Good information, thank you. One thing I won't be doing is using factory, or anyone else's loads in my rifles. I been loading for over 50 years and in the past 3 decades have never shot anything but my own handloads in my centerfire rifles and handguns. Main reason, I want total control and the...
One thing I will never again do, especially for deer and smaller big game, is shoot a solid copper or monolith bullet. Even hard cast is more favorable for me in the big bore revolvers. The reason I say never again is, I will not use 12 ga. for deer again when I am limited to no bottleneck...
I would go with Accubonds every time, anytime they don't do anything better than copper bullets, I'll go to Partitions! Those are my only choices for big game.
Stainless, every time. There is no weight savings in a finish, and looks like doesn't protect like. Your only consideration should be easier to protect, and cerakote isn't any more resilient than bluing. The only thing with stainless I would recommend is keep the bolt lugs properly lubed.
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Well let me say, I've said many times, No Such Gun. But things change at 70 years of age. Mainly how and where I'm able to hunt. So after owning 100's of different hunting and target rifles, handguns, and many different caliber, handloading them all, I'm going to build my last Big Game Rifle...