I noticed a add from Bruno today that they got some new Lapua brass in stock.
Well I have found a few powders testing at home that shot lights out but they failed miserably at a match. That's all I'm saying Mike. I know you don't shoot the same cartridges that I do, even thought my 30 Gorilla is the same as the 30 Major other than the shoulder angle but I gave up on that cartridge because I couldn't get anywhere near the same results that I could get with the 30BR.
That's too bad Jim. I've had pretty good luck doing what I do.
Well Dean Breeden years ago tried a version of it called the 30RCH, which stood for Red C Hair. Don't ask me why he called it that but him and Dave Apple tried and tried and it wouldn't work for Dean either. As both of us know he is the best pure short range score shooter that I know and for him not to be able to get it going well there is something wrong somewhere. He scrapped it and when I told him I was picking up a rifle chambered in a similar cartridge he said don't waste your time. Well I tried to prove him wrong again and I tried and tried but again he was right. I won a handful of 100 yard aggs with it but to me, I never shot more than 21 x's with it and to me it doesn't have the HP to push the bullets at the speed I'm looking for at 2 or 300 yards. To me it wasn't so much a waste of time or money, it was a learning experience. IMO it doesn't come close to a 30BR as far as consistency and performance goes. I know like 2 people who use the 30 Grendal in some form and I'm not impressed with it's performance. To each is own.
Jim, I get it. You didn't have much success with your version. No problem, but I have. Dean's a great guy and I'm not taking anything away from him but I've made it work well for me. I've said it before but it needs saying again...I shoot what I feel gives me the best chance of winning. If I thought a 30BR gave me a better chance, I'd be shooting one before the end of today. It's not like I haven't had several of both, Jim. Hell, I was probably the first person to test the Grendel case as a 30 and I very likely have more experience with it than anyone else. Maybe that testing in the yard helped but I have beaten more 30BRs with it than not. That's just a fact. Not bragging, just the truth. It has always been very competitive for me. The horse is dead already buddy. You do you and stop telling me what I happen to do well with will never work. I like it. You don't have to. I'm back to shooting it more of late. I think I won the first match and 2nd in the next. I struggled the last two matches but guess what. I also struggled with my 6mm at those same matches, so it wasn't the gun. I'm on the fence right now as to whether I'll shoot the UBR nats in Unlimited with the 30 or with the 6. They're both good enough to get it done if I do my part. It's a good problem to have, deciding between two bbls that I think can both win a nationals.
No I'm glad it's worked for you as much as it has. I wish I could of said the same about mine to you.
FWIW, It's been a while since I shot an IBS match. I looked up my last match and I won the 100. It was the year Richard Sissel set the record with his hot ABC bbl. Richard won the grand without winning a yardage, but he shot very well. I was not a member so my scores were listed at the bottom but by the scores, I won a 5 way tie by creedmoor. It was a 100/200/300 yard night shoot. I dropped a point(barely) at 200 and that put me down the list at 200. The 300 was a crapshoot, as a storm came through that took targets and backers away and we ran out of light. Couldn't see bullet holes and could barely see the targets at all. We were supposed to be finished with the 300 yard before it got dark on the last day. The 100 and 200 were under lights but they weren't set up for 300 at all. My friend Mike Niblett was on pace to set a record.
Yes, components make it tough to do as much testing, or just shooting, as I'd like right now.
No need to apologize. It was my bad not yours. Richard set the records in 2018. Your talking about that 2017 night shoot at Buckcreek near the end of May if I remember correctly.
Yep, that's the one.
Your good for about 900 rounds, just roll with it. If BCR ends up with some SW Precision or Match buy it and you'll have good back up powders.
