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Handloads.  Testing quite a bit next weekend with it.  Have a box of remington corelot factory ammo to break it in with only because its from before the barrel change and a few years old, figure  i can at least salvage the brass while i shoot, clean, shoot, clean.... you get teh picture.  I have 180gr and 200gr pills in a variety to see how she does.
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Should be a fun process. I would recommend throwing some 190gr in there too.  I went to those this year and don't think I can go back to the 180s.  My gun likes them and after seeing what they did to the elk at 400+ yards, I am impressed.  The 200s would be fun to play with.
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I have the 220 and 240 in my cart from midway as we speak.
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Planning on hunting a grizzly or something?
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THey say the 240 has the best BC for my target shooting so we shall see.
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Very true.  Whatever weight give the best accuracy is the one to use.  I guess I tend to focus more on the hunting side of things than target.  But I do enjoy some target shooting.
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Sorry KB no pictures last night here is what UPS did to screw me 
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Ya UPS has been screwing me since early December on every order.  Nice rig SVT can't wait for a range report, I have a model 70 7mm I want to build and am unsure of barrel selection at this time. Good luck with everything.
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Rings just arrived so it will be all put together tonight.  and pictures will get posted.  I would give Douglas barrels a call and talk to them.  I sent them my action and old barrel and they installed and put the new barrel on for a total of 450ish.  Worth not having to find a smith to work on the Win70 if you ask me. 
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Yesir, price don't sound too bad for installed,  there are not too many gun smiths close here so that should be my best route. Thanks mang.
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From the day I sent it out to the day I got it back was exactly 3 weeks
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These are just a few quick pics, haven't mounted yet just placed everything together real loose until tonight
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Very good looking.  
The stock looks a lot better with a heavy barrel sitting in it...  Mine always looked a little "odd" because it was a "thin" barrel.  Heavy is better...
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The three tones actually look good. IMO, and thats the only one that matters

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i think it looks good
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Thanks Hunter, glad its not just me being overy excited about the thing

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Originally posted by SVT_Tactical SVT_Tactical wrote:

THey say the 240 has the best BC for my target shooting so we shall see.


240s will probably require a 9" twist or better.    But never know for sure til you try. 
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Oh and by the way, it looks great.  Thunbs Up
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Originally posted by supertool73 supertool73 wrote:

Originally posted by SVT_Tactical SVT_Tactical wrote:

THey say the 240 has the best BC for my target shooting so we shall see.


240s will probably require a 9" twist or better.    But never know for sure til you try. 
 
I will see how it does with 220 before i use the 240s
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One thing I found with mine, I definitely needed a bigger bolt knob.  I found it a little difficult to cycle rapidly with the stock knob.  The bigger knob, at least the way I had it put on, also extended the length slightly and it functioned much better for me that way.  Much more positive control of the bolt.  
Something to think about.  Knob cost me $35.00 from Bill's Bolt Knobs and it cost $10.00 to have the machine shop put it on.  
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