I used them some from my 358 Winchester. 2500 fps seemed not to badly effect their performance. I got three deer in one day with that load. All exits and deer fell in sight. If they were not so hard to find and nowadays they are expensive also.
I happened to have the makings of a Whelen laying around. An FN Mauser action and a Green Mountain short chambered barrel. Had it chambered and headspaced and there it was. A great shooter from the get go. I had in the past used a 358 Win chambered Browing BLR, one of the early steel ones but I...
I bought the rifle as part of planning a Black bear hunt in Washington state. Hike up into the clearcuts on one side of the Chehalis river and shoot across the river to clearcuts on the other side. However the Wife is going to need a couple of surgeries confining my running around to 2 day trips...
Considering I used a 270 with a 19 inch barrel to take 2 elk and as I usually used it as a loaner rifle it took 4 more elk all using the 150 grain Speer Hotcor running just a bit over 2700 fps I see no reason a Partition at 3000 fps wouldn't be awesome. Is recoil gaining ground at the same pace...
I stopped at 57.5 grains and my velocity is very close to the prediction on your table. I am sort of concerned that the Eldx might be a bit destructive at less than 200 yard shots. Will see.
Well I foolishly decided to use IMR 4350 to begin my testing. Got to 2820 fps with the 162 gr. ELDX and started shooting 3 shot groups that were touching. Even at that measely velocity it shoots pretty flat and maintains 2000 fps at 600 yards. More than I will need as I won't shoot past 400...
I have .257 120 grain Partitions, .277 140 gr. Partitions and .308 150 grain Partitions. All factory seconds. Want to load all my 7-08 bras with 140 gr. Partitions which would require at least a hundred.
I have a couple of pounds of Superperformance powder. Like to burn it in my 7MM RM with 160-162 grain bullets. Latest burn rate charts has it right next to R19 so would data slightly reduced for R19 be a good place to start?
Sorry to hear about the lost deer. Puzzling to say the least. I used the 180 gr. Speer in my 357 Max rifle, speed around 1900 fps and had no issues killing either deer or hogs but I generally shoot for CNS. Never caught one for examination.
I used the 200 gr. Corelokt out of a Browning BLR pushed to the same velocity as your test on 6 deer. 3 in one day. One heck of a good combination, never recovered one bullet and all fell in sight. Wish I had kept the early steel framed BLR.
What powder are you using? I am running BLC2 at 24.5 grains. Accurate but I have no idea how fast it's going. One manual says I can go as high as 26.2 grains but in my rifle that seems pretty hot.
If fired factory ammo can be chambered before resizing then something you are doing while sizing is causing the problem. I normally don't try to push the shoulder back any and don't mind using some pressure to get the bolt down. If you ar pushing the shoulder back too much there may be a bulge...
I am lucky to have a 25 yard range in my back yard and I used it to work up a load using 748, Winchester large rifle magnum primers and the 165 gr. B-Tip. I started at 32.0 grs. and got very mild pressures, the primer sticking up a bit as the case didn't push back against the action face, same...
Initial shooting of the barrel began as emptying some brass from Federal blue box factory loads and shooting up some ammo I loaded for a marlin 30-30. The factory loads were 150 grain flat noses and shot pretty good,1 1/4 inches for 3 shots. The old reloads were put together for a rifle with a...
I went out to the lease a couple weekends ago and tried out a theory I've been working on. Sounds funny but you know the animal toys with the squeeker built in them. They drive dogs and cats crazy so I thought why not try to call some coyotes in with one. Our lease has lots of coyotes and a good...
I have Imr 4320, 3031 and 748. I suspect that I can shade book maximums some due to the strength of the G2 Contender action. Just wanting to know the best place to start.