I should have a perfect load this weekend that I will share data on. I can tell you now from using Ramshot magnum in the .264 with several bullets that it is in the top 3 powders for this cartridge. With the 130 accubond it is flat out awsome. I am probably going to hold velocity to 3200fps with...
Matt got his new gatgun custom .264 back several weeks ago but we just haven't had time to fool with it. It is built on a tang safety Ruger 77 with a Douglas barrel fluted by Chucky and Egore. For the time being it is still in the wood stock. Chucky bedded it in the wood so Matt could use it...
Hey Enfield Fan. We are not talking about sighting in -0- at 100 yards. We are talking about -0- at 340 yards. Sighted in this manner the gun according to the computer is shooting about 2' flatter at 560 yards than it is supposed to. It is 9" flatter at 411 yards than it it supposed to be. Using...
It is a lot of hard work. we have to carry the dear out of the fields without damaging the beans. It does sharpen your shooting skills though. I have shot hundreds of deer while doing this. reflex264
I guess I need to make it clear that I am not knocking the .270WSM. It is a great cartridge in its own right. I hunt with a lot of different rifles. I believe in finding a load that shoots good in your rifle and then practicing with it until you know it inside out at any range with which you...
First shot from a cold barrel at 411 yards with the 130AB at 3139fps. This load is very mild in my gun. reflex264
Here is the Encore I use for my beanfield kills. It has a 26" 1:8 Douglas barrel, a VVG hanger system forend and the Weaver V-Tac which sadley is no longer made.
I guess what bothers me about these debates is real world BC numbers vs. advertised BC numbers. I shoot deer on depradation permits in bean fields that are too long for any rifle to shoot end to end. I have tried several set ups. When I the smoke clears I will take a .264. Some of you have read...
This was an exception and not the rule. Despite the explosion the bullet completely passed through splitting the rib cage in the process. I have wondered if the deer was about to jump and the stored energy in the muscles coupled with the little bullet at over 3000fps did this. reflex264
I agree. That is simple and effective. I had thought about pouring a monolithic ingot around 60-70 lbs and bolting it on but this looks prestty simple. reflex264
Here are some photos showing the Encore set up while doing depredation kills. The deer with its chest blown off is exactly how we found it when we wlaked up to it. It was hit with a 120gr BT at 275 yards. Both legs were broke and the rib cage is split in half which is visible in the picture. The...
I have a .264 Encore. It is my choice for crop sniping in teh big bean fields. The 130 accubond in my gun shoots way flatter than it is supposed to. It may be a product of this one havong a 1:8 twist. I can sight it in so the load impacts on my first stadia line above center at 100 yards and...
Doc that sounds like my kind of fun. I have a .460 Weatheryby to work with in the near future. I am trying to limit shooting of the big beasts at the moment. Moderation. A friend of mine has permanent damage to his shoulders from thousands of rounds of big stuff. I am just starting to feel it. I...
You would really be amazed at the Taurus when I have the scope on it. Using the same load it shoots 1.5" 5 shot groups at 100 yards from the bench. Too bad they don't build them anymore. I had thought about trying to find one of the 441T models in a 4" barrel. I know they made a few of them but...
Glad you gents liked it. We are planning a trip back in the fall. Matt still needs to bloody some six guns.
HeathSexton- we may try to get up a group hunt for the fall. I post on levergunluvers and some of them want to go. If you live that close you may wnat to join us. We aren't organized yet...
How To Chase a Hog
Or how to be chased by a hog
Matt and I planned for several months to go on a handgun only hog hunt. Between my work and his it looked like it just wasn’t going to happen. Matt was practicing all along with his handguns. He started shooting better and better and looked...