Recent content by YodaVader

You bet , not long ago I was planning on buying a .308 rifle again for use at long range target. The prices of the .308 Sierra match bullets were so high I said the hec with that and will just stick to my .223s - which are no longer cheap to reload , at least with match components - but less...

For barrel changing on the cheap the Savage is hard to beat. That is what I will eventually do with my .223 12BVSS if I decide to keep it. My stock barrel fouls rather quickly and I am lucky if it will get more than two good groups in a row. I also had a Sharp Shooter Supply trigger installed...

Me too , as I have actually shot some of my best .223 target groups in the rain with minimal wind as compared to a rainless day where the wind is gusting.

Yep , those are some good groups especially for the 55 FMJBT. I have had great results with Sierra 52 or 69 grain MatchKings , might give then a try unless you have already.

For target shooting loads these 3 have returned very consistent results with the best accuracy in my current .223s: Benchmark - for 55 and 69 grain H322 - for 69 grains H335 - 52 and 55 grains Varget has performed pretty well for me but does not meter well in my powder measures. Win...

Not everyone that owns a rifle uses it for hunting , most of the shooters I know or see at the range who are primarily target shooters reload their own ammo. It is extremely gratifying for me to shoot my all time best targets using ammo I loaded myself. Kind of like a guy at the local dragstrip...

Yeah I did not realize there were any 22lr rifles made that way! Some excellent pics , looks like a new rifle! Thanks for sharing!

Yep , after my primer blowing range session I drove up to Sinclair and told them what happened and the guy said to take the bolt apart and that I was likely to see a small piece of primer in there. I bought a bolt removal tool and he was correct.

In a dozen or so years of shooting the .223 in various rifles H335 has provided me with some of my most accurate rifle loads using rem 7 1/2 primers. Funny you should mention this as I loaded per Sierra manual using H335 and their 52 MatchKing with a load that was under max. Upon firing I...

The CZ test target is not really a testament to the accuracy potential of the rifle - more of a function test. I have never heard of anyone on the CZ forums over at rimfirecentral.com who could not easily exceed the "accuracy" of their factory test target. I own a CZ Special , now called a...

I have the LTR and it has been my favorite of all the .223 bolt actions I have owned. I did upgrade the trigger to a Jewell. I also have a 26" SPS Varmint that came with the X-Mark trigger and actually found it to be quite good for an out of the box 700. Better than any of the 700s I owned...

In regards to hunting I doubt there are any long range varminters who do not utilize some type of resting position. Although I am sure that is not considered to be real hunting by many. Military snipers seem to always utilize the Earth as a rest and I would not consider them cheating because...

The best accuracy I ever achieved with the 180XTP was recently when using VV N110 for the first time , but this was with a TC 10". Have not tried in a revolver yet. In revolvers H110 , 296 and 2400 have all been excellent performers for me in the 357.

I have used the exact load (24.0 H110 , WLP , 240XTP) many times in my 44 on hot summer days and never noticed the extraction being any different than milder temp days. Not owning a chrono I cannot tell you if there were any signifcant velocity variations. But 237 fps increase from the same lot...

My blued 357 Blackhawk 6 1/2" is one of the most accurate 357s I have owned. For me my 4 5/8" 357 balances somewhat better but the 6 1/2" is still pretty good. The stainless models will have a steel gripframe and ejector rod housing the blued Blackhawks will have alumnium. The 50th An. Model...