Just goes to show how cartridges were so limited back then by bullet choice...hence Elmers lack of faith in smaller stuff...
Always cracks me up how fun writers today talk about new cartridges. I mean a 30 cal pushing a 180 at X fps ought to be end of the story; once you know those stats you...
We live in the golden age of bullets for sure.
I own that collection; need to re-read.
He loved the 257 Rob, 7x57, & 30-06 long before he hit the Blue Oyster Bar's cartridge; he knew The Truth ;) !
Congrats on the meat in the freezer. Looks like good eating!
The more I think about it the more perfect the 7-08 seems as a "one rifle for everything" rig.
This is close to one of my wintertime sanity projects; the 208 gr AMax in my Vangard. Thinking something slower than the 7828SSC I used on 155s; maybe RL-25 or -26? H-1000? Retumbo?
Anybody have an idea of the best place to start?
Wow some of the easiest bullets I've ever worked with accuracy-wise; Australian Copper Projectiles 155 gr Sidewinder:
http://www.auscopperprojectiles.com
Here is a link to buy em:
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/pro ... ctId/70185
The rifle is a Weatherby Vangard onto which I put a...
Dr Mike thank you very much!
I am excited to report that I FINALLY took this recently-completed rifle to the range yesterday & my first two 3-shot groups at 100 yds were about 1.25" w/ factory 180 gr loads. This data will give me what I need to get a deer load worked up and be ready to hammer...
Even if it's true about the polymer in the tips it doesn't matter to 99.999999999% of hunters anyway. At the 400 yds & shorter, the melt doesn't matter for Jack.
That having been said I like the overall idea. I'll definitely try em.