Base 7600 off of GB to my door $750
JES Rebore $350
Synthetic stock set $225
Barrel chopped, re-crown and CeraKote $300
Rifle: $1625. But a base 35W "hunting rifle" would be about $1000 after re-boring depending on how much the doner rifle cost you.
Leupold VX3HD 1.5-5X "Twilight Hunter"...
Another solution for a purely hunting rifle is to just make one.
This one started out as a straight .243Win. I had JES bore it out to 358Win and my smith cut the barrel to 19" and cerakote it.
It could have just as easily been a 35W, but I wanted it for our deer drives, and didn't need...
Honestly I prefer late afternoon to evening hunts, most of the time the deer are heading out to feed and are a little more predictable. It also has a set ending point, legal shooting time, so I'm not sitting in a stand thinking "just 10 more minutes" for another 1-2hrs. I head out around 2:00...
We get that occasionally, but mostly windchill, today for example it's 29, feels like 19. KS definitely has 4 seasons:
Spring
Sucks
Fall
Sucks worse
One thing we do get that truly sucks are the ticks and chiggers, hence the mobile shooting platform pictured..
I'd love to get that kind of distance here, but my property only runs 1/2 mile deep. So my solution is to just use smaller targets..
another thing we've gone to to "stretch" the distance is .22LRs at 200-300yds. It really makes you watch the wind shifts. I set up a little 22LR precision range...
It's the route I'm taking. I use the crap out of my .223 bolt guns, probably shoot them 2-3xs more than my other rifles just due to cost and lack of recoil.
I've also got a new one in the works, a .223AI on an Impact Precision 737R action. Barrel is a Bartlein Sendero MOD B barrel, finished...
I've "tuned" mine and thanks to a little bit of magnification can see difference in a kernel of H4831SC:
Combined with a Harrell's it's not the fastest setup, but it's reliable.
I've only used the .358 180 FN HotCor in my 19" 358 Win @ 2570FPS.
I've shot several pigs with it and it's worked well. I finally recovered one this JAn that entered a hogs shoulder at 10' and penetrated the length to come to rest in the hind quarter.
The Speer 250s showed up yesterday!
Then a friend swung by today and handed me 2 sealed boxes of Nosler 250 PTs, 6 boxes of old Speer 250s and 2 boxes of Speer 220 FNs (both in yellow boxes). So, I've now got enough for the hunt and some serious practice!
I couldn't find where it said Speer" or Hot Cors and the ones I've loaded didn't have cannelures. They kind of look like Hornady's.
I just sent them an inquiry asking..
Thanks,
Chuck
Hi,
Looking for some .358 250 grn "premium" bullets like the:
Nolser Partition
Swift A-frame
Norma Oryx
Looking for about 100 and need to be able to load in a M7 350RM at 2.810".
Thanks,
Chuck
Thanks!
It's another bullet that has surprised me. Initially I was worried about it being more suitable for the 35 Rem, then I saw that they load it in their 35 Whelen ammo. I've shot deer quartering and hogs with it and yet to recover one. When sighted in at 200, it only drops 7" at 300yds, so...
This is with TAC under the Hornady 200 Interlock @2846Fps:
Zero signs of pressure, so I can go a little higher, but it's shooting well now. I'm using this for deer and pigs.
I'll load up some pressure test loads for the 250s and RL15 today and work my way up. I've already got a 2500 FPS...
Cool, that's about what I'm looking for with the 250s! Couple of quick questions;
Barrel length?
OAL?
My normal hunting loads are the 200 grn Interlock and the 225PTs. I've got 100 of the 200 TSX, but haven't tried them yet.
BLUF: Gearing up for a JAN bison hunt in SD
I've got a solid load for Nosler 225 PTs, but want to get back into 250s for this hunt. Last time I played with Speer 250 HotCors I got up to 2500 in my 20" Rem M7 using IMR3031. I've read some good stuff (great stuff) here about RL-15...
Same here, I just opened a box and have 4 more full, I'll get more when I see them.
Originally, I was leary of them at 358W velocities, but they've done very well on hogs.