Post by: johns8168 on April 15, 2016, 01:30:23 PM
Post by: NWShooter on April 15, 2016, 05:28:37 PM
Post by: johns8168 on April 15, 2016, 05:55:15 PM
Post by: JDHasty on April 15, 2016, 09:44:35 PM
I am about fit to be tied myself, my Mcmillan stocked from the factory w/a McMillan Mod 70 WinLite in 300 WBY that has always shot 3/4 inches at a hundred has gone south. Five inches at a hundred yards.
My buddy shot his barrel out after five-hundred rounds and paid half for that reamer ~ 1994. He has the same rifle.
Mine has only ~150 rounds through it. I have always been very respectful of that rifle and only sent two or three/year down range just to make sure it was still sighted in before elk season.
I got a Stoney Point modified case last night and my throat is burnt out for a half inch!!! Does this mean that I am off the 300 Wby? Not at all. $450 for a new Lilja that will outlive me.
I was just fine killing elk with it irrespective of how bad I wanted 26 inches of barrel instead of 24.
New 26 inch Lilja and it will only be ~ a month. Steve barrels a lot of the local bench rest rifles.
Grrrrrrrr! I always wanted a 26 inch barrel, but dagnabbit I was perfectly happy with a rifle that would put three into a 3/4 inch group irrespective of how much velocity I was giving up. It is stripping copper like a demon now too.
I will try to shoot it this weekend after cleaning it every night down to the point that patches don't have a hint of blue - but if it won't shoot 200 gr Nosler Partitions into an inch... just get the barrel ordered up.
And Steve will have it back in ~ a month.
Post by: NWShooter on April 15, 2016, 11:36:00 PM
Steve Kostanich in Chehalis has a reamer w/a separate throating reamer. Provide a loaded round and it will be throated to seat that bullet.
I am about fit to be tied myself, my Mcmillan stocked from the factory w/a McMillan Mod 70 WinLite in 300 WBY that has always shot 3/4 inches at a hundred has gone south. Five inches at a hundred yards.
My buddy shot his barrel out after five-hundred rounds and paid half for that reamer ~ 1994. He has the same rifle.
Mine has only ~150 rounds through it. I have always been very respectful of that rifle and only sent two or three/year down range just to make sure it was still sighted in before elk season.
I got a Stoney Point modified case last night and my throat is burnt out for a half inch!!! Does this mean that I am off the 300 Wby? Not at all. $450 for a new Lilja that will outlive me.
I was just fine killing elk with it irrespective of how bad I wanted 26 inches of barrel instead of 24.
New 26 inch Lilja and it will only be ~ a month. Steve barrels a lot of the local bench rest rifles.
Grrrrrrrr! I always wanted a 26 inch barrel, but dagnabbit I was perfectly happy with a rifle that would put three into a 3/4 inch group irrespective of how much velocity I was giving up. It is stripping copper like a demon now too.
I will try to shoot it this weekend after cleaning it every night down to the point that patches don't have a hint of blue - but if it won't shoot 200 gr Nosler Partitions into an inch... just get the barrel ordered up.
And Steve will have it back in ~ a month.
Quality Smiths are abundant and premium barrels can be purchased readily with just a card number. :tup:
http://bugholes.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=88_89
Might want to entertain the thought of H1000 or Retumbo and spare your .300 Wearherby throat. Mine has many more miles than you mentioned and still shoots comfortably tight.