Not saying it’s right or wrong, but most of the speeds that “flatten” at the top end of the loads are usually useful for me. I’ve been tricked so many times seeing a node lower down the ladder that just wasn’t great for ES. Being as there is about a grain between your two nodes with Retumbo I’d...
Starline is better than Hornady and for sure WW and RP brass these days and I like the stuff when I need good brass but Lapua or ADG or similar isn’t available, either for sale or in stock.
If you’re not seeing pressure and you’re not over book velocities then I wouldn’t worry about it. Both of those powders should be excellent for what you’re trying to do and honestly if they shoot for you, that 175 ABLR has creeped in to become my favorite 7mm bullet for my 7 Mashburn Super. Such...
Saw the same thing Fotis. Held me from placing my order as well. I still have a good pile of 124 Hammers for the 270 Win. When those are gone I’ll figure out something else.
No unfortunately he had to move his camp when the snow came which cut him short on hunt time. We had a good time crawling around the hills till then though.
They’ll work fine Pat. Even the 200 AB will work in the 11. I’ve seen 208 AMaxs work fine in 1-12 308’s.
A few friends have Echols Legends in various 300’s that are all 1-11 twist guns.
I think you’ll be fine.
I think the 9.5 is marginal for 175 ABLRs and probably not quite perfect for the 168’s. They are long bullets. I tried the 168’s a bunch in my 9.5 WSM and they were never consistent. Now in my 8 twist Mashburn they both hammer with excellent accuracy.
Love the little 7 WSM though, lots of...
Some general other thoughts, the Colonel missed a shot on a good bull around day 1 or 2, can't remember, but him and the oldest member of our camp, and the senior elk hunter had got on in another area. It is a heartbreaker to miss, but the opportunity was there!
If you ever have the chance to...
So around the 3rd day, CD got a call his Mother in Law passed. His wife was okay with him staying but he was feeling a little guilty about not being home with his family which everyone understood. Anyhow, him and Ben hadn't seen an elk to that point and were getting a little discouraged, they...
Next few days we had some proper elk hunting weather show up. My brother got in on a spike in the evening. He was with Al and the old Colonel. He flopped down over the pack and put a picture perfect shot on the ribs of him quartering away. He ended up finding the bullet in the far side when...
After we got all of the goats in the locker, we headed west again to get camp set up.
As we got into are area, the other fellas started flowing in. A few wanted to check zeros and stuff like that, so we set up a small range and got everyone squared away.
Folks came from all over...
Well, I will try to catch as much detail as I can, but I am sure I will miss some stuff. This year our group was aligned with the Sheepdog Coalition which helps vets out with about any problem you can think of. The old Colonel and myself sit on the Recreation part of the board. We added a few...
Shot some of both and in my opinion the 28 with a great 175/180 is king of the heap. Less recoil than the 30 and higher BC bullets until you get into the real heavy stuff and even then it’s not much better.
Just for grins compare a 175 ABLR at Nosler’s top speed with a 210 ABLR in a 30. See...