plant_one,
Sorry about being so sensitive with your reply as I was having a rough day. Scope killer info was good excuse for new scope and rings
. I didn't want to shake up Swift scope as I wanted to put back on rifle I borrowed it from. I understand what you were saying about the quality of some scopes. If people could wait and save their hard earned money, they then could purchase a better quality scope. My nephew and I will be going to the range today. I took the muzzle brake off of the 450 BM to see what the recoil is like and I don't like the added noise. Will see if it can kill the Leupold ha ha.
Al in Mi,
Thanks for the welcome. I just finished ordering dies, bullets and brass for reloading the 450 BM. Will be checking velocity of Black factory rounds today. Will be tinkering with the three different weight Hornady FTX bullets to see what my rifle likes the best. When I do, I'll send the info into Leupold so they can make me the correct turret for that load.
I'm still looking for load data for these three bullets fired in a bolt action rifle with a 1 in 16 twist. If anyone reading this post has any that you have not posted here already, I would sure appreciate you sharing them with me.