I finally got some ammo made for my GAP built 375 WSM, thanks Josh at Copper Creek!
It has a 16" Broughton barrel, trued up Remington 700 action, and a Manner's carbon fiber ultralight stock. Topped off with a Leupold VXIII 1-4x for quick shots.
You can see how compact it is in this picture. It's made primarily for shooting at moving game at close range.
Deer season starts in two weeks, so I figured it was time to get the gun all ready. Boresighted it, and the first shot at 100 yards was about a foot high and left, corrected for it and within three shots it was set perfectly just a bit high at 100 yards. Shot this quick group to verify the zero off a truck bed, it could do much better, but it's not very fun at all to shoot groups with.
The recoil was pretty stiff, very fast, but definitely manageable for a quick followup shot. The best part of all was the performance the gun was giving. A Hornady 225 grain bullet is being pushed by a good amount of H4895. Loads showed a bit of pressure, nothing terrible, and were going just over 2800 fps for about 4000 ft-lbs of energy!
It has a 16" Broughton barrel, trued up Remington 700 action, and a Manner's carbon fiber ultralight stock. Topped off with a Leupold VXIII 1-4x for quick shots.
You can see how compact it is in this picture. It's made primarily for shooting at moving game at close range.
Deer season starts in two weeks, so I figured it was time to get the gun all ready. Boresighted it, and the first shot at 100 yards was about a foot high and left, corrected for it and within three shots it was set perfectly just a bit high at 100 yards. Shot this quick group to verify the zero off a truck bed, it could do much better, but it's not very fun at all to shoot groups with.
The recoil was pretty stiff, very fast, but definitely manageable for a quick followup shot. The best part of all was the performance the gun was giving. A Hornady 225 grain bullet is being pushed by a good amount of H4895. Loads showed a bit of pressure, nothing terrible, and were going just over 2800 fps for about 4000 ft-lbs of energy!
