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Actually beginning to wonder who Trump is in bed with. He sends massive tariffs against his allies, votes on the UN Security Council with Putin against the majority of the world, says the intelligence agencies are to stand down their cyber activity with Russia, picks a fight with Zelensky and...

The following loads all used varget and this is my go to load at present using the hornady 139sst, 42.5 grains - 2,833fps sd 10.8. Nosler 140 ballistic tip all loads were adequate for hunting with sweet spot somewhere between 42 & 42.5 grains. 41.5 grains 2,765 & 14.4sd 42 grains 2,798fps &...

I found a pack and had a play. I could get it to shoot moa but not better. However I just used the same seating depth I had for the sst’s and the interlock which it really likes. Once I burn through my stash of those I may invest more time playing with the gamechanger. There is a lot to like...

I have a couple of boxes of that projectile to try out. Thought for pig shooting they would do a great job.

I actually had the opposite experience in my 300rum where I picked up an extra 70fps by seating the 200accubond further out and improved my accuracy substantially at the same time. This was using Garmin’s little chronograph which has proven to be a good little unit in terms of consistency. I...

Good read, thanks for sharing. One of my sons has a 6.5/06 that one day may end up being a 338/06. It would round out his arsenal nicely.

Next time I go I will also give the 9.3x62 a go as well 👍

No they are generally not eaten. They make a real mess of watering holes which is pretty bad for other animals, as well as being tall, they do more damage to the flora than other animals simply due to their reach.

They are a feral animal here in Australia. Really remote locations where we hunt them. You really do have to plan extensively and build in redundancies around equipment for survivability given it is mostly desert type hunting on million acre privately owned properties. Not as smart as deer but...

I’ve only shot the 338wm and it was the rifle I grabbed when hunting camels. With a 225accubond it was lethal. A bull camel is a big animal and it wasn’t until I shot my first one that I realised just how big. The crushing plate on their chest would certainly run a mischief on you and...

I have just zero locked the scopes on a couple of rifles which means I’ve stopped playing with them for the time being and the load development and experimenting is done. It also means they are essentially field ready. The 338wm has been firing 225grain accubonds very well, but they are...

I think I would be varget, h4350, h1000 and retumbo would see me get by pretty comfortably. Like someone else said, the availability of alliant powders and their price is here is more than eye watering. At present we really don’t have a lot of choice outside of ADI powders, fortunately they make...

Guy do you know why that bullet was discontinued? Seems like a lot of trouble to make a bullet with all the set up and then drop it from your line up. Can’t imagine there was anything wrong with them.

I never really saw myself being a 7mm08 kinda guy. I had a ruger Hawkeye in 243 that I wasn’t using and the trade wasn’t worth much so I had it rebarrelled. I have found it to be such a handy cartridge and somewhat of a jack of all trades. Not excelling at any one thing but great at most. It is...

I have a speer manual as well and the loads for the 145 SPBT are really starting to get up into 280 territory. Its a reasonably old book so I have always wondered about pressures.

I christened mine on a red stag across a gully with those ftx bullets. I have mine in a marlin and that is a great little rifle to shoot. Doesn’t seem to matter what ammo it shoots. I have a bunch of 160ftx to load and really wish I could lever revolution or super performance powders here.

I think if I was using 150 grain class bullets I would run H4350 for a try. On lighter bullets I’m not sure it is fast enough with what little room you have to play with re 130 grain bullets. I am interested how it goes though, I have a number of cartridges that love H4350.

That is an an absolute ground pounder. It’s times like these when a chrono can do your head in too. I bet if I told you that group was running 2,700fps and that’s all the info you had, you’d be pretty happy.

I use the 139sst’s in my 708 and they shoot and hunt great. Reckon I am about 20 fps faster using varget, but no supply issues here getting it. In the past 12 months that combo has taken red deer, fallow deer, pigs, dogs and a hare. I have grown really fond of that little rifle. (Mine also loves...

Not legal here in Australia either, mostly because we have fairly strict bio tracking laws around meat etc for the prevention of disease being spread. Can’t sell fish either unless you’re a licensed, professional fisherman.