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It's range day with 2 fantastic 30/06 rifles.
Rifle #1 is a Remmy LR Heavy weight Varmint class that is part way into its custom build.
Rifle #2 was a Remmy 308 that under gone the the full work over, the only thing that is factory is the action less the Pacific Tool and Gage bolt, trigger, bull barrel, Extra long laminated wood stock. I class it as a 30/06 short case since both rifles pitch the 178gr'ers at the same velocities.
The 30/06 short case is 1gr off max as the real Ought-6 is de-tuned by 3.5grs.
Both are seeing ft-per second values of 2675 ish give or take the +/-'s.
Range day is all about the consistant set-up form instead of actually shooting,,, and if shots are launched down range,,, they will be heading down there in the vertical line-up.
No need to shoot groups as that will come in time. Off season is the best, it gives all of us time wined down from harvest mode, and practic up for long range stuff.
Most of the load development stuff is sorted, but there is always little tweaks here and there that benefit tighter groups when needed.
The heated shelter is a plus, lots of room, and my in-field ammo system travels with me.
From Sun up to Sun down as we share lots of BS stories that are all true. LOL.
Kinda like sharing part of the dream with like minded folks.
Range days in Western Canada along the Eastern Slopes are awesome.
Hot coffee and more food then we can eat,,, later this winter the rifles will catch a ride into the mountains of snow on the quad with tracks.
We will find some long valley with a frozen rock face as the out crops become our wall of chipping stone.
The summer time we head back to the clay bank shoots so we can recover the bullets that show us the velocity of impact.
Most of them are pretty messed up from 100 to 600 meters.
They kind of resemble bullets at 700 to 900.
Depending on the clay and sand seems at 1 km to 1500 the bullets look pretty much intact.
At 1700 meters you'd never know it was shot from a rifle less the rifling groves.
Sun is just breaking, got to run.
Just being out there puts things into perspective, that's what really counts.
Old school Ought-6 is the way it is, no going back and diffenaty not forward as this size of cartrage is just enough to pull it off in learning skills and good times.
What else could a person ask for.
Don
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