An update of sorts, the Barrett .416 brass I was chasing finally arrived and I picked up the first 100 cases yesterday. The boys in shipping at NIOA stuffed up the order and sent 100 cases (5 bags of 20) instead of the 100 bags of 20 we ordered. My other 900 cases should show up in the next few days or early next week. Projectiles are now my next problem, Woodleigh have been rather silent on the ones they were going to make for me so i'll start chasing them. They never promised anything and were sort of doing it as a favour so I can't push them too much. As a side plan I've ordered 1000 Barrett 398Gr brass VLD's and with some luck they'll be on the next shipment of dangerous goods into NIOA which looks like March / April. At my current rate of fire I expect 1000 rounds will last a couple years at most.
I have finally organised a trip north for the weekend after this, work is on hold, permission slip signed by senior management (wife) and the weather looks like it'll behave. Packing a threesome of 50's, a pair for .416's, a 375 Cheytac, 338 lap, my trusty Sako 85 22-250 for some hunting and a brand spanking new Mark 5 .257 Weatherby Magnum that I recently added to the collection if I can get ammo organised in time.
I have a spare 8-32x56 NXS and a Khales K624i to play with as I really want to sort this elevation issue on the Steyr 50 so it'll be a process of elimination and hopefully my groups improve. If time / weather permits I'll try some shooting out to 1500m which is about the limit of the property without cows or trees getting in the way though I'm sure the trees can be removed with a few well placed shots
These are once fired cases that'll need to be resized and de-primed before reloading but they look brand new..
Nice head stamp
ooooo...Shiney
Believe it or not but this mono-pod is classified as dangerous goods....W.T.F it's a piece of threaded metal and a rubber knob.
Bought a couple of spares kits...just in case and only $50 each