso got the scope this morning got it fixed and on it's way back to me, it'll be here tomorrow morning, now to get it back on the rifle and dialed in again before class on Friday.
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    They sent me a fedex overnight priority label. Hopefully I get it back in time for the class. If it comes down to it I'll toss a my leupold fixed BR36x on there and send it.
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    I just got off the phone with uso they are overnighting my scope and said it will be a 1 day turn around
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    Update. Everything was going great until tonight. I finished loading up 300 rounds for a class I'm attending this coming Friday and Saturday with ghost firearms training. I was attempting to float the turrets back to zero from my inital 100yd zero adjustments. Following the user manual to the...
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    Pick two calibers

    6.5x55 for target/everything deer sized and smaller. 9.3x62 for everything else
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    I didnt even bother taking pics of the h4895. I'll be sticking to the imr powder big plus it meters much better out of the hornady auto charge.
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    Did some load testing yesterday. Tired 8208xbr and h4895. It wasn't very scientific as I dont have a chronograph but it definitely seemed to like xbr more than the h4895. 29.5 and 31gr of xbr seemed to do the best. The 3 out in right field on the top left target were burners after I cleaned the...
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    You can see the one still has rings on it. They are about 130lbs a piece
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    It was a slab of live edge catalpa wood I got from the amish fellow down the road from my house. About 6" thick a bit under 5ft long it's a HEAVY sob, finished with pour on bar top epoxy, it's got some tiny air bubbles on one end but it was my first time working with that stuff so I think it...
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    Thanks it looks nice but it sucks to move around it's every bit of 400lbs. I got the slab of wood from the amish saw mill down the road from my house used the pour on epoxy bar top finish on it, the wood is catalpa about 6" thick 5ish ft long. legs are pistons I got from the boat I work on after...
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    That would be milkshakes the tactical cat hahaha
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    After piles of research and going over what my real world expectations/usage are for my first long range rifle. This is what I finally pieced together. No pictures as of yet because I'm at work on a ship but hopefully as soon as I get home all the...
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    First dedicated long range rifle build

    Getting some loads done up for testing tomorrow. using cci450 primers, 107smk pills. Making 5 rounds of each charge to shoot groups. Starting with 29.5gr of 8208xbr going up .3gr at a time to 31.6. Rinse and repeat with h4895. Note to anyone using Wilson inline seaters buy the arbor press, it...
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