11-10-2011, 10:17 PM
Yeah, that rifle was so fricken accurate. The guy has now gone to a 6.5x47 Lapua, which is a laser. I wish I had video of him shooting it in last year's FinnSniper from a tower on that same coastline. He made numerous 900m 1st-round hits with it on the Janter targets. It was beautiful, really. His x47 Lapua is built on an RPA action, which is a huge hunk of aluminum billet, with a high-end barrel screwed into it. He was running 140gr Berger VLD's at well over 2900fps.
When I test-fired yut's Grendel on Saturday, I took my .270 Winchester with some of the loads I did up for it with 135gr SMK's on top of Hodgon's H4831. I still haven't adjusted down the pull weight on the Pre-64 trigger, and I still shot a nice sub-MOA group with it, while looking through an ancient Weaver scope with that gigantic post and wire reticle. That barrel has some potential...it's a featherweight not even free-floated, just an original Pre-64 Model 70.
When I test-fired yut's Grendel on Saturday, I took my .270 Winchester with some of the loads I did up for it with 135gr SMK's on top of Hodgon's H4831. I still haven't adjusted down the pull weight on the Pre-64 trigger, and I still shot a nice sub-MOA group with it, while looking through an ancient Weaver scope with that gigantic post and wire reticle. That barrel has some potential...it's a featherweight not even free-floated, just an original Pre-64 Model 70.