My QL does not have the Alliant 2000MR as a powder option. I have installed the latest update.
Maybe it is there under a different name?
I've been curious about the very same thing.
I'll get a pic of both together when the sight gets here later this week.
I understand and fully agree that practice with the 10mm from all possible shooting positions thru out the the year will still be maintained. The 9mm is for the additional hundreds of rounds to be fired.
I have used the Talley 2 piece integral base ring set off/on for years. NO complaints here. If I don't have a Warne set on the rifle it's the Talley set.
+1 on the 338F. I had one in a Sako 85 Grey Laminated and sold it to a friend. I now have one in a Sav 16 with a Houge Rubber Stock. Not pretty but oh I like the feel of that gun in the rain while tip toeing thru the timber. 200 SBT or 210 PT are my handloads but have used 200 Fusion in...
I have a G40 MOS with a Venom sight and just love this gun. I am now considering a G34 Gen4 MOS and put the same Venom on it so I can shoot 9mm for less $$ and recoil and hunt with the 10mm. I know it may sound like an excuse but .......
90AB, 90/95BT or the PT will work on deer. All good deer hunting bullets. Like others have said, the 90AB to keep velocity up and still hold together on a short range shot. My load is the 95BT.
Count me / us as a fan of the BT/AB bullets. 6mm - 90/95gn, 6.5mm - 140gn, 270 - 150gn, 30 - 180gn, 338F - 200gn.
We have had much success with the BT. This is our goto bullet for most of our loads. As I look at this - we use heavy for cal BT bullets in all but one long range rifle of my son's.
Hey - Songdog, I agree 99% of your last post about the "right" bullet getting the job done. Most of the elk I've taken have been with a .277 140AB / 150PT. Very close to a 6.5 140xx, so we are on the same page.
In Idaho I could be in the timber / brush after elk. I have not pulled the trigger...
What I was refering to by "Hype" is the Creed being compared to the 30 cals for Elk. Been hunting elk out west here since '82. We've taken one 6pt bull and a few cows with the 260. All less than 100yds. Worked great. I will take a cow when carrying a tag while deer hunting with what ever...
My father passed down to me his Rem 700 in 264WM he purchased in 1969 ish. He used that gun ever since and I purchased same 264 in a Win 70 back in 1990. Move forward to 2005 and I purchased a Rem Mtn SS in 260 Rem and gave to my son when he turned 12y. Move along to 2016 and I buy a 6.5x284...