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Well, they work on elk....... That is the exit on a slightly uphill 620 yard broadside shot. It blew clear through and did a fair amount of damage on its way through. There is a second shot in her and you can see the blood running out of her right on the front edge of the shoulder. After the...

When I was shooting the 140 Bt out of my 280 AI I had outstanding results with RL-17, and was over 3200 with a 24" tube. When I switched to the 140 AB however it didn't work so well in my gun. I ended up using RL22 and 7828 for the 140 AB. I have a friend that is using RL-23 with the 162 ELDX...

Guy makes a very valid point. Drop is easier to account for than wind drift. I have been fortunate enough to have been around a pile of elk killing. I have seen several elk killed with Partitions, Accubonds, TTSX, ballistic tips, and a few with the vld type bullets. I have only witnessed one...

I tried .005 to .05 off. In all fairness I didn't try any other powder besides rl-26. H4350 or rl-17 might get a chance in the future.

I think I'm done. This was 86.5 of Rl-26 on top and 87 gr of Rl-26 on the bottom. Should be around 2920 fps. Ill get some more over the chrony and down the range tomorrow. I'm pretty dang happy. Hopefully I can get on into an elk soon.

I have been running rl-26 in my wife's 26" 6CM. 48 gr gave me slight pressure signs but .3" groups with a 105 vld doing 3260. I love the speed and group size but i think the es is a bit large. Hoping to run it out further later. I might also drop down to 47.5 as it shot just as well. I tried...

.......and JD338 asked me to post these. He smoked this whitetail with them! So apparently they work on game as well. Not sure he used enough gun :lol:

The way I had them set up they were each about a foot of water. They are pretty heavy plastic chemical jugs so it's pretty rare to get any bullet out of the third jug.

Played with Retumbo a bit more today. Bottom is 92.5 gr and 3.7550". The top is 93gr. and 3.760". Both 4 shot groups. I also set up four 2.5 gal chem jugs to try to catch one. It blew clear through the first one with some shratnal blowing out the backside. The second jug it pretty much punched...

Looking at the numbers, it sure caries some energy for a long ways if the advertised BC is accurate. Time will tell on that. In all honesty, it doesn't really do anything much different than my 250 VLD load does at hunting distances, but gets me back to shooting Oregon made bullets. That's a...

I have been running RL-26 in my RUM with the 250 VLD for a few years. It works great and I am getting about 3,000 fps and very good groups. I would start at 87 gr and work up to 89 depending on brass/rifle. Mine shot best at 88.5. Please work up. I haven't played with it much with the 225 AB...

Got a chance to play around with these some more. I backed the Retumbo off as 94 gr was still to hot. So I loaded up 93 and 93.5 of Retumbo and then 86 and 86.5 of RL-26. I ran out of case capacity with Retumbo to the point that if I want to seat the bullets any deeper I need to drop the charge...

Ok, this is far from pretty and very far from done, but I had a box of the 265 ABLR ridding around in my truck and I had to shoot some. I was a bit rushed to get it done on my work lunch, but I was able to gather some basic load data. All shots had Nosler brass with a WLRM primer. The goal was...

Guy, I have always loved that rifle of yours. It just looks like a lot of fun. I have zero experience with any .308 bullet. But I have shot bucks at various ranges (80 yards-627yards) with both the 140 VLD and the 143 ELDX. All of the bucks that either of my 6.5 SAUMs have shot in the last...

I had great luck with the 40 gr. BT. If I remember right I was using IMR 4895, or CFE 223, but was getting sub inch groups @ 100 yards and 3650 out of a 20" barrel.

I have been playing with mine and some of the lighter bullets. Had some decent luck with the 40 gr bt and H4895. Ended up getting 3/4 MOA and 3645 fps out of a 20" stainless Proof Research Barrel. Had some Very good luck with the 55 gr bt and CFE223. 33 grs got me into a really nice .3-.4"...

I use this exact same load with the 168 ABLR but with WLRM primers. Same speed as above and shoots lights out!

I also decided to go the route of the Lansky 5 stone set up. I have done three knives with it this weekend. I will say that it will deffinately get a knive very sharp. It does deffinately take some time to get the initial edge how you want but I think that the next sharpening will go much...

I'm running the 143 ELDX out of my 6.5 SAUM at about 3030 from a 24" barrel. I'm am very happy with their performance on game and on paper. They will seperate jacket from core if impact velocity is high enough to mushrooom back past the machanical locking ring. I don't know if this is a big deal...