bit the boolit

[todddoyka]

welp, i bit the boolit. i've tried and tried  to stay away from it. but it got me. in 5 or 6 weeks, i'll have a new tc encore 23" MGM heavy factory barrel in 500 linebaugh.  the barrel will be equipped with skinner sight, front and back. i then bought hornady's 500L four dies set and a .510" lyman case trimmer. i am going to try some 450gr lfn gc that montana bullets "just happens" to have .  next month,  i have to get is some 500L cases(thru starline, they "just happen" to have them) and some hs-6 and then i'll be good to go.

i am going to try hs-6 first, although i won't know the velocity till the barrel comes. i would like it to go 1200 - 1300fps. if it doesn't go 1200-1300fps, i'll try 2400.  i have a can of tite group(also have unique) so i'll try it, even tho the velocity shouldn't be 1100fps, more like 1000fps. anyway, if i can do 3"group(3 shots, i'm going to try 5 shots) at 100 yards, then i'll be happy. i'm going to try to zero it in at 100 yards. it should be 3" high at 50 yards. well, i'll find out when the barrel comes.

i just wish that it could be a six shooter(well 5 shooter), i'll just pretend that it is!!!

now you have my permission to antagonize me. 


shouldn't there be some group that DOES NOT do a disabled guy's dreams?  i mean, i....er... he's only got one hand!!! and then i....er...he puts the encore on my...er...his primos trigger bipod and then i....er...he wraps them up with a gummy strap. you ought to see him, big bore on a bipod gummy strap when i...er...he hunts. 

[ramjet]

Should be great boolit shooter on my big thumpers I out on a set of laminated stocks to give the Encore some additional weight to absorb that recoil.

[todddoyka]

Apr 4, 2017 15:38:25 GMT -5 ramjet said:

Should be great boolit shooter on my big thumpers I out on a set of laminated stocks to give the Encore some additional weight to absorb that recoil.

luckily i've bought a high plains gunstock laminate with a limbsaver recoil pad. and i have a PAST recoil pad.

[dougader]

Sounds awesome to me!

[Snyd]

Good for you! I know that 15gr HS-6 under a 450gr plane base does just under 1000fps in my 5.5 500L. 15-16gr might just get you to your 1200-1300.

[seak89]

I had the H&R in 500S&W. It was a beast and went down the road of course I'm old and have enough pains

[todddoyka]

Apr 6, 2017 15:05:11 GMT -5 seak89 said:

I had the H&R in 500S&W. It was a beast and went down the road of course I'm old and have enough pains

the 500s&w and the 50 ak is basically too much gun for me!!! 

the recoil shouldn't be bad in my encore. i've done a recoil calculator and it will do what an 30-06 and 180gr factory bullets will do. 

[dougader]

IME, it's a lot to do with the style of the rifle and stock. I had a Ruger 77 in '06 that hammered the Haiti out of me.

Now I have a Remington 700 BDL and it's a pussycat with the same loads; a dream to shoot, even off the bench.

[todddoyka]

Apr 6, 2017 17:08:58 GMT -5 dougader said:

IME, it's a lot to do with the style of the rifle and stock. I had a Ruger 77 in '06 that hammered the Haiti out of me.

Now I have a Remington 700 BDL and it's a pussycat with the same loads; a dream to shoot, even off the bench.

i use my encore 444 marlin with a 23" MGM heavy factory barrel, leopuld 3-9x and a laminate high plains gunstock with a limbsaver pad. it takes a 280gr wfn gc and a load of h4198. when i first had it, it had a tc flex tech stock. it was horrible. my guess, it was too lite. when i got my first high plains gunstock, recoil was there, unlike the flex tech. 


www.highplainsgunstocks.com/stock-styles.html

mine is a factory style stock.

[akray]

I had an Encore with MGM barrel in 500 S&W and it is the only rifle that gave me a magnum eyebrow. It also battered the threads for the screws that hold the forend on. I hope whoever bought it from me is having good luck with it. A 500 Linebaugh probably won't kick as much but will probably still be a thumper.