alamo5000
22 May 2017, 20:39
A guy from church introduced me to his son (who apparently has some pretty deep pockets based on some of the stuff he's purchased). Problem is he doesn't hardly shoot at all. He likes to hunt and they go out some elaborate outings from time to time. Colorado, Alaska, Canada, etc but they don't shoot much and they don't really know much about guns. I guess that's what you get for owning an oil company.
For example he just got a .338 Lapua with all the Tracking Point stuff. Uh, yeah that stuff isn't cheap. I don't even think he ever shot it yet. His dad has some other stuff too. A .338, 50 BMG, and a lot of other things... and none of them get shot more than once or twice a year at best, if that.
Anyway he just bought a .300 Ultra Mag with some kind of Nightforce scope, hence the purpose of this thread. First thing I did was sent him to a gunsmith that I know so he can get his scope mounts lapped and mounted correctly and possibly to get his action glass bedded.
He wants to get into reloading and wants to have a place to shoot so I am going to take him out to stretch the legs on that thing. His dad lives out here almost in the country but the son lives in the city so he doesn't have anywhere to really shoot.
I basically agreed to help get him lined out and take him shooting. I can work up loads really easy here at the house. We can put together loads inside and walk out and test it, get him on paper, work up ladders, etc. No biggie. As a trade off I get to shoot all that crazy stuff they own but never shoot. Ammo is all on them.
Anyway I've never actually shot a Ultra Mag. I've shot the heck out of Win Mag but not the Ultra Mag so I need to familiarize myself with it. I am going to try to work all this in (depending on him) before I move overseas...but long story short I am going to get him zeroed and work up some loads for him but I figured I would throw it out there and see what kind of responses I could get.
It looks like his rifle has a 20 MOA rail on it but I have no idea what kind of mount he has ordered. He was asking me for suggestions but I am going to wait to see what he actually has before I say much about that part. All he has now is a rifle, a scope that isn't attached or mounted, some brass, and a lot of reloading books.
If you ever shot this kind of rifle or have any input about the round please feel free to share your experience.
For example he just got a .338 Lapua with all the Tracking Point stuff. Uh, yeah that stuff isn't cheap. I don't even think he ever shot it yet. His dad has some other stuff too. A .338, 50 BMG, and a lot of other things... and none of them get shot more than once or twice a year at best, if that.
Anyway he just bought a .300 Ultra Mag with some kind of Nightforce scope, hence the purpose of this thread. First thing I did was sent him to a gunsmith that I know so he can get his scope mounts lapped and mounted correctly and possibly to get his action glass bedded.
He wants to get into reloading and wants to have a place to shoot so I am going to take him out to stretch the legs on that thing. His dad lives out here almost in the country but the son lives in the city so he doesn't have anywhere to really shoot.
I basically agreed to help get him lined out and take him shooting. I can work up loads really easy here at the house. We can put together loads inside and walk out and test it, get him on paper, work up ladders, etc. No biggie. As a trade off I get to shoot all that crazy stuff they own but never shoot. Ammo is all on them.
Anyway I've never actually shot a Ultra Mag. I've shot the heck out of Win Mag but not the Ultra Mag so I need to familiarize myself with it. I am going to try to work all this in (depending on him) before I move overseas...but long story short I am going to get him zeroed and work up some loads for him but I figured I would throw it out there and see what kind of responses I could get.
It looks like his rifle has a 20 MOA rail on it but I have no idea what kind of mount he has ordered. He was asking me for suggestions but I am going to wait to see what he actually has before I say much about that part. All he has now is a rifle, a scope that isn't attached or mounted, some brass, and a lot of reloading books.
If you ever shot this kind of rifle or have any input about the round please feel free to share your experience.