Post by Big Joe on Aug 12, 2017 9:09:34 GMT -5
The son bought - traded or something and now has a nearly new Savage 25-06 Axis. The problem I see now is working up a decent load. It came with 5 boxes once fires and 10 boxes of new Prvi ammo.. 100gr PSP and from what I saw earlier that will be pulled down and we need to work up something. The rifle and that ammo would not hit a soda can @ 100yds --- Well ok out of his 5 he got 2 of them and I only got 3 but one was a nicked side and it blew over from spewing. Anyone had anything to do with the brass in this caliber. We find this brand as pickup at the range but we normally don't buy it, no reason we just use what we know I guess.
He had one of these before but he wanted a 270 so we swapped the barrel out before even shooting it. Then some big dufus cut the chamber down to make a 25 cal wildcat that plain sucked so far. I have a 25-06 but it is on old Mauser action and that rifle has not seen daylight in a long time... So here we are, he is leaving it here for me to tinker with, as in reinforce the Tupperware stock... The boy isn't right - he has moms genes. HE doesn't like wood on his rifles, I know Tupperware has its place but wood just feels so much nicer.... I do own a few Tupperware wearing pieces but they are for the kids to hunt with. Grandpa doesn't frown as much if they scratch or ding it up, but as they grow most want a "pretty" wooden stock. Or at times one will want a painted one "like that guy at the range", I can slap lipstick on a pig but I cant make their hunting rifles into what they think they need LOL. That's kind of like the old adage of keep the radiator cap and drive something new under it....
Back to this thing, We will be using or trying to use 100gr bullets (we have more than a few of the Seirra 100gr SBT and 100gr SPT bullets) so I would like to use them, anyone got a direction before I just jump into some of my old loads for my rifle and work up... Remember those loads were before the newer powders. Yeah I know I could start searching but this is my lazy way out, just ask and see what falls into my lap. Besides I don't think I will want to be in the house all day - its raining here and we have already irked the women as it is. And the computer in the gun room is not hooked to the internet so anything on it has been there a while... Think of Win 2000 LOL...