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I recently purchased on Gunbroker an older red pad Ruger No. one rifle with a shorty 20 inch barrel, full mannlicher style stock topped off with an equally old Weaver 4.5 V scope. I have an extra Leupold VX II in 2x7 that I will put on it I don't like the weaver. I am at my Hunting Lodge is...

I used to have a 257 weatherby mag very similar to the 25/06. I sold the Weatherby a few years ago. The older I get the less recoil I want. I bought a 308 encore barrel for me and a 243 for my son when de was 14. Now he has muscled the 308 from me and I use the 243, that's if I am not...

I built a Thompson 50 cal Hawken from a kit in 1974. Shot a bunch of does up close and personal with round balls back in the day. Now I use my Encore shooting 245 gr powerbelts and 100 grains of Blackhorn. I still have the Hawken and enjoy shooting it but for hunting I use the encore. Love...

You guys have me all stirred up. I bought a 2nd hand Encore rifle barrel made by MGM today, ordered 40 pieces of Norma brass, will buy the 140 partitions and powder when I get back to VA from Uruguay. I had 12 Axis Deer swim across the river and take of residence on my ranch. Two are nice...

I have been working in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay for 34 years. Lots and lots of the old argentine mausers floating around down here. If I ever decide to buy one, I will keep it in the 7mm argentine round. They have great ballistics as they are.

Pretty sure my encore 22 hornet is 1 in 12 twist. A buddy at my shooting club in Paraguay bugs me to bring him the heavier .223 caliber bullets that he uses both in his .223 rem and 22 hornet reloads. He shoots pretty good with the 50's and 55's and even 60's but the lighter bullets do better...

SSK, MGM, EA Brown barrels are 1 in 8 twist. My Thompson Center barrels are 1 in 10. All shoot 125 and 150 gr nosler BT's great. The SSK and MGM barrels with the faster twist are needed to keep the big 220-240 gr bullets stable and not touching the baffles on a suppressor. If I had it to...

I hunt whitetails in VA with a 300 whisper. Fun round developed years ago by JD Jones at SSK. I load supersonic 125 gr Nos BT around 2400 fps using H110 and Subsonic 1050 fps using N110. For Subsonic deer hunting I use 220 gr Sierra MatchKings or 225 gr Outlaw State Bullets, (ouch, $1.25...

Thanks for the welcome Scotty. I forgot to mention something. A buddy that has been loading 22 Hornets for years told me to use small pistol primers. Its the only primer I have ever used for a hornet. My loads of H110 pushing every bullet from 35-45 grain are plenty accurate for my needs...

I also like IMR 4350 with the Partitions. As far as killing deer, The 243 does the trick. 40 years ago when I was in High School my Biology Teacher hunted with my brother and I at our place in VA. He was a deer killing neck shooting machine. I have shot a .308 for years. I bought a .243...

I have had good luck with 40 gr Nos BT's and H110 powder. I shoot hundred's of european hares and foxes at my hunting lodge in Uruguay every year. Sorry, I can't remember the powder charge as I am in Uruguay and the reloading book is at my house in VA. I shoot a single shot encore with a 3x9...

300 whisper 125 bt at 2400 fps pass thru the lungs of a 6 point buck. Left plenty of blood to track in the snow.

The 125 BT has been my go to bullet for a 300 whisper and plenty of deer taken loaded to 2400 fps. I have been loading 150 BT for the .308 but think I need to try some 125's. Thanks to everyone that has responded.