skany Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hi guys well got a chance to play with the new rifle again today in some insane wind conditions! mid 20's to 40mph! Not great weather for load develoment but i needed to get out and find a load for a upcoming shoot so needs must! I was mainly testing to make sure i had no pressure signs as i had been having a bit of bother with exesive pressure with brass that i expanded up from 6.5-284 brass but ive got a load that i can knock up a few of now so happy days! I had resized some brass that i beat the crap out of on the first firing so i didnt kill any new brass turned out the Win brass is a fair bit longer then my max chamber length and caused some case head stamping! (i would normally trim after first firing!) i had a few differnt powder charges & seating lengths and im pretty happy considering the conditions! Heres the specs .284 straight taper border/archer tikka 695 stainless ceracoated black A5 clone from joe west rifle stocks northstar moddy sightron s3 tactical moa2 6-24 expertly screwed together & bedded by Andy aka ronin (nice job & thanks mate:-)) heres a couple of pics on the day! https://www.dropbox.com/s/b0rp0obq1nn667v/2013-02-06%2011.57.01.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/l3xlim8cm3969fr/2013-02-06%2012.58.15.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6akop4exoqqvyq/2013-02-06%2011.59.23.jpg (cant seem to get the images to load onto page from dropbox?????????) cant wait to try it in anger now! cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannywayoflife Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Sweet stick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Looking good Andy, what twist did you opt for ?? Cant wait for my 7mm barrel to arrive, went for a 1:10. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxing2night Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 That is a really nice looking rifle and it can shoot as-well Darrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skany Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Looking good Andy, what twist did you opt for ??Cant wait for my 7mm barrel to arrive, went for a 1:10. Steve Hi Steve I went with a 1-8.5 fir the heavyweight stuff altho I'll proberly only ever use 162 amax due to the price of the 180s Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skany Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 And thanks guys! I will add I really like the Tikka 695 action its soooooo slick even compaired to my custom 1 Picks up a rnd like butter smooth Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hi SteveI went with a 1-8.5 fir the heavyweight stuff altho I'll proberly only ever use 162 amax due to the price of the 180s Cheers Andy Thanks Andy, I'd really appreciate hearing about your quest with handloading this. What powder? H4831SC? Mine's planned as a Sika basher Mainly looking to try the various 140's. Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
provarmint Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nice results Andy, considering the conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skany Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks Andy, I'd really appreciate hearing about your quest with handloading this. What powder? H4831SC? Mine's planned as a Sika basher Mainly looking to try the various 140's. I tried h4831sc and it was very accurate but h4350 seems to be the winner!(and faster) Can't get rl17 working well tho! Cheers Andy Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skany Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nice results Andy, considering the conditions. Thanks bud It's shot proper bug holes in still weather even with a dougnut problem and various presure issues so I think it will be spot on with out any more brass problems! Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Good results in that wind. 49.7 looks fave (.010" off) , shame about the hassle with over-length brass, It sure shoots though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skany Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Good results in that wind. 49.7 looks fave (.010" off) , shame about the hassle with over-length brass, It sure shoots though.... Yeah mate good call on that::-) I think 10 or 20 off is looking Realy promising! The wind really was nuts and the only direction I could get the wind up the line (ish) was looking into the sun so nowhere near optimal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaken Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hi skany. Trying to contact you. Drop me an email please. oaken8@ymail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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