- Get a wife that laughs at you when you say “I’ll get one and be home early from my trip”
- Make sure your coworkers are equally confident in your abilities and say things like “you never get anything”
Those type of confidence boosters will make sure your expectations are low and you skin is...
If starting over I probably would of just skipped reloading and just spent the money on custom ammo or used factory. Between components and tools I’ve got way too much $ sitting in my garage.
I don’t get enough volume to make it pay off.
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I was at 2900 with the 156 and 2930 with the 140 at 58 gr in my 22” barrel. Sounds like if I wanted to hot rod it I could try N560.
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I have the same PVA barrel and after a box I was having issues with closing the bolt. Had a carbon ring at the start of the freebore.
Is there any marks on the bullet? Mine had an obvious ring around it where it was getting stuck.
I haven’t shot mine after cleaning but it’s feeding again...
I just did a ladder with N565 for both 156 & 140 hybrid target. Going to load up 58 with both and see how they shoot. Hit some pressure around 59.
I’m torn between the 156 and 140 as ballistics are close but the 156 wins out a little at distance. The 140 shot a little better in the ladder...
Makes me feel good knowing that size doesn’t matter!
Did you find hunting in Africa exciting? It doesn’t look very appealing to me, maybe because it’s flat.
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I was surprised as well! I wish I had the bore scope to look at it when it was the virgin barrel. I thought I was clean/dry when I took it to the range maybe not.
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Need some input from your more experienced shooters.
Had an issue where I couldn’t close the bolt on factory 108 ELDM after my first box. Ben at PVA suggested I likely had a carbon ring and to clean that out. Seems awfully quick but I’m no expert.
I bought a bore scope and here are photos...
I did put the stock on my C6 barrel first which did require some sanding to open up. It’s tight in the shank area but fits on the PVA. I’ll probably end up opening it up a bit more just for precaution.
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It is slightly larger than the factory shank by a tenth or so. I have it in a sendero contour so it’s got room for lots of cats!
Yes I got the standard PVA freebore after talking to Ben. Yes it’s 1:7 twist.
Shot about 1 Moa on my breakin shots. Ended up having an issue with a carbon ring...
This was just doing load dev over 10 shots so I think it’s promising. Plus I don’t consider myself a great marksman.
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My 6.5 PRC appears to like the 140 bergers. Shot a 0.8 MOA group while doing a pressure ladder.
156 looks like they could be a winner as well.
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I’ll help you a little to get you started. I’d suggest paying for GoHunt and listening to some podcasts. Lots of info out there that will help with some of your questions.
“Special” tags do not have anything special about them besides the price and likely better odds to draw. You get the same...