Saracen7

ATHLON HELOS 6-24X50 FFP scope for sale. BNIB. 

Cost £560 new, but open to offers. 

I'm on 07590420108 ( no withhelds please). 

WEST SUSSEX. 

On 5/24/2015 at 6:31 PM, drum said:

I have shot a cz 22wmr for nearly 20 years,and to be honest wouldnt buy another.The ammunition is getting too pricey now ,and not many shops in this part of the country stock it.But saying that it is quite hard hitting out to 100 yards or maybe a little more,so long as the wind isnt blowing can be reasonably accurate .On a good day mine can hold an inch at 100 yards but any wind and its best to leave it at home.I run the hornady bt's in mine but the 40 grain hp's get the most out of the calibre ,the 30 grain loads really leave a lot to be desired at 100 yards.Also the last batches of hornady vmax i got had the same split neck problems of its 17 hmr cousin.Have shot fox out to around 100 yards and have been happy with the terminal effects though shot placement is critical and with any wind at all this becomes quite difficult to guarantee.Certainly, in my opinion, it kills fox size animals cleaner than the 17 hmr ,and i do have both,but as i,m sure you know there are better tools for the job.

Atb, Drum.

I use Remington 33 grain Accutip, and it's superbly accurate, and flattens foxes. 

I've yet to try those, but I'm very keen to check out the new Hornady 245 grainers with the aluminium tips. 

I nearly bought some Hornady 225 ELD-X ' s, but not done so yet. The 225 ELD-X' s would fit the bill for a UK deer legal bullet ( designed to expand). I may get round to trying both soon, or possibly Nosler 220 partition / Acubond. Ideal for varmints 😂😂. 

As an update, should anyone care, I've had some very positive looking groups with these 230 SMK 's loaded as follows:

RWS brass. 

FEDERAL 215 primers. 

67 5 grains of RL26. 

94.9 OAL ( about 0.25 mm off of the rifling in my 1 in 8 twist Lothar Walther barrel). 

A little under 1/2" groups at 120 yards under field conditions. I'm convinced they group better than this, but I wasn't shooting them under ideal conditions. 

I've not chronographed them yet, but will do, and no, I don't shoot ladders, as I regard the exercise as pointless. I'll randomly work my way up to what I regard as my maximum load, using single shots, and achieving a rough zero in the process (in half grain increments in this calibre), then fire a four  shot group, having already made the OAL close to touching the rifling. Check the group, and if its its got room for improvement I'll back off half a grain ( I only do jumps this big on a large capacity case like 300WM). Once the powder charge is optimum, I'll have a play with the overall length. 

These look promising, and a BC of 0.8 is very beneficial. 😁

That's what I thought. At present I use Hodgdon H4831SC., which is, of course, large unavailable. Good news is, is that we actually left the EU on the 29th of March. Hopefully this EU broccoli will end soon. 

What powder and charge do you use? 

Hi people. 

Being a big fan of using my 270 and 300WM rifles on everything, I wondered if anyone has any experience with the 270 Winchester and the 110 grain V-MAX? 

I'm really looking for any reloading data for this calibre and bullet, and any other comments please. 

At present I have a fairly good load worked up for my 270 M65 heavy barreled TIKKA using H4831 SC, and a light crimp to hold the bullet in its cannelure. Its very accurate, even at 600 yards ( tried it for the hell of it at this range), and I use this load for most of the time, including for deer ( which I head or neck shoot). Its especially comforting on land that's a little flat, as these bullets really explode. 

I was considering working up some loads with RL16, and was curious if anyone else has any suggestions for loading recipes? 

I may even try some 85 or 90 grain bullets for the hell of it. 

All replies are greatly appreciated. 

' Septic tanks' 😂😂💦😎👌.... Cheers. I bought some from SPUD 1967. I'll probably wait until a have a faster twist barrel installed, as they need a 1 in 8. 

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