I started working with the 220 Speer in my 358 Win and I found a load that shoots really good and while I have not chrono'd it yet that shoulder test shows good speed also.
Ruger Hawkeye 358 Win 22" barrel
WW Brass
WLR Primer
Speer 220 .358" FP
IMR 3031 - 47.5grs
No weird signs, heavy...
Be careful with the 95gr SST on anything fairly close or any bone, explosive is an understatement from what I have seen from them.
Not sure what Bergers you are spinning but the 105 Hornady BTSP runs in my 1:9.125" Remington in hot or cold weather. They are a touch shorter than a lot of the...
The howa rifles I have seen are all accurate and reliable guns.
The ruger compacts are nice and rugers are good shooters.
It will be hard to find a wood stock in youth size.
I know it's not on your list but a Marlin 336Y is hard to beat in 30/30 for the young ones. Short, light, reliable...
I don't post a whole lot but here is my contribution to 2014
11-15-14 about 5:40 in the evening, you can see the entrance about halfway up, 140lbs live weight doe. Not the best pic but I was on the tail end of food poisoning so it was see, shoot, find, load, leave. lol
T/C Encore .50 cal...
I use them with the 130 ttsx in my /06's, 35 rem, 45/70, 44 mag, 357 mag and a couple more.
If you use the carbide pistol ones and you shoot over sized cast bullets knock that sizer ring out of there to prevent it from resizing your bullets.
2 medalists for me, one on a Model 70 7wsm and the other on a Mark V 300Wby. Both required bedding, especially the Model 70, both are great stocks and worth it. I bed all my rifles anyway so it was no big deal. Stocky's was running a sale on them.
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Killed my 1st deer with a TC Thunderhawk Carbine w/thumbhole stock.
If it's fairly rough I would go to the auto parts store and get some valve grinding compound, make 20 or so passes, clean it and then go to jb bore paste. I use valve grinding compound to lap revolver barrels and polish...
I am a 6.5mm fan but the more I shoot my 6's the more I like them. I would probably go 243 AI or even a 6mm AI twisted tight for 105's and 115's.
I may have just gotten lucky but both my 243's are the easiest rifles I have to find a load for.
But then there is the 6.5 SAUM that seems to...
Looks good
I know with mine the harder I pushed them the better they shot. Going from 44grs of H4831 to 45.2grs H4831 cut groups from almost 2" for 3 shots to .7" for 5 shots.
I think you will really like those as hunting bullets.
I loaded up some 105 Match Burners for my .243 win Rem 700 ADL to rezero everything after a paint job. Groups were good, right around .5" for 3 shots @ 100yds. I had 1 round left and I had one milk jug and a pair of 2 gallon jugs filled up with water to see how it would do against something...