Pedro wrote:i have just bought this rifle ( new ) and in the process of developing hand loads for it with 5 shot loads consisting of 123 gr 2206h 130 gr 2206h then 140 gr 2209 147 gr 2209 will post other pics later. No tall stories here just amazed at the results, and hoping to get an understanding of what members thoughts are and if anyone else has experienced this. An employee @ sth side brisbane gun shop has explained to me that the barrel of a rifle expands and contracts as the projectile moves through the barrel and upon exiting is unsettled then in flight with wind resistant's against it settles it down. Could this be possible in the nano second between 100 and 200 ??
I total get what your say SC and agree with you.
The theory goes that when you ignite the powder it sets your barrel vibrating which you can plot as a sine wave. The aim is for the bullet to exit the muzzle at the quietest part of the sine wave.
Your bullet is spinning due to your rifling, some say that the bullet exits the muzzle slightly unstable but goes to 'sleep' during flight, rather like a top when you first let it go and it settles down to spin smoothly. It is thought that this happens to a bullet in the first few metres.
My observations are that if you cannot shoot a decent group at 100 metres, nothing magical is going to happen to the bullet on the way to the 1000 metre target.
The Swede is a great case and you should not have any issues getting some good results out of it.