New long range rifle arrives

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Well, the first range report on the 240 Laser. I decided to shoot a few of the already fired cases by reloading them with IMR 4350 and sierra 100s then to fireform 50 new cases using 4350 and sierra 85s. So much for the plans of mice and men.

I found that the Sierra bullets do not like 1-8 twist barrels at 3,700 fps and tend to go "poof" about 0-60 feet out from the muzzle. Yep, I actually had a few readings on the crono of 30 fps or so, at 10 feet. So, I sent John an email and found out that the CRS had him by the throat and he forgot that the gun did not shoot Sierras without tearing the jackets off.... Oh, well.

After pulling bullets we now have everything loaded with Nosler BTs. I understand that Nosler claims you can not tear a jacket off their 6mm BTs. We shall see.

All was not a waste as I did get the starting data for my new article on the 357 Mag Rifle. So we had a bad start with the 240 and a very good day with the little Marlin.
Best,
Ed