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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2016, 07:29:13 PM »
ELR PRS match being put on by Scott Satterlee in August...round count is 150.... :tup:

There's 20% of my barrel life! :chuckle:


and????

Barrels are wear items!!

As soon as I get around to buying a lathe I'm all over that. I'm too impatient to wait on a smith to chamber up barrels for me, otherwise I'd be smoking barrels left and right! That's why I love the Savages. Now If I can figure out a way to run a barrel nut on a CheyTac sized barrel I can really have some fun!

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2016, 07:41:06 PM »
I have some 3 inch thick gongs that I'd donate if you do mess around with a zippy barns load.....need to find a slow motion camera to capture it

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2016, 07:55:15 PM »
I have some 3 inch thick gongs that I'd donate if you do mess around with a zippy barns load.....need to find a slow motion camera to capture it

We may need to make this happen!

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2016, 08:06:28 PM »
Im going to bet on the gong turning into butter.....it has to be cool

Need to find someone with a phantom camera I believe....


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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2016, 08:27:27 PM »
Im going to bet on the gong turning into butter.....it has to be cool

Need to find someone with a phantom camera I believe....

You bring the camera, I'll bring the gun. Deal?   I had to look up the Phantom cameras. :yike:

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2016, 08:35:06 PM »
It's only 1400 a day to rent one...maybe a hunt wa fundraiser shoot is in order

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2016, 07:23:45 PM »
I got the 338 out today for the first round of testing. So far it's shooting pretty well. This is the only group I shot after moving out to 1025 yards.


I'm not unhappy with that, but I expect it to do better with a little work. I wasn't shooting any of the guns very well today so this wasn't a very fair test.

The real test today was to work up and see what velocities I can get. I started at 130gr of H 50BMG and moved up to 135gr. It looks like my barrel is a little on the slow side since the 135gr charge gave an average velocity of 3038fps with an SD of 8. That's quite a bit lower than I expected. Every Bartlein barrel I've had shot pretty slow and it looks like this one is no exception. Next trip out I'll just step up the charges and see where I end up.

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #22 on: May 15, 2016, 07:31:56 PM »
Looks like a fun rifle. Perfect for rockchucks! :chuckle:

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2016, 07:36:40 PM »
Bet that could make for a few triple over 20's lol kinda spendy for rock chucks but can't say I wouldn't do it. 
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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #24 on: May 15, 2016, 07:56:33 PM »
Looks like a fun rifle. Perfect for rockchucks! :chuckle:

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I was hoping to see a porcupine on my way out just to test it. :o

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2016, 08:10:16 PM »
Maybe try some Varget.....Varget works in anything

And some Barnes 160 gr triple shocks.

Git those suckers moving!

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Re: 338/408 Cheytac is done!
« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2016, 08:20:36 PM »
Maybe try some Varget.....Varget works in anything

And some Barnes 160 gr triple shocks.

Git those suckers moving!

I'll try that once this barrel is pretty much toasted. I have a feeling that I'd need a new barrel after one of those loads anyways. :chuckle:

 


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