Range Report Hornady 280 Remington 150gr ELD-X Precision Hunter

[myates3]

Work performed:
- 1969 Win 70 LA trued and lapped
- action inletted for use with detachable mags
- bolt handle threaded with badger knob installed
- barrel chambered to 280 (throated for standard bullets like ELD, Noslers, and SMKs. Tried some Berger VLD and they shot great too.)
- barrel threaded 5/8x24 and RWS self index brake installed
- trigger set to 2lbs
- entire barreled action cerakoted
- stock was painted by our very own Shortbus (Branden from Custom Gun Coating)
- action and 1.5" of barrel bedded by me.

Build components and accessories:
- win 70 post 64 long action
- bartlein 1:9 27" MTU barrel threaded 5/8x24
- RWS muzzle brake
- badger bolt knob
- timney trigger
- McMillan A4 stock with thumb wheel cheek rest
- CDI bottom metal (inletted at McMillan)
- Accurate 3.715" 30-06 magazine
- Leupold Mark 4 15 MOA base

Picked up some of the Precision Hunter offering and was pleasantly surprised at the results for hunting ammo.

1 3 shot group on the left made an adjustment shot 2 more rounds got excited and pulled the last one low.

Target dot is 1in @ 107yds. Didn't get and chrono numbers as I was in a hurry.

 

[myates3]

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[jLorenzo]

Freaking sweet. All around. Caliber, stock choice, very nice rifle. That's a sweet round to be shooting as well. I imagine it will put the hurt on a multitude of things.

 

[jLorenzo]

Can we get as many pics as possible ?

 

[myates3]

 

[myates3]

 

[jLorenzo]

Wow. Even more awesome than I imagined. LOVE the A4. What reticle in the leupold? Any idea how much the rig weighs?

 

[myates3]

Working with a different optic I'll talk more about that at a later date. Rig weight is 19.7lbs.

Mike

 

[myates3]

I was able to measure the groups thus afternoon..

 

[Undrgrndprdcts]

That's a bad stick. I love my m70's.