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Have a 7mm tang safety that I couldn't get zeroed in. Took it apart to float barrel and found the front sling stud was too long and was actually pushing the barrel up. Floated the barrel, cut the stud, hand loaded ammo. Shoots Barnes 140 ttsx .075" jump less than 2 inch groups @ 200 yds...

Update, got back from my elk hunt was fortunate to shoot a 4x4 using TTSX bullets and I must say they worked flawlessly. The bull was about 75 yds away first shot was behind the shoulder and spun him around and was facing me straight on, the next shot was right in the base of the neck which...

Found some TTSX on Midway's site so I ordered a couple of boxes, guess it's never too late to load a few up and see how they shoot. Peace of mind is everything and the reviews are all good. If they work out I can always pull the ones I've loaded.

Yup same thing here, finally did find some Hornady brass, then used almost all of the Federal primers I had. Rolling your own is definitely addicting and worth it when you see the results, wish I would 've started earlier.

I learned a lot about accuracy issues and what to look for( free floating barrels, bedding the action, pillars), plus this was my first time getting into handloading. Wish I would have gotten into handloading sooner, but that's the way it goes. It's definitely something I can pass along to my...

Some of the older M77's had more accurate barrels compared to the later ones built. At least that's what I've been told. Like i said I was working up handloads because factory loads didn't give me accuracy I wanted. With handloads I can customize powder, bullet and seating depth. My rifle...

Staying with what I got, happy with the groups. Shot 200 yds and the groups are very acceptable. Staying with the TSX. Thanks for all the input.

Not complaining, just seems opposite of what should happen. Probably operator error. Thanks for the replies. I'm going to the basement to load rounds for out west.

When I shot yesterday I was using my lead sled. My first shots (3) with cold barrel were from 100 yds group was about 1 1/4". Then I stretched it out to 200 yds and the group 6 shots warm barrel was around an 1". I'm not complaining just seemed kinda weird, I'd expect the opposite to happen.

Started during load development. I bought the rifle used and didn't shoot factory load started to look into problems, floated the barrel and trimmed the front sling stud so it isn't pushing on the barrel. That all helped now when I'm shooting in the summer if the barrel is hot to the touch...

Worked up a load I like and is accurate. Shooting Barnes TSX 150 gr with 58.9 gr IMR 4350 powder lit up with Federal 215m primer. Question is my first couple of shots are ok, but as the barrel warms up it shoots a better group. I let the gun sit between shots so the barrel isn't hot. I did...

Got the group down to a half inch. So far seems to like 59 gr of IMR 4350 pushing a Nosler partition 150 gr bullet. Concentrating on load development now. Looking at seating depth and amount of powder and maybe different glass. Going to leave the recoil lug alone, I didn't glass bed it...

Don't know yet, I'm working up loads. Loaded some imr 4350 and imr 4831sc. This is a work in progress.

Loaded up some 150 nosler to take out and try, hopefully Monday.

Littlebluetruck that thread is great. Took me two days to get through it. Lot of great info. Bell and Carlson doesn't make stocks for the older M 77 tang safety and don't have any. Just going to keep going with what I got.