hotrod180
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Port Townsend, WA
Ill have to stop in next time i have some spraying in sturgis. Been kind of interested in goin ackley on my 280 xbolt medallion also.
FWIW I had a short-action model 70 carbine rebarrelled to 250-3000 Ackley about 20 years ago.
My favorite uncle had two different single-shots chambered in 30-40 Ackley and I just had to have an Ackley.
Mine shoots well, but only 100-150fps more MV than you can get out of a standard 250-3000.
Minuses: you have to handload.
You can shoot standard 250-3000 rounds, in fact that's how you fireform cases, but you lose velocity.
About the same amount that the wildcat gives you (100-150fps).
Also, I discovered that the magazine holds one fewer of the fatter,steeper shoulder Ackley rounds.
Because of that steep shsoulder, the Ackley round also doesn't feed as well out of the magazine.
If you get a little bit of buck fever going on, it's not hard to get a jam throwing the bolt for a quick second shot.
With everything said & done, I kinda wished that I'd just stuck with the standard factory cartridge.