Are you broke?

Here's a thought:

http://www.remington.com/produ...e/managed-Recoil.asp


- 20 brass is great. Who needs 50?
- shoot 1, clean, shoot 1 clean etc. without worrying about recoil
- rough site in scope using each cleaning shot
- 5 rounds gone( on paper now )
- 5 rounds shoot then clean( near bull's eye now )
- 10 rounds left to do final zero. 5" high at 100 yards would probably be a good place.
- Now load expensive premium bullets using once fired factory brass. Fine tune zero while finding accurate load.
- If bought magnum, then got a chance to shoot its first few shots relaxed and this will produce a good first impression and no flinch response associated with that particular rifle.

yeah, I guess downloading and going to a lighter bullet will cut recoil. Eventually, you drop to 22hornet level...

Rich

My Gawd!!!!Wotinell's next????
Bear in Fairbanks

my favorite line of the ad was "...out to 200 yards...". My 22 Hornet WILL match that yardage.
Next up: rubber projectiles using primer only.

Rich

Post misunderstood:

Buying "managed recoil" 20 rounds only to break in barrel and sight in scope. Then use that brass to use full power loads with premium bullets.

ALL ammo is "managed recoil." Some manages to get a bit more, some a bit less!

Jim C, also, some manage it better and some don't. That's why you see long threads about what is the best muzzle brake to put on a .243, etc.

Now that I understand the post

I always buy new brass, never factory ammo except sometimes just to see what it does.

when I start with a new barrel I start with the brass, powder, primer and bullet I want to use.

Federal makes reduced recoil ammo...

The wife and I have killed deer and pigs with it in 30/06, 170 gr bullets...

My Nephew and I have killed several deer and pigs and he has killed a turkey, with Remington Reduced Recoil ammo in 308 with the 125gr bullet.

Both of these loads have worked very good.

quote:

Originally posted by ar corey:
Post misunderstood:

Buying "managed recoil" 20 rounds only to break in barrel and sight in scope. Then use that brass to use full power loads with premium bullets.

I will stick to buying 50/100 new pcs. of brass and rolling my own cheap rounds....besides I like to shoot more than 20 rounds down the tube of a new rifle before I call her broke in. anyway.

Well corey...

you and I are in the minority..

I always start a new barrel off at the range with much lighter hand loads..

I take 3 lots of brass in a group of 10 each...

Remington's Managed Recoil loads are selling well enough evidently, that they have not dropped them...

handloading, I have often seen the logic of :' "why do I need a 500 yd load to take an animal at less than 200 yds?"

if I did, then I load it...but the need is seldom there..

for elk hunting this year, I was mainly carrying a lowly 7 x 57 with a 160 grain Mag Tip...