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My experience was updated last night. But backing up a bit first to your question. ELD-X are the most accurate out of the box or in my reloads. I've taken deer w/ all the Hornady offerings and it has always been adequate. I kept switching bullets b/c I never got the performance I wanted...

I went out this evening to move my climber for the weekend (found fresh rubs). It was raining and miserable - and a long way from the truck - but it needed to be done. When I got to my climber I put it together and put it on my back. Crossing the first rise there he was. It was quite thick...

This morning I took my first deer w/ my own reload. 7mm-08. Nosler case, 43g Varget, 140g Partition. Double lunged and nicked the heart at ~115 yards. Gorgeous East TN deer.

I have taken this to the range 2x, but never had in the woods. My son wanted to go back to his laminate stock. Alas, $600 TYD. Details: Privateer, Right Handed, Short Action for Rem 700 BDL, Bbl channel is Remington Factory Sporter, Mossy Rock Carbon Fiber, Textualized forend and palm swell...

I don't recall who turned me on to Havalon 6 or 7 years ago, but it is all I carry now when hunting. Since then I have given them as thank-you gifts to anyone I hunt with who has helped me recover or process an animal. (And I think most of these folks have switched as well.) -B

Here is a thread from June that describes how I came to my own definition of accuracy. https://forum.nosler.com/threads/an-expectation-of-accuracy-and-where-i-landed.43387/#post-476732 In short, my first shot from a cold bore needs to be within 1" of POA at 200 yards. (Or .5MOA of POA I...

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/spo/d/wauconda-nosler-bullet-board/7500959094.html I came across this today and thought someone here might be interested. B

Agreed on this above. My rife like 62.2g of RL22 w/ 160g Partitions and Accubonds. Right at 3000 ft/s depending on the temp. My node goes to 62.5g. B

Bud - I can't begin to list all the help I have received off this forum after picking up both reloading and a used 7mmRM a few years ago. Here are 2 threads I keep bookmarked. Both have QL data and good insights: https://forum.nosler.com/threads/7mm-rem-mag-loads.10386/...

Ernie - I never killed a deer at more than 85 yards until 2020. Prior to 2020 I have always hunted the woods in TN. I have a 7mm-08 that I have now developed a 150g Partition load for (43g of Varget). It hits within a half inch at 100, and the second dot down on my Leupold reticle is spot on...

Yesterday I hiked up Big Frog Mountain here in Southeast TN. I bumped into 3 black bear at different spots along the 11 miles; the second made my HR jump to 176 according to my watch. He was sleeping just off the trail and I got a bit too close so that it scared us both. My dog is now too...

Until I started reloading 2 years ago, I never thought much about accuracy. If I thought about it at all it went like this: 1) get some some different Hornady loads and a box of Cor-Lokt for the season, 2) find what shot under 1", 3) set my rifle up one inch high at 100 yards, 4) repeat next...

Great thread. My first unicorn was a 16ga Browning, built on a 16 gauge frame with a schnabel forearm. Browning came out with a special run of the 525 about 5 years ago and I found my first unicorn to be a new unicorn. My second unicorn is still in the wild: an M70 featherweight in 7mmWSM...

I've just started working on another 7mmRM I bought. I too have RL-22. I loaded to Nosler's specs Saturday and with my first three shots at 200 yards using 150g Partitions I got this group moving around 3250 ft/sec: If I confirm next weekend I'll just call it good. (You also mention Ramshot...

I wish I had some great yarn to spin or a tale to tell. I'm not the best at calling these birds, nor do I understanding their habits. Mostly they mock me each weekend of the season if they talk to me at all. Alas, neither my buddy or I killed one the weekend before (opening weekend), but we...

Perfect morning... -B

My son loves cooking game. That night I think he broiled them wrapped in bacon, black beans, peppers, wild rice. From field to table in but a few hours...

Forgot to get this posted in November. Son's first pheasant. NW Iowa.

In the early 80's our small town in Tennessee had a gun club (skeet and trap) just outside the city limits. Nobody there was under the age 60. If I would come on Tuesday afternoons to pull and keep score, I was allowed to shoot for $.75 per round at the end of the day. My mom or dad would...

All - I have just begun to dial in a new 7mmRM T3x Superlight with 160g Accubonds or Partitions. Thanks to FOTIS and Dr. Mike and others, I found on other posts the QL data and such. I have worked my way up to 66.0g of RL-22 where there was a distinct accuracy node. My last 2 3-shot groups at...