Recent content by ReloadKy

Brian, my brother and I have had some decent results with the SST. My wife killed a buck with a neck shot out of 243 using 95gr SST. My brother tried the 130 SST in my nephew's 270. Ended up taking two bucks with the load. One buck ran 30 yards and died and the other ran about 75 yards with an...

I too have tried to work up a load for 180 e tip in 30-06. Could not get them to group worth a darn. Got tired of messing with them and left them on the shelf with 15-20 bullets left in the box.

I do not have quickload but Hodgon reloading data suggest starting charge of 57 grains with a max charge of 61.6 grains for a 150 grain hornady bullet. I am betting if you stay within those parameters you will be fine.

Worked up the first reloads for the new rifle. 39gr of IMR 4895 and a 120gr Nosler Ballistic Tip produced the 4 shot group in the picture. Velocity was 2810. The recoil was darn near non-existent with the suppressor on the rifle. This is one of the best groups that I have ever shot. I am super...

I can get 3100+ fps out of my 308 with TAC or BL-C2 and get excellent accuracy using the 130 TTSX.

I have shot 2 deer with a 308, both were bucks with shot distances at around 80 yards. I used Barnes 130 TTSX. One buck ran 15 yards with complete pass thru and excellent blood trail. The other buck DRT with the bullet traveling through both shoulders and sticking out of the hide on the opposite...

I hear ya! Yesterday was the first shooting I have done in months. My job and the kids sports schedules are keeping me super busy. Heck I need to cook up reloads so I have some stuff to test out.

So I had a Ruger American 243 (different rifle than I originally posted on) that buddy wanted for his son. I sold him the scoped rifle and 3 boxes of ammo for $400. I had my daughter's savage axis 6.5 CM that I did originally post about and took that rifle and traded it in to buy a Ruger...

The 120 Nosler BT with 43 gr of H4895 has accounted for several deer in my freezer and a couple on the wall!

H4895 with 120 gr pills is the easy button for my 7-08!

Thanks to all for the suggestions!

Brian, you are trying to get me in hot water with the wifey!!!

The 6.5 is actually my daughters rifle. The 243 was my son's first rifle that he started shooting when he was 5. Both of my kids have shot both rifles. I just want to take one of the rifles and set it up to only hunt in that blind.

Yes we keep ear muffs in the blind during gun season to muffle the blast. The enclosed blind is terrible for noise when shooting a rifle.

I have a home made elevated box blind that my kids and I hunt out of. We bow hunt a lot out of it but when gun season is in we are taking a rifle. Between my brothers kids and mine we took 4 deer out of the blind, 3 of which were by rifle. We learned a lot as it was our first year hunting out of...