"Testing" is how I learned that I needed a hitch extender for my UTV for it to work.
It might be the 23 year army career, but I'm a huge fan of rehearsals before going live.
That's:
Reformed Graf's 308 Win brass:
180 Speer FP
FED 215
52.9 TAC
MV; 2561 FPS at 31F
OAL of 2.6860. It's a JES Re-Bore with a pretty long throat, so these are magazine length.
I've gone as high as 54.0 for pressure testing without an issue, so I may do round 2 of load development when it...
Luckily I've got 25 rds loaded and a full box of 50. I plan on using my 350RM for a Bison hunt in Jan.
In my 358Win I've had very good luck with the Speer 180 HotCor FPs on pigs. This one travelled the full length of a boar at 10' and ended up in the hind qtr.
It shoots pretty well in my 19"...
Shot this one last month in SA with a 300win Mag and Barnes 180 TTSX:
Just before going out my PH suggested that I use his 375 H&H due the terrain and brush. We'd had a tough time previously getting clear shots of Kudu and Gemsbok.
The 300 worked fine at 60yds for a frontal shot, he jumped...
I put this together a couple years ago for our annual deer drives, but I've yet to kill a deer with it. A Rem 7600 re-bored to 358 Win (was a .243Win) that I had the barrel chopped down to 19", sights remounted, added synthetic furniture, and Cerakoted in burnt bronze. It wears a Leupold 1.5-5X...
I bought one a couple years ago for the same reason, comes in really handy when I travel to hunt. I bought a hitch extension so I can use it on my UTV also. Out back and on my neighbor's place I just rely on my Kubota: