01-01-2012, 05:38 AM
Hi Bill,
I did finally find my way back with your help. My light hunting bolt rifle uses a Pac-Nor barrel and has the PTG 6.5 Match chamber, it shoots real well with most loads and under .5" ten shot groups with it's preferred load using the Berger 130 grain hunting VLD. This one is a 1:8 twist three groove.
My Panda is a slow twist 1:12 set up for shooting light flat based custom bench rest bullets and is a minimum dimension chamber, I wouldn't recommend it for a hunting rifle but it is great for shooting bug hole groups. I don't think it has ever shot a group at 100 yards from the bench that had any paper between bullets, just one hole. I'll be shooting it tomorrow morning in our club any/any prone midrange reduced match from a sling. I know any shots out of the X were my fault.
I also have the original reamers that Speedy used to make the first F-Class Grendel, the one that is written up on 6mmBR but it is a no freebore throat set up for soft seating the bullets into the lands and has a really tight neck that requires turning the cases.
For a hunting rifle I don't think the OP would go wrong with the Walther Lothar of the Pac-Nor barrel. I lean towards the Pac-Nor because I've had really good luck with them nothing against the Walther Lothar, I'm just not as familiar with them.
Bob
I did finally find my way back with your help. My light hunting bolt rifle uses a Pac-Nor barrel and has the PTG 6.5 Match chamber, it shoots real well with most loads and under .5" ten shot groups with it's preferred load using the Berger 130 grain hunting VLD. This one is a 1:8 twist three groove.
My Panda is a slow twist 1:12 set up for shooting light flat based custom bench rest bullets and is a minimum dimension chamber, I wouldn't recommend it for a hunting rifle but it is great for shooting bug hole groups. I don't think it has ever shot a group at 100 yards from the bench that had any paper between bullets, just one hole. I'll be shooting it tomorrow morning in our club any/any prone midrange reduced match from a sling. I know any shots out of the X were my fault.
I also have the original reamers that Speedy used to make the first F-Class Grendel, the one that is written up on 6mmBR but it is a no freebore throat set up for soft seating the bullets into the lands and has a really tight neck that requires turning the cases.
For a hunting rifle I don't think the OP would go wrong with the Walther Lothar of the Pac-Nor barrel. I lean towards the Pac-Nor because I've had really good luck with them nothing against the Walther Lothar, I'm just not as familiar with them.
Bob