Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

[Wade J VanGinkel]

Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.

 

[hoytcanon]

Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.

I have shot hundreds of those S&B 173 grain Torpedo rounds with zero problems... and they are accurate and great on game too.

 

[sestoppelman]

Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.

That looks like a bad case, it happens. I note though that the later stuff seems hotter than previous. I had one round of that show obvious pressure signs not long ago. I pulled one down, noted the charge then dumped a few grains out of some others of that box.

 

[ZG47]

Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.

Probably the result of the machine that stamps out brass disc's from the brass strip being run too quickly and getting out of time. If a cutting die takes a nick out of a disc that will happen. I only saw it twice at the range complex that I used to run.

 

[Wade J VanGinkel]

Finally got to hunt with this rifle and absolutely love it. The 173gr load took down a roughly 250lb boar in Texas yesterday.

Super proud also of my 15yr of grandson.
3 Pigs and a coyote down in 4 shots. 2 Pigs 5 seconds apart.
He's using a Browning A bolt 30-06

I tried to post a picture of mine with the rifle. But after I touched it up to remove blood it says file not accepted.
It's the boar on the ground by itself anyway in these pictures

 

[1dirthawker]

my buddy used a 7x64 in SA on our safari there (was a loaner), it was devastating on everything he shot with it, up to wildebeest/kudu sized.

 

[Wade J VanGinkel]

Hunting a friend's lease outside of Childress Texas. Not a ton of Pigs usually but he'll put you up and feed you for a pretty good price for a weekend hunt. Old ranch house no frills.