Recent content by JMRhino

Those are fun photos. When I saw them, it made me think of my childhood and being fascinated with handgun hunting. I asked my dad if I could hunt with his Colt 1911 .45 ACP and he wisely declined. I recall reading articles from Bob Milek (don't remember the periodical) and Larry Weishuhn in the...

I don't disagree. It may be a tad slow as I can get 3000 fps with my Barnes 120gn TTSX load out of the same rifle. It's worth mentioning that those velocities are from a 16" barreled Tikka. Once I started getting those group sizes, I stopped looking for more speed. I don't love the SD/ES numbers...

I have had really good results with Big Game in both my 7-08 w/120gn BTs and 300 WSM shooting 150 TTSX. That seems to be a pretty wide range of utility. I was averaging 3356 fps with the 150s out of a 23" barrel for the 300 WSM. I am pushing the 300 WSM pretty hard and I believe that I am at the...

Those can't be bad. I am interested in the 30 cal 165gn GameKing HPBT designed to resemble their "MatchKing" of which is my gold standard for 308 handloads. If I can't get a rifle to shoot well, I run some Federal GMM w/ Sierra MatchKings to get a good baseline. It generally shoots well in every...

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I know your questions weren't directly for me, and I don't have an opinion SST's performance on game, but I do have experience with the Sierra GK SBT in 165gn for 308 Win. All have died with rapid blood loss and very short runs. I shoot a traditional lung "behind the shoulder" shot with those...

+1 I routinely use Nosler 120 BTs in my son's (x2) and my 7-08 and they have been outstanding with eastern whitetails. In my experience, they can handle the velocity and seem to have a better terminal performance over the 140 BT and 140 AB. I have had good results with the 140s but the 120s...

I concur with this opinion... I have used both ABs and partitions. All are great projectiles but whitetails aren't that hard to kill and no real reason to spend more unless you desire and that's ok too...

I only have the "Safari II" version which doesn't have an indicator that I am aware of. Nice feature to have. Good luck.

You should be able to rotate the rifle with an empty mag well facing up and watch the bolt twist and close into battery. The bolt handle also reciprocates back and forth in the bolt; therefore, it should be in the "forward" position when the bolt is completely closed. Hope that makes sense.

That sister load (308 Win w/165gn AB) @ 2633 FPS in the above post was shot out of my chopped REM LTR. I think that is really good performance out of a 16" barrel. IMO, the 308 Win is made for short barrels. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but short barrels definitely work for me!

I lost almost exactly 200 fps (16" vs 22") with my 120gn loads. My handloads are definitely on the warm side. I am still within acceptable fps/energy parameters for whitetail out to 400 yards. Interestingly, I did seem to lose a greater ratio of FPS with a heavier bullet. For example, I loaded...

I chopped my Tikka 7-08 to 16" to accommodate a suppressor and achieved similar results with little effort.

I hunted a property in Mississippi where the landowner had a 12' high fence surrounding approximately 3000 acres within his total 10,000 acres for temporary game management with a state university and the DNR. I hunted one stand that was directly over and straddling the high fence. I observed...

If you are referring to the Barnes 130 TTSX data, I used the Barnes published data straight from their website. Generally speaking, I don't use specific load data that has been identified as "semi-auto" loads. I merely start low and work up. I estimate that I will find pressure signs before I...