The first great load I put together for my 270 win was a 130 gr Partition and H-4350. I've found that 130 Partitions are finicky to length and I really couldn't tell you what that length is because all five of them were different. 130 Sierra Game Kings have also done well. I've also worked...
Years ago I loaded up some 200 gr Speer hollow points with Alliant Blue Dot that were over 1100 fps. They were hand bruisers and ended up being of no use to me. That was with a 5" Gold Cup.
When I was a youngster we would go to the Valley (border counties) to shoot white wing dove. We would just pull off on the county road and go at it. You could also hunt on some of the larger ranches by giving the foreman beer or other such beverages. Oilfield people like my dad knew most of...
I think a Leupold VX- Freedom 4x-12x would suffice and it will give reasonable eye relief when set a far back as will go on the Ruger #1. It's also in your price range.
I'm thinking make up a big pot of filing, then brown them Quail whole and them drop em in the pot and let cook for a couple hours, then drop them biscuits in. What ya'll think?
Fired off some rounds trimmed to minimum length (2.185) in both new brass and fired brass I resized to the chamber. I also fired brass trimmed to 2.200 on resized brass and untrimmed (2.195) new brass. Only the the new brass ended up with the tip of the neck tapered after firing. What the...
Guy, a hunt with an old friend is something to be treasured. Must of been a good day.
BTW, I had a fellow police officer years ago that was Navy. He was medic attached to a Marine platoon in Vietnam. He never said a negative word about the Marines.
OK, so here is where I'm at, I scrubbed the throat and the little taper on the fired cases persist. I did a dimensional check on the brass and found everything within spec. The cases were all new and unfired cases (Hornady flavor). The cases measured 2.195 before firing and 2.200 after. Of...