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The third 7mm Practical

Written by Nathan Foster on October 29th, 2010.      2 comments

Well, the third Practical has been completed for a South Island hunter. The rifle, a Sako Finnbear is set up with the 168gr VLD at 3220fps, duplicating my own rifle.

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Below is the final load, the barrel now fully run in, producing outstanding accuracy...

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2 Comments

Nathan Foster says ...
Hi Jim, have copied this to the forums, long range rifles, 7mm-300 with VLD.
Jim Mehl says ...
GREAT INFO,
I have a7-300 win mag also.It has a#5 bartlien cut barrel 1-9 twist.My max is 76.0 h1000 210-p ww cases 003 into the lands.MY MV IS 3150 AV FOR 10 SHOTS ES IS 23 SD 10.Barrel is 26'' long and 168 vlds are used.My problem is i cant get the 180 vlds to shoot better than .595/623 3 shots.T 168 .385 to 450s. ANY COMMENTS???
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