The first thing I did with the Remington 700 ADL .270 was just fire one bullet at the center of an 8”x8” target just to see where the 130 grain Remington Core-Lokt bullet was going. Because of the size of the bullet case, I braced myself for a pretty substantial recoil, but was...
Handloads using the 220 grain bullet at a MV of about 2500 fps, or factory loads using the 250 grain PSP Core-Lokt bullet at a MV of 2410 fps, were right up there in terms of recoil energy. According to my calculations the recoil amounted to about 25 ft. lbs. in a 7.5 pound scop...
Remington currently produce four loads for the .280 including, the 140 grain Core-Lokt at an advertised 3000fps, the 140 grain Accutip at 3000fps, the 150 grain Core-Lokt at 2890fps and the 165 grain Core-Lokt round nose bullet at 2820fps. These velocities are seldom achieved in older...
Berger VLD, the Hornady ELD-X, GMX, InterBond, InterLock, and SST, the Nosler AccuBond, AccuBond Long Range, Ballistic Tip, E-Tip, and Partition, the Remington Core Lokt, the Swift Scirocco and A-Frame,
Notice how much longer the 143gr ELD-X bullet for the 6.5 Creedmoor (.625 BC) in the center is than the 140gr Core Lokt bullet for the .260 Remington (.435 BC) on the left in the photo below? Like I mentioned earlier, due to its longer neck and shorter case length, the 6.5 Cr...