Anyone shoot an ackley?
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whiskeybent
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My buddy. (woodtick) Here on MM has two of them. He Has several good loads for them and he's killed a ton of animals with them. Ya might want to shoot him a message.
I have a 270 AI...nothing really gained, but I could be talked into doing a 260 AI as I imagine it would benefit more from a slight increase in case capacity.
Fire forming is a pain in the @$$. and I still have boxes of loaded ammo that I just can't seem to make time to go shoot up.
Fire forming is a pain in the @$$. and I still have boxes of loaded ammo that I just can't seem to make time to go shoot up.
My friend in Wyoming builds his own guns,and his favorites are a 300 Edge,and a 6MM. Ackley Improved.He has Huskema Blue Diamonds on both of them.I witnessed him last December shoot a cow Elk at 950 yds. with a 117 grain Matchking, two shots two hits in the lungs about 8-inches apart! The conditions were near perfect,and normally he would not have taken the shot,but he does alot of shooting through out the year,and was confident he could make the shot,according to his calculatons, he still had 1100 lbs. of energy left at that range with that bullett!
sageadvice
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I have a .280AI and took 5-6 bucks with it before it got to be heavier than i wanted to lug around and started hunting a lighter 270WSM. I went with a 25" #4 barrel on the AI, much more steel than needed. She's a shooter but now she sets in the safe most of the time.
Ballistic improvement was substantial over the parent 280 Rem. cartridge of which my rifle shoots both it and the 280AI version healthy under 1" @ 100yds. My 140 gr handload groups are generally touching each other tight and about 3250 FPS. That's getting into "magnum" territory.
Joey
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Ballistic improvement was substantial over the parent 280 Rem. cartridge of which my rifle shoots both it and the 280AI version healthy under 1" @ 100yds. My 140 gr handload groups are generally touching each other tight and about 3250 FPS. That's getting into "magnum" territory.
Joey
"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
Phantom Hunter
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I have a .257 AI. in a Win. 70 Featherweight. Shoots great. Kills deer and lopes dead usually quicker than my 7mm Rem Mag. That said I really don't see the need for all the extra expense and work to load for it, (fire forming, 2 sets dies, etc). If you are into that stuff go for it. If you need a rifle there are other calibers just as good and easier to load for ie. .257 Roberts, 25-06.
Zeke
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Phantom hit the nail on the head. There are factory cartridges that will do everything a guy ever needs one to do BUT some of us like to play with guns, lead development and such, WAY too much to ever be satisfied with vanilla!
Vanilla is good but........
What else ya gonna do when you can't hunt big game?
Zeke
Vanilla is good but........
What else ya gonna do when you can't hunt big game?
Zeke
sjhgraysage
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A .338/06 ackley improved
Its not a .338 Win Mag but its close
If you want one I suggest finding a gunsmith with plenty of experience doing it.
Its not a .338 Win Mag but its close
If you want one I suggest finding a gunsmith with plenty of experience doing it.
Cahunter805
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Muzz- I say a 6.5-06AI to be different. Set it up using the Nosler 280AI brass and dont worry about fireforming loads. Just neck down and have fun!
>and will do the same,
>I just want something different
>and fun. Also thought about
>the 264win mag. That's
>a canyon hopper right there.
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>O--one
>B--big
>A--ass
>M--mistake
>A--america
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Muzz- I say a 6.5-06AI to be different. Set it up using the Nosler 280AI brass and dont worry about fireforming loads. Just neck down and have fun!
bogey
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Mine is in these pics. It was an action from my first rifle I ever bought, stock I bought as an semi shaped piece of wood and did it myself and then after some years was able to have the barrel done
https://picasaweb.google.com/115516601528181241557/20111205?authkey=Gv1sRgCIbxsfOWvMa5IQ
https://picasaweb.google.com/115516601528181241557/20111205?authkey=Gv1sRgCIbxsfOWvMa5IQ
ishootaRUM300
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I just built one shooting a few different bullets some are still in development.
