CTom
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Happy 4th everyone!
I recently did some trading and got into a new Savage Axis II chambered in 22-250. I owned a nice Remington 700 years ago in this caliber but somehow sold it and have wanted another 250 since. The quality of this gun/vs/ the cost really amazes me. One thing I did was swap out the Weaver 3X9 that came with the gun for a Leupold American 4X12X40 in Lupie rings. I orginally shot it in with the Weaver, but really wanted the Leupold so I needed to do a few shots to get it close to where I want it, zero-wise and got that done on Tuesday. I shot a mix of factory and hand loads and those hand loads couldn't have made me any happier. I loaded a few more 40 grain VMax loads and took the gun to the field this morning looking for gophers and possible a woodchuck. I saw on chuck but he got in deep foliage before I could get crosshairs on him, but 5 gophers met their waterloo. At close to 4100 fps that little V Max pretty much vaporized the gophers.
I've made custom fishing tackle for the last 60 years and reloading centerfires had fallen by the wayside many of those years ago, mostly since I quit hunting western state. With this Savage in the round-up now, reloading has become a need rather than a supplement. I love shooting and on another site I've been chatting with another member that has had some extraordinary groundhog hunting so this gun and the resultant reloading sort of fit for me. Now when I hit the range I fire a couple rounds at paper, then let the Savage rest and cool while I let loose with either the smokeless muzzie or the inline 50 cal pistol a couple rounds. Like I said, I enjoy shooting and staying in touch with those muzzies I hunt with is good medicine.
I'll try to keep my shenanigans up to date here .
I recently did some trading and got into a new Savage Axis II chambered in 22-250. I owned a nice Remington 700 years ago in this caliber but somehow sold it and have wanted another 250 since. The quality of this gun/vs/ the cost really amazes me. One thing I did was swap out the Weaver 3X9 that came with the gun for a Leupold American 4X12X40 in Lupie rings. I orginally shot it in with the Weaver, but really wanted the Leupold so I needed to do a few shots to get it close to where I want it, zero-wise and got that done on Tuesday. I shot a mix of factory and hand loads and those hand loads couldn't have made me any happier. I loaded a few more 40 grain VMax loads and took the gun to the field this morning looking for gophers and possible a woodchuck. I saw on chuck but he got in deep foliage before I could get crosshairs on him, but 5 gophers met their waterloo. At close to 4100 fps that little V Max pretty much vaporized the gophers.
I've made custom fishing tackle for the last 60 years and reloading centerfires had fallen by the wayside many of those years ago, mostly since I quit hunting western state. With this Savage in the round-up now, reloading has become a need rather than a supplement. I love shooting and on another site I've been chatting with another member that has had some extraordinary groundhog hunting so this gun and the resultant reloading sort of fit for me. Now when I hit the range I fire a couple rounds at paper, then let the Savage rest and cool while I let loose with either the smokeless muzzie or the inline 50 cal pistol a couple rounds. Like I said, I enjoy shooting and staying in touch with those muzzies I hunt with is good medicine.
I'll try to keep my shenanigans up to date here .
