A Shooter

LAH · August 18, 2014, 09:07 PM

I bulk shoot 30-30 & 30-06 but included the .223 so time ago. I’m loading pull down WC844 & Hornady 55 grain FMJ bullets so not a target load.

I have a nice lot of Federal & PMC brass.

Primers

Powder

25 grains from the RCBS

Bullets

The load

LAH · August 18, 2014, 09:08 PM

My rifle is nothing fancy, a 700 Remington in a plastic stock which I replaced with a real wood BDL. My gunsmith installed pillars & bedded everything.

The stock

The rifle

The range

The scope is an old K-10 Weaver from the 70s. Checked the sighting first 2 shots at 25 yards, 1 shot at 50, & 5 shots at 100. Not too bad for a junk load.

LAH · August 18, 2014, 09:10 PM

I switched bullets to the Sierra 52 grain HPBT & 25 grains of the same pull down WC 844 & a Wolf SRM primer. Here’s a couple 200 yard targets.

From there to 300 for 2 each 4 shot targets.

Mosin-Marauder · August 18, 2014, 09:25 PM

Nice! That's some good shooting!

handlerer2 · August 18, 2014, 10:15 PM

Nice wood! Shame to use it on a round receiver.

LAH · August 19, 2014, 08:44 AM

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Nice wood! Shame to use it on a round receiver.

Which receiver would you have used this wood for?

handlerer2 · August 19, 2014, 09:49 AM

Oh, Something not made from drilled bar stock.

Jim567 · August 19, 2014, 10:02 AM

Beautiful range!

LAH · August 19, 2014, 10:26 AM

Thanks Jim, out here now and no one around but me.

upstate81 · August 19, 2014, 11:06 AM

I think the rifle looks great and a nice set up. Good on ya who the hell cares what reciever your running lol. I have 2 newer 700s with vintage stocks bedded and free floated much cheaper and WAY more classy than some laminated or synthetic job. Just my .02. 700 all around is a great machine.

Jim567 · August 19, 2014, 11:18 AM

awesome - is it a public range?

LAH · August 19, 2014, 11:22 AM

Gun club. Come up around Beckley and I'll show you around.

Jim567 · August 19, 2014, 12:36 PM

Gun ranges in Florida are less spectacular

Mosin-Marauder · August 19, 2014, 12:36 PM

At least you have gun ranges!

LAH · August 19, 2014, 06:41 PM

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I think the rifle looks great and a nice set up. Good on ya who the hell cares what reciever your running lol. I have 2 newer 700s with vintage stocks bedded and free floated much cheaper and WAY more classy than some laminated or synthetic job. Just my .02. 700 all around is a great machine.

This rifle was sold to me by a friend for a song. The groups were twice the size I'm getting now. I found this stock & bottom metal for about $80 so I jumped on it & the gunsmith did the rest. The goal is to have a bulk shooter without spending a mint, plus something I wouldn't cry over if dented.

LAH · August 19, 2014, 06:47 PM

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Gun ranges in Florida are less spectacular

Rained today but was still beautiful. The deer also came & the turkey too.

This is looking to the bench from the 500 yard berm.

The benches are covered for the rain.

LAH · August 20, 2014, 09:43 AM

Managed this at 200 yesterday. Remember this is my blaster, not a target rifle.

A these two at 300.

Unlicensed Dremel · August 21, 2014, 10:09 PM

Outstanding - great pics and shooting - thanks for sharing.

dakota.potts · August 21, 2014, 11:38 PM

Very classy wood on that stock. Particularly enjoy the fitting on the recoil pad and the endcap. Is the barrel channel free floated?

LAH · August 23, 2014, 08:19 AM

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Is the barrel channel free floated?

Yes.

Sure Shot Mc Gee · August 23, 2014, 08:55 AM

Yep a very nice place to shoot. Good shooting too. So its a blaster rifle you say. Well after seeing this rifle and its targeting. I sure would like to see the other target one you have. My Goodness this one shoots pretty good for a>Blaster only._

LAH · August 23, 2014, 08:41 PM

The rifle is fine for a field rifle and would probably shoot better with good loads. Also the barrel is very hard to clean so it is suspect. But what do I know except it's fun to shoot.

FreedomUIC · August 26, 2014, 06:18 AM

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The rifle is fine for a field rifle and would probably shoot better with good loads. Also the barrel is very hard to clean so it is suspect. But what do I know except it's fun to shoot.

Why is that? Remove the bolt, shoot some foaming bore cleaner down
it, let it set for five minutes and run a brush through it. Follow with patches
until them come out clean. Final patch is one that has some lubricant on it.
The 700 is one of the easiest weapons to clean, unless I am missing something here. Q-Tips will handle the nooks and crannies.

LAH · August 26, 2014, 07:25 AM

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Why is that?

I've spent 3 days off & on cleaning this barrel with a good tight brush, Bore-Tech & Montana Extreme, using a proper fitting patch & jag. I'm now getting a clean patch & now that the barrel is clean I'll put the Hawkeye bore scope in there to see the condition of the bore. From the effort it took to clean it I'm guessing it's rough, tool marks, etc.

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The 700 is one of the easiest weapons to clean.

It is, much like a Winchester 70 & most other bolt guns but it's the barrel I'm speaking of here. With a good smooth barrel [Bartlein, Lilja, etc] it takes only a couple patches with Bore-Tech, a few passes of a brush & 3 or 4 patches of get a clean one. Even my Douglas Roberts Improved cleans near as easy.

LAH · August 28, 2014, 09:15 PM

Bore scoped the barrel today. My Smith said it was about as clean as they get. The throat looked fine but the bore is a mess. I followed one land its whole length & there was a place that looked like a crater was made by an F16. The grooves have many pits also. The crown wasn't cut square with the bore either. It's amazing what a bore scope shows.

The rifle was purchased used from a friend who never fired it. He purchased the rifle from a gun show best I remember. Any way it will need a barrel but not till I shoot a bunch of these cheap bullets I have on hand.

This is five, 5 shot 100 yard groups. The bullets are from many pounds of pulled bullets I purchased which came from an ammo plant going out of business. The soft noses are all deformed. The powder is 25 grains of pull down WC 844 from Talon lit with a Wolf SRM primer. I call these junk loads [meaning cheap] which I shoot for off hand practice.

August 18, 2014, 09:07 PM	#1
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	A Shooter I bulk shoot 30-30 & 30-06 but included the .223 so time ago. I’m loading pull down WC844 & Hornady 55 grain FMJ bullets so not a target load. I have a nice lot of Federal & PMC brass. Primers Powder 25 grains from the RCBS Bullets The load

August 18, 2014, 09:25 PM	#4
Mosin-Marauder Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,320	Nice! That's some good shooting! __________________ Proud owner of three (four-ish) pieces of history! K-31, Mosin-Nagant M91/30, M24/47 Mauser, Norinco SKS. "You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm..." William Tecumseh Sherman

August 19, 2014, 12:36 PM	#14
Mosin-Marauder Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,320	At least you have gun ranges! __________________ Proud owner of three (four-ish) pieces of history! K-31, Mosin-Nagant M91/30, M24/47 Mauser, Norinco SKS. "You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm..." William Tecumseh Sherman

August 21, 2014, 11:38 PM	#19
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	Very classy wood on that stock. Particularly enjoy the fitting on the recoil pad and the endcap. Is the barrel channel free floated? __________________ Certified Gunsmith (On Hiatus) Certified Armorer - H&K and Glock Among Others You can find my writings at my website, pottsprecision.com.

August 18, 2014, 09:08 PM	#2
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	My rifle is nothing fancy, a 700 Remington in a plastic stock which I replaced with a real wood BDL. My gunsmith installed pillars & bedded everything. The stock The rifle The range The scope is an old K-10 Weaver from the 70s. Checked the sighting first 2 shots at 25 yards, 1 shot at 50, & 5 shots at 100. Not too bad for a junk load.

August 18, 2014, 09:10 PM	#3
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	I switched bullets to the Sierra 52 grain HPBT & 25 grains of the same pull down WC 844 & a Wolf SRM primer. Here’s a couple 200 yard targets. From there to 300 for 2 each 4 shot targets.

August 18, 2014, 10:15 PM	#5
handlerer2 Senior Member Join Date: April 26, 2010 Location: Yellowstone Co, MT Posts: 489	Nice wood! Shame to use it on a round receiver.

August 19, 2014, 09:49 AM	#7
handlerer2 Senior Member Join Date: April 26, 2010 Location: Yellowstone Co, MT Posts: 489	Oh, Something not made from drilled bar stock.

August 19, 2014, 10:02 AM	#8
Jim567 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2014 Location: NE FL Posts: 656	Beautiful range!

August 19, 2014, 10:26 AM	#9
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Thanks Jim, out here now and no one around but me.

August 19, 2014, 11:06 AM	#10
upstate81 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2011 Location: NY Posts: 801	I think the rifle looks great and a nice set up. Good on ya who the hell cares what reciever your running lol. I have 2 newer 700s with vintage stocks bedded and free floated much cheaper and WAY more classy than some laminated or synthetic job. Just my .02. 700 all around is a great machine.

August 19, 2014, 11:18 AM	#11
Jim567 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2014 Location: NE FL Posts: 656	awesome - is it a public range?

August 19, 2014, 11:22 AM	#12
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Gun club. Come up around Beckley and I'll show you around.

August 20, 2014, 09:43 AM	#17
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Managed this at 200 yesterday. Remember this is my blaster, not a target rifle. A these two at 300.

August 21, 2014, 10:09 PM	#18
Unlicensed Dremel Junior member Join Date: February 13, 2014 Location: Flathead Valley, MT Posts: 2,187	Outstanding - great pics and shooting - thanks for sharing.

August 23, 2014, 08:55 AM	#21
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	Yep a very nice place to shoot. Good shooting too. So its a blaster rifle you say. Well after seeing this rifle and its targeting. I sure would like to see the other target one you have. My Goodness this one shoots pretty good for a>Blaster only._

August 23, 2014, 08:41 PM	#22
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	The rifle is fine for a field rifle and would probably shoot better with good loads. Also the barrel is very hard to clean so it is suspect. But what do I know except it's fun to shoot.

August 28, 2014, 09:15 PM	#25
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Bore scoped the barrel today. My Smith said it was about as clean as they get. The throat looked fine but the bore is a mess. I followed one land its whole length & there was a place that looked like a crater was made by an F16. The grooves have many pits also. The crown wasn't cut square with the bore either. It's amazing what a bore scope shows. The rifle was purchased used from a friend who never fired it. He purchased the rifle from a gun show best I remember. Any way it will need a barrel but not till I shoot a bunch of these cheap bullets I have on hand. This is five, 5 shot 100 yard groups. The bullets are from many pounds of pulled bullets I purchased which came from an ammo plant going out of business. The soft noses are all deformed. The powder is 25 grains of pull down WC 844 from Talon lit with a Wolf SRM primer. I call these junk loads [meaning cheap] which I shoot for off hand practice.