AnthonyR

I have a 20BR, built on a Sako 75 action by Neil McKillop. It is very accurate with 39gr SBK but what it really needs is a high BC bullet in the 50gr area but nobody does them anymore. You will also not get the velocity that is banded about on the internet, I cannot get above 3800fps (24" barrel) with mine, I can get nearly 3700 out of my 20Tac which is much easier to load, feed, buy etc etc Good 6BR brass is easy to find, forming the brass is a pain in the arse and must be done in several steps then it has to be neck turned as well, I did 200 and I am planing for this to last the barrel out. I am not expecting the barrel to last that long either In the Sako 75 you need a special PPC mag which is very hard to come by and it still doesn't feed great, it feeds but you need to be firm with it. It only holds 4 rounds as well. A T3 or a custom action would be a better starting point IMO The 20BR was an itch I wanted to sctrach but when this barrel is done it is going to be replaced with a fast 22 or 6mm where the bullet selection is much better

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Ok, happy to hear that but the mount I currently have is different to the one fitted to the first A7 that I tried as Ian leant me one to try in December last year, this mount was of a different design and had hex nuts fitted. I trust that existing users will be offered the updated mount as the current one is not up to the job of holding such a large scope securely in place? Will you be addressing any of the other issues that I bought up further up this thread? Otherwise please keep up the good work, your scope has the potential ability to be a real winner.

I tried the 129gr LRX in my 270WSM, this is a very accurate but hunting spec rifle with a custom barrel, it shoots both Nosler Accubonds and the Nosler E-Tips into tiny groups. I really struggled with the LRX and tried many different powder and seating depth combos, most of the time it shot in the 1 to 2 MOA area with the very best group being about 1/2 MOA but this happened right at the very end when I had almost given up and I haven't as yet revisted this combo to see if it is repeatable (which I doubt), funnily enough I was mostly getting very low ES and SD figures but still crap groups.

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The mount is not great, I have not had any loss of zero problems but only because I have kept a close eye on the thumbscrews, when I initially mounted the scope I could feel the thumbsrews had come loose after several shots, since I forced them absolutely as tight as I could by hand they have not been a problem but personally I think a scope of this size needs something better, especially if you were using it on a high recoiling rifle, I have only tried mine on a 223 and my 20BR. Also for me the thumbscrews are on the wrong side, the front one partially covers the ejection port on both my T3 and my Sako 75, not a disaster but not great either, a plain bolt head would be far less obtrusive (and would take more torque) or put them on the other side.

It is not a thing of beauty but not as bulky as a Drone Pro with an illuminator on.

The Senopex does have on board recording but it is shite, the outputted signal is actually better but still not good enough. I have an A7 and it is the best thermal scope for longer range work I have used, it's not perfect but it is the first scope that has been good enough to replace a Drone Pro for foxing.

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Thanks, I will check that out

I own 2 Wildcat rifles for which 1 especially there is a shortage of load data for the powder I want to use...

I have a genuine copy of QL here for which I paid JMS Arms for an update last year so it would work with Windows 10. I cannot get it to work on my PC, I have tried everything I know(not much) and tried contacting Julian Savoury of JMS but he didn't really care much so no joy. My question is there an alternative out there?

It was Ben Taylor (the Ben in Theoben) who designed the smooth twist barrel

I have one for a T3 CTR I could sell but I don't think this will fit a standard T3 stock

I have a 20BR in which I do use N133 but I didn't bother replying as the OP wanted very paricular info for the PPC. I use 27.3 gr N133 for fire forming with the 39 gr SBK, any more than this and the bolt gets tight.