The birth of a Boondoggle

[yorketransport]

As I get closer to having the 270 Boondoggle finished up, I decided that it's time to start forming brass.

Left to right: 375 Ruger for comparison, Ruger basic brass, necked to 375, 338, 308, 270, then trimmed and ready to load.


A dummy round loaded with a 168gr Hammer Hunter seated to feed through an AICS patter mag at 3.670".

[jasnt]

Tagging along.   

[huntandjeep]

Yorke ,  you build some of the coolest stuff I've never heard about  .

[Boss .300 winmag]

 

[mountainman]

Gotta love that name! "Boondoggle"👍

[yorketransport]

Gotta love that name! "Boondoggle"👍

It pretty much sums up most of my projects.

[yorketransport]

Yorke ,  you build some of the coolest stuff I've never heard about  .

This is what happens when you don't have any friends who tell you "no, that's a dumb idea". Instead they come to me and ask for a rimmed cartridge to shoot out of a Butch Searcy falling block action for medium sized African antelope and possibly some weird sheep thing in Tajikistan . To which I answered "What about a 375 H&H Flanged necked down to 7mm and improved?". Isn't that everyone's first thought?

[Biggerhammer]

I like it!!!

[jasnt]

This would be a blast in 6mm with 1:6 , Maybe talk Steve in to turning out some 120’s. 

[Biggerhammer]

This would be a blast in 6mm with 1:6 , Maybe talk Steve in to turning out some 120’s.

I’m still waiting on Steve and my custom .416’s.👍

[yorketransport]

This would be a blast in 6mm with 1:6 , Maybe talk Steve in to turning out some 120’s.

I’m still waiting on Steve and my custom .416’s.👍

Their hunting season just ended, so he promised to get back to work. I need to call them next week about slapping together the rifle for me.

[jasnt]

Maybe you should just break down and buy that lathe

[Biggerhammer]

I did shoot some 7mm 155gr Hammer Hunters the other day. Launched them up to 3409 FPS and still have room to go. Accuracy was good considering the CRAP 💩 bedding job on the rifle.

[yorketransport]

Maybe you should just break down and buy that lathe

I need to sell more T-shirts to pay for it! Or just stop buying or building new guns, but that's just crazy talk.

I did shoot some 7mm 155gr Hammer Hunters the other day. Launched them up to 3409 FPS and still have room to go. Accuracy was good considering the CRAP 💩 bedding job on the rifle.

Just get in there and start chipping it out of there. I'm convinced that no bedding is better than bad bedding.

[JimmyHoffa]

Maybe you should just break down and buy that lathe

I need to sell more T-shirts to pay for it! Or just stop buying or building new guns, but that's just crazy talk.

Could do a few projects for other people to maybe pay for the lathe?