Recent content by Aussie Wanderer

I know nickel is easier to find in the bush compared to standard brass.

I was gonna be a smartass and say you now have a 7mm08…but damn, that is super impressive. I would not have guessed that in a million years.

I found H4350 works great in the 280ai with 150 grain class projectiles.

Good luck with all that Paul. Hope the Doc gives you good news. I think with today’s bullets calibre is possibly less important for many game animals than it used to be when bullets were less reliable. If I had to shoot my 260 for the rest of my life, there would still be a pile of critters at...

That’s AUD. Crazy hey.

Tack I retired my 7mmRM this year too after 30 plus years of faithful service. The 98 action still rough as guts compared to today’s actions but it never missed a beat. Over that time it wore 2 bell and Carlson stocks, and like you it was fed a diet of mainly 150nbt’s and not once did they let...

Thanks Firebird, much appreciated. Do you know what sort of velocity you are achieving?

I have 500 of the projectiles so figure may as well work up a load for them. Will be fun learning a new load…hopefully.

Do you think varget would be better re the extra weight when compared to the 55’s?

Thank you Mike

Hi Guys, I have been running a load with 55 grain projectiles which have been very accurate for me. The little 223 is a cartridge I am looking to get to know a little better, it is such a fun little round. With the 64 grain sierra gamechangers, I suspect varget will work well, have H4350 but...

Big thumpers

The 215grain SGK is an under rated bullet in my opinion for the 338. Far from being a sexy “modern” projectile, but at the velocities most 338’s shoot, they just seem to work. A good balance between hardness and expansion and have never seen one just pencil through an animal. So many nice...

For 55 grain bullets we had one rifle that liked 34, the other 35 grains of varget. We predominantly used SGK‘s and NBT’s. Didn’t seem to make a difference either way.

Interesting the small gains at the higher pressures, I would have expected more, particularly going from 58,000 to 65,000psi. Maybe 70fps which is literally nothing in the real world for hunting or targets, but I bet the brass feels it.