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The Dirty Thirty

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20 May 2022, 21:51
xphunter
The Dirty Thirty
This is BCG 308 Winchester XP-100, using a Remington Take-Off 308 Winchester barrel chopped to 15.8" Holland's Radial Baffle Brake, Leupold Mark IV 4.5-15, McMillan stock, and a factory trigger.



Video Below: Factory TAP with 168 A-Max.
Reloads: 1x fired Hornady Match 308 Win brass, CCI primer, H-4895, 155 A-Max at 2720 fps.
Groups were at 100 yards.


The last 3-shot group was by Dan Ekstrom, with his MagnetoSpeed attached and the group size was close to mine. This XP-100 shoots great!
Next up is doing some drop confirmations at distance.
Impact velocities will allow me to kill out to mid-range distances. Impact velocity at 550 yards should just a tad over 1800 fps.
It will be used for my personal enjoyment and hunting, but will also be a loaner XP-100 for WY-SHOT.
In The Video, I am shooting some older TAP 168 ammunition, so we could set up the resize die properly.
Video:
https://youtu.be/yic2ze1j5Yg


Ernie



22 May 2022, 07:00
Brian Canada
Ernie,

Awesome shooting! Accurate XP100!

Good job, Brian


IHMSA BC Provincial Champion and Perfect 40 Score, Unlimited Category, AAA Class.
08 June 2022, 23:24
xphunter
Sunday afternoon I went out with a couple of guys from church. One needed to do load development and chronographing and the other one wanted me to chronograph a couple of guns with my Labradar. I wanted to do some drop confirmations with the Dirty Thirty/308 Winchester. We had winds from the north west, which was a quartering headwind for us. I was shooting to the north. After the guys got all of their stuff done, Glen spotted for me while I started doing some drop confirmations. The quartering headwind noticeably pushed my bullets down as I extended distances, but I still had fun.
Even at 300 yards it took me more elevation to hit my target, then it should’ve. By 400 yards I had a sense of how much I should add at 500 yards. At 500 yards my first shot at the 10-inch diamond target was close to a center hit.


The 5-inch square target to the right was hit by a guy shooting a 7mm SAUM rifle with 195 Berger’s.
I did drop confirmations out to 800 yards, but with wind continuing to pick up, I stop there. We shot Glenn’s 41 magnum Smith & Wesson revolver, and had some fun. I decided I wanted to shoot one more shot with my 308 Winchester XP. I picked the upper right small dot on the big rectangular target at 500 yards.


It always feels good, when you just have a sense of what it should be and you are right, and the shot is very close to where you were aiming at a mid-range distance.


Ernie



24 June 2022, 23:42
crbutler
Great shooting!

I always thought the “dirty thirty” was a slang name for the .30-30 though…
25 June 2022, 00:00
xphunter
quote:
Originally posted by crbutler:
Great shooting!

I always thought the “dirty thirty” was a slang name for the .30-30 though…


I have learned that too through this thread.


Ernie



06 July 2022, 02:06
ZekeShikar
quote:
Originally posted by crbutler:
Great shooting!

I always thought the “dirty thirty” was a slang name for the .30-30 though…


Me too but I'm in the camp of "a guy can call his own stuff what he wants". haha

Ernie,
Very fine shooting hand-rifle and you certainly know how to do your part too!
Well done, sir.

Zeke
25 September 2022, 17:54
Bill/Oregon
That's just a spectacular handgun Ernie. And you obviously know how to get the most from it.


There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
– John Green, author
25 September 2022, 18:15
xphunter
I sure do enjoy it-Thanks!


Ernie



27 September 2022, 23:17
Brian Canada
Yes, Wonderful handgun. Thanks for the info and photos! Brian


IHMSA BC Provincial Champion and Perfect 40 Score, Unlimited Category, AAA Class.
28 September 2022, 00:49
xphunter
You are welcome. shot it out to 500 yards earlier this morning on 10" steel, check drops.
Big game season starts soon.


Ernie