OK, I had to sell the GAP and USO off and only have one bolt gun to my name, but I'm going to try to squeeze the most out of what I have and would like a little guidance on the project.
Here's what I got:
1903A3 in 30-06 that was sporterized before I bought it and stuck in a wooden Monte Carlo stock. $150.00 in 1990 or so.
Last time I shot it was years ago and I grouped something like 1.5" at 100 yards with hunting ammo.
I have an old Kahles 3-9x42 (1/3CM clicks) with a German #1 reticle that is in excellent condition sitting on it that was a take off from an old SSG69 I bought years ago.
The stock recently broke near the action but is cosmetic only. I just bought a Ramline "plastic" replacement from MidwayUSA for $89.00 that should be here in a week or so.
Q1: Should I bother trying to bed the stock? I've never done it before, but read that the stock is a good fit out of the box. Any particular bedding kit I should look at?
Q2: The glass is very nice, but takes a coin to change clicks so I would likely just learn hold overs and not adjust. I'd have to also learn some ranging tricks with the reticle also. So given that, would you trade off the better glass for something like a SuperSniper?
Q3: Would cutting a new crown be worth it? Can I expect any real accuracy increase by doing so?
Q4: I have a ton of 700X and 150gr .308 bullets... any good loads with that? What can I expect for "minute-of-man" with that light of bullet as far as max working range?
Q5: Would I be wasting good bullets by trying to get 175gr SMKs to work in this gun? I have 2-300 of them left over and (100) 220gr SMKs
I'm looking forward to the project and smoking my friend Mo_Zam_Beek and his GAP next time we hit the 600 yard line with my $250.00 rifle.
Here's what I got:
1903A3 in 30-06 that was sporterized before I bought it and stuck in a wooden Monte Carlo stock. $150.00 in 1990 or so.
Last time I shot it was years ago and I grouped something like 1.5" at 100 yards with hunting ammo.
I have an old Kahles 3-9x42 (1/3CM clicks) with a German #1 reticle that is in excellent condition sitting on it that was a take off from an old SSG69 I bought years ago.
The stock recently broke near the action but is cosmetic only. I just bought a Ramline "plastic" replacement from MidwayUSA for $89.00 that should be here in a week or so.
Q1: Should I bother trying to bed the stock? I've never done it before, but read that the stock is a good fit out of the box. Any particular bedding kit I should look at?
Q2: The glass is very nice, but takes a coin to change clicks so I would likely just learn hold overs and not adjust. I'd have to also learn some ranging tricks with the reticle also. So given that, would you trade off the better glass for something like a SuperSniper?
Q3: Would cutting a new crown be worth it? Can I expect any real accuracy increase by doing so?
Q4: I have a ton of 700X and 150gr .308 bullets... any good loads with that? What can I expect for "minute-of-man" with that light of bullet as far as max working range?
Q5: Would I be wasting good bullets by trying to get 175gr SMKs to work in this gun? I have 2-300 of them left over and (100) 220gr SMKs
I'm looking forward to the project and smoking my friend Mo_Zam_Beek and his GAP next time we hit the 600 yard line with my $250.00 rifle.
