Austad's rifle
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slamdunk
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Well i can't speak for Denny, but i have been on quite a few deer hunts with him and have seen his handy work.
Unless he has changed something, his "Austads" are Weatherby cases that have been stretched by shortening the long neck of the Norma brass to give him more powder capacity.
In short, they are Weatherby's on steroids. Lol
His .257 Austad has some scary ballistics, and i know his cartridges out shoot the Lazzeroni's.
Not sure what he killed Spider with, but he always used his .300 Austad when i was on the mountain with him.
I was totally shocked to hear he missed a shot on spider earlier on the hunt....Denny just doesn't miss. ;-)
Unless he has changed something, his "Austads" are Weatherby cases that have been stretched by shortening the long neck of the Norma brass to give him more powder capacity.
In short, they are Weatherby's on steroids. Lol
His .257 Austad has some scary ballistics, and i know his cartridges out shoot the Lazzeroni's.
Not sure what he killed Spider with, but he always used his .300 Austad when i was on the mountain with him.
I was totally shocked to hear he missed a shot on spider earlier on the hunt....Denny just doesn't miss. ;-)
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Well i can't speak for Denny, but i have been on quite a few deer hunts with him and have seen his handy work.
Unless he has changed something, his "Austads" are Weatherby cases that have been stretched by shortening the long neck of the Norma brass to give him more powder capacity.
In short, they are Weatherby's on steroids. Lol
His .257 Austad has some scary ballistics, and i know his cartridges out shoot the Lazzeroni's.
Not sure what he killed Spider with, but he always used his .300 Austad when i was on the mountain with him.
I was totally shocked to hear he missed a shot on spider earlier on the hunt....Denny just doesn't miss. ;-)
Unless he has changed something, his "Austads" are Weatherby cases that have been stretched by shortening the long neck of the Norma brass to give him more powder capacity.
In short, they are Weatherby's on steroids. Lol
His .257 Austad has some scary ballistics, and i know his cartridges out shoot the Lazzeroni's.
Not sure what he killed Spider with, but he always used his .300 Austad when i was on the mountain with him.
I was totally shocked to hear he missed a shot on spider earlier on the hunt....Denny just doesn't miss. ;-)
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The word on the streets is it was a .30 cal of his own make.
one_dryboot
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The word on the streets is it was a .30 cal of his own make.
completesportsman
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So sounds kinda like it is a 300 Weatherby that is Ackley improved?
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completesportsman
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So sounds kinda like it is a 300 Weatherby that is Ackley improved?
GO HEELS!
GO HEELS!
completesportsman
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-24-09 AT 11:21AM (MST)[p]I have no idea, LOL! By improving an already improved!
I'm just meant that was kind of how it sounded from slamdunk's description.
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I'm just meant that was kind of how it sounded from slamdunk's description.
GO HEELS!
completesportsman
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-24-09 AT 11:21AM (MST)[p]I have no idea, LOL! By improving an already improved!
I'm just meant that was kind of how it sounded from slamdunk's description.
GO HEELS!
I'm just meant that was kind of how it sounded from slamdunk's description.
GO HEELS!
I have some "hardway improved" cases layin around if anyones interested. I create them by getting too much lube on the shoulders. Makes neat little dimples on the shoulder.
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"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
I have some "hardway improved" cases layin around if anyones interested. I create them by getting too much lube on the shoulders. Makes neat little dimples on the shoulder.
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
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I'm having a tough time seeing an improved Weatherby outshooting a Lazzeroni. Seems it just wouldn't have the capacity that the Warbird has, seeing that its a larger diameter. Lots of people claim to hit 3500 with a 180 out of other guns, but the Warbird is the only I have ever seen do it over a chrony with a 26" barrel.
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I'm having a tough time seeing an improved Weatherby outshooting a Lazzeroni. Seems it just wouldn't have the capacity that the Warbird has, seeing that its a larger diameter. Lots of people claim to hit 3500 with a 180 out of other guns, but the Warbird is the only I have ever seen do it over a chrony with a 26" barrel.
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It has been at least 6 or so years since i was last with Denny, but his .300 was NOT the .378 case at that time....very well could be now. He did mention he was working on his own version of a .30-378.
He also had a "7MM Austad" that if i'm thinking correctly, was the .300 case necked down to .284 instead of the shorter 7mm wby mag case.
Again, neck shortened, case stretched and Weatherby's famous rounded shoulder more tapered to his own personal specs.
As far as i know, Denny is still part of Barnes Bullets pro staff and shoots their bullets exclusively.
Denny also has his own underground tunnel where he tests and crony's everything so it gives more accurate readings than an outdoors enviroment.
He also had a "7MM Austad" that if i'm thinking correctly, was the .300 case necked down to .284 instead of the shorter 7mm wby mag case.
Again, neck shortened, case stretched and Weatherby's famous rounded shoulder more tapered to his own personal specs.
As far as i know, Denny is still part of Barnes Bullets pro staff and shoots their bullets exclusively.
Denny also has his own underground tunnel where he tests and crony's everything so it gives more accurate readings than an outdoors enviroment.
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It has been at least 6 or so years since i was last with Denny, but his .300 was NOT the .378 case at that time....very well could be now. He did mention he was working on his own version of a .30-378.
He also had a "7MM Austad" that if i'm thinking correctly, was the .300 case necked down to .284 instead of the shorter 7mm wby mag case.
Again, neck shortened, case stretched and Weatherby's famous rounded shoulder more tapered to his own personal specs.
As far as i know, Denny is still part of Barnes Bullets pro staff and shoots their bullets exclusively.
Denny also has his own underground tunnel where he tests and crony's everything so it gives more accurate readings than an outdoors enviroment.
He also had a "7MM Austad" that if i'm thinking correctly, was the .300 case necked down to .284 instead of the shorter 7mm wby mag case.
Again, neck shortened, case stretched and Weatherby's famous rounded shoulder more tapered to his own personal specs.
As far as i know, Denny is still part of Barnes Bullets pro staff and shoots their bullets exclusively.
Denny also has his own underground tunnel where he tests and crony's everything so it gives more accurate readings than an outdoors enviroment.
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Tony: I shoot a 300 Ackley Improved constructed by my father. For whatever reason, it is equipped with a 22 inch barrel. Our handloads out of the 22 inch barrel with a 180 chrony at 3350. I suspect that if we installed a 26 inch barrel and played with the loads a bit, we could approach 3500. I doubt we could quite get there, though.
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hogliver
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Tony: I shoot a 300 Ackley Improved constructed by my father. For whatever reason, it is equipped with a 22 inch barrel. Our handloads out of the 22 inch barrel with a 180 chrony at 3350. I suspect that if we installed a 26 inch barrel and played with the loads a bit, we could approach 3500. I doubt we could quite get there, though.
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Here you go guys... 300 Austad II
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
"Denny Austad & the Spider Bull
Utah HomeEventsLinksContact UsOn the morning of Tuesday, September 30th, Doyle Moss and Team Mossback put Denny in the right place at the right time to take this magnificent trophy. He was shooting a .300 Austad II, a cartridge of his own design, loaded with 168-grain Tipped TSX?s. A quartering shot with the bullet placed slightly forward of the shoulder at just under 200 yards penetrated the length of the body, destroying both lungs and liver, anchoring the bull immediately."
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
"Denny Austad & the Spider Bull
Utah HomeEventsLinksContact UsOn the morning of Tuesday, September 30th, Doyle Moss and Team Mossback put Denny in the right place at the right time to take this magnificent trophy. He was shooting a .300 Austad II, a cartridge of his own design, loaded with 168-grain Tipped TSX?s. A quartering shot with the bullet placed slightly forward of the shoulder at just under 200 yards penetrated the length of the body, destroying both lungs and liver, anchoring the bull immediately."
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
FullCurlHunter
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Here you go guys... 300 Austad II
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
"Denny Austad & the Spider Bull
Utah HomeEventsLinksContact UsOn the morning of Tuesday, September 30th, Doyle Moss and Team Mossback put Denny in the right place at the right time to take this magnificent trophy. He was shooting a .300 Austad II, a cartridge of his own design, loaded with 168-grain Tipped TSX?s. A quartering shot with the bullet placed slightly forward of the shoulder at just under 200 yards penetrated the length of the body, destroying both lungs and liver, anchoring the bull immediately."
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
"Denny Austad & the Spider Bull
Utah HomeEventsLinksContact UsOn the morning of Tuesday, September 30th, Doyle Moss and Team Mossback put Denny in the right place at the right time to take this magnificent trophy. He was shooting a .300 Austad II, a cartridge of his own design, loaded with 168-grain Tipped TSX?s. A quartering shot with the bullet placed slightly forward of the shoulder at just under 200 yards penetrated the length of the body, destroying both lungs and liver, anchoring the bull immediately."
http://www.clymersultra.com/clymer_ultra_015.htm
