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That is my thought as well. We'll see in a few days time.

I never crimped bullets, you'll never have an issue in the BLR with bullets moving under recoil. You can ignore any cannelure and seat them out farther if you need to.

I would look at something that is a 2 X on the low end. I found any less and you can see your barrel in the scope which is annoying. 2-7 power scopes are perfect for what you want but are hard to find these days. Burris or the higher end Bushnell's would be good, maybe Trijicon makes something...

Heard lots of good things about that bullet, that looks very good. I have used the 130 gr 6.5 mm HPBT and it did very well too. Congratulations on the deer.

Seems like a great all around bullet for your 8x57 for anything from deer to moose. What do you estimate the impact velocity would have been?

They are a great bullet for the smaller 35 cal cartridges. I took a black bear with them in the BLR 358 Win and it worked very well.

Thanks DrMike, I sent you a PM for that info.

I used the 61.5 gr of Retumbo with the 170 gr Ballistic Tip load from earlier in this thread to take this beautiful bull on Monday evening. The details of the hunt are in the 2024 Hunting thread. The rifle is off to a great start!

Some of you may remember that my wife and I moved this last spring from the Skeena valley down to the southern interior near Shuswap lake. We are able to get a shared moose draw near our new home. A new friend from church took me to a place where there are quite a few moose and we were able to...

Beautiful bull congratulations! The 8x57 and 8mm-06 strike again.

Awesome trip congratulations!

I tried IMR 3031, IMR 8208 and H 4895 in the 358 Win with 200's, IMR 3031 was best for me. I would just try the powders you have mentioned already and you'll probably find something good. H 4198 sounds like an excellent option. I liked the 200 gr Sierra best and took one bear with them. Any of...

I took deer, sheep, bear and moose with them. They have a very thick jacket so even if the core comes out there is quite a bit left.

Good luck, hope it turns out well for you. Maybe you'll have your 160 gr HHT load ready by then.

I really liked the 358 225 BT as well and wish they would bring it back.

Hope you keep us up to date. Haven't tried the Hammer's yet but have heard great things about them. I just moved from the Skeena valley this spring to the Shuswap. Just starting to explore this new area now. Too bad about the moose draw, hopefully next time they will cooperate. Hopefully you...

Welcome from another BC boy and 6.8 Western shooter. Nosler doesn't have any data that I'm aware of but Hodgdon does as I'm sure you are aware. They have 165 gr ABLR data but for the 170 gr Ballistic Tip I've worked up slowly using their data for the 170 gr Berger and 175 gr Sierra TGK. In my...

You're putting up some really nice rifles, all three are beauties.

That's a good start. You should be able to get a fair bit more speed. From what I have read it looks like you won't get as much speed with H 4831 sc as the slower burning powders but the accuracy is usually excellent. I'll have to try it in mine with the 170 gr BT.

Welcome. I haven't used that exact combination but I'm sure others here have. I believe they are usually tougher than that and it may just have been an anomaly.