Well I like guns so there is the problem? For the hunting you are talking about if recoil isn't a big problem?
338 rum, 338 win, 300 rum!, 300 win or 7mm. All of these will reach way out there, the rum's have some wow factor. However I have a good friend in AK that has killed all the big...
I use both 180 NPT and NAB. They shoot great but have never been able to get the velocity advertised, however the animals cant tell. They seem to like the load on the heavy side right at Max.
Well this year we have done some shooting at my house, we killed two elk and 1 deer. We used 3 different rifles and 3 different calibers. The first elk succumbed to a 338 rum 250g NPT at 500+ yards I shot him he stayed up and took 3 more before falling over. the second elk my wife shot at 375...
I have been shooting this load in the 270 win for about 20 years. It is a Remington 700 BDL stainless synthetic, pre SPS, it has been an incredible shooter. I have a 300win of the same generation and it is an incredible shooter as well. I see no reason that a 270 win cant be a 700-800 yard gun...
The wife dumped Cow elk at 378 on the range finder last Wednesday night with a 130g NPT, 59g of H4831sc a Federal LR mag match primer and Remington brass. It dropped stood back up and was then shot again threw the lungs and then expired, and yes both bullets went threw the lungs and exited. The...
Hodgdon Powder Company developed the following reduced loads for use on deer and similarly sized game animals. The bullets chosen were originally designed for single shot pistols and their lower velocities. These rifle loads have been developed to closely approximate those pistol velocities...
Thanks Mike I could not be prouder of her. We watched it slipping through the pines and I cold barley contain my self. I did not want to let on how big this thing was she really did a great job I wish I had her happy dance on video as she was jumping around saying I got him.
Jon
My 12 year old daughter pulled it off, her first deer a 5X5 mule deer with a lot of junk around the eye guards that make it an 8x7 if you count the stuff over one inch. I could not be prouder of her, and the way she handled her self. I had buck fever because I knew what I was looking at. He...
Thanks for all the input, can you guys share your 120g NBT data with me working it up now I am using imr 4350 44.5 and 45g right now. .055off the lands with mediocre groups. its my daughters gun but I love it.
Jon