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Ernie Bishop
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Posted: April/27/2020 at 06:14 |
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Last Tuesday I confirm drops, on the Black Widow 6.5x47 Lapua. I was also able to shoot for the first time in the field both on Steel and Prairie Dogs my Nine Run Gun/Michael DeLoach 6.5-284 that has a Borden/Alpine (Clone XP action). The action is so smooth! The Dell trigger is deliciously light! I almost giggle at times it is so light and clean. Shoots great as you can tell!
Confirmed drops at 400 yards, 496 yards, 575 yards, 645 yards, and 673 yards. All was 10” steel with the exception of the 673-yard target which was 12.” Using the Nosler 140 grain Accubond. Dan Ekstrom did the loading and the shooting at 100 yards for load development and turned in a beautiful 10-shot group, using a Harris Bipod in a small leather field bag. Holland’s Radial Baffle brake always does a wonderful job turning recoil into puff-cake status. I should’ve taken more pictures during drop confirmation, but we were trying to get three different specialty pistols drops confirmed that morning. Plus, we wanted to do some dog shooting as well. Picture below is 10-inch steel at 575 yards, during drop confirmation shooting, and you can tell it was stacking in the shots. Sweet Rig! I am looking forward to using this for hunting this fall. |
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👍💥. Sweet!
I saw Ernie had posted this in a forum on Facebook and asked him to post it here.
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Ernie Bishop
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Pleased to do so. The Black Widow is here on a separate thread as well.
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tejas
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A couple of weeks ago, I ordered an Encore barrel from Match Grade Machine, also in 6.5X47. Good to see that yours shoots so well. I have a rifle in that caliber and it’s a tack driver. Care to share your load data? I’ll happily give you mine but obviously you don’t need it.
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Ernie Bishop
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This is load data for the Kauger Arms 6.5x47 Lapua Black Widow (not for the 6.5-284 Above) The 123 grain load is quite mild, but it shoots so good. I use Varget for both the 123 (35.5) and the 130 (35.3) grain bullets.
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tejas
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Thanks Ernie! In my 6.5X47 rifle, I’m using Lapua 123 Scenars and Varget too. Wasn’t sure if you’d found something better for that shorter barrel. Mine will be 14” when it’s complete. I was thinking of using Benchmark but if Varget works fine, I’ll use it.
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On another note, are you familiar with the Nosler Independence platform? Been researching one but information is kind of scarce. Haven’t gotten far in my research but the .24 Nolser looks interesting.
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Ernie Bishop
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I have not shot either Nosler Pistol yet. The Independence is much more reasonable on cost. |
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Very nice, Ernie! I have a Borden Alpine Magnum action on a custom 7WSM, and am very happy with it. One of my favorite custom actions.
What barrel, rifling type, and twist do you have? It obviously shoots great!
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It is a Brux 1-7.5 Twist
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