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553 lasered yards a 12 x 12 inch rock (est. by mil.) (reply)

Drago — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 04:19:27 +0000

Very nice. Thanks for the update.

** should read out past 1000 yards. (reply)

MR — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 03:38:35 +0000

Changes since the original post. (reply)

MR — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 03:36:35 +0000

The first 16 and a bit cut and threading yielded baffle strikes. First job on a new lathe at that shop - pffft. So after mulling around for a bit and deciding it really needed to have the suppressed option or I would never be happy with it, I sent it to ADCO and had it recut to 15 inches and a Yankee Hill mount permanently mounted to it's snout. I could have gone to 14 inches before the mount and it would still be legal without sbr'ing it but Hodgdon has load data for a 15 inch 7mm-08 in it's pistol section on the web.

Also the scope is now the Leupold Mark AR in an Armalite mount off of one of my AR's.
It seemed a better option. The mil dot reticle worked out well for hold over and ranging at the ranges at Whittington. That's a EGW rail on it. The Handi Rifle rail wouldn't fit the Armalite mount spacing. We were shooting plain old Hornady 139 American Whitetail factory ammo that I caught on sale at Academy. I'm working on a 160 Sierra load that will stay supersonic well past 100 yards out of the 15 inch barrel - for no other reason than it's just something I want to mess with.

I'll probably put together some weight Nosler partition load for hogs at the Rocking D.

553 lasered yards a 12 x 12 inch rock (est. by mil.) (reply)

MR — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 03:14:30 +0000

Curt center punched the rock repeatedly.
But he has had a bit of training.

You're Welcome! (reply)

Drago — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:23:13 +0000

I still have that magazine after all these years. I can't bring myself to toss it out.I looked up your post about your 7mm-08, but was disappointed the photo(s) have been taken down.Can you re-post them? http://forum.sixshootercommunity.com/index.php?id=21327

Thanks. After more thought it was in the first (reply)

MR — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:43:59 +0000

of my reading also. It's amazing how some of those old articles stick with you through the years. That was a big part of the inspiration all these years later for the 7mm-08 suppressed briefcase rifle that came together earlier this year.

Another I remember the article, but who wrote it. (reply)

Drago — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 05:22:56 +0000

The article "Build Your Own Pack In Rifle" written by Ron Terrell, was in the Dec 1968,and January 1969 Guns & Ammo. The January issue was the first gun magazine I ever bought. Besides the pack rifle,there's an article by EK with his favorite sixgun loads.

Another I remember the article, but who wrote it.

MR — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:20:33 +0000

Someone wrote a gun article back when about wanting to build a lightweight pack rifle. I think they used a rolling block action, and I clearly remember they built it in .250 Savage. It would have been in the 1970's I do believe.