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- Dec 26, 2007
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THE 358Win AND THIS YEARS HUNTS
I have gone through a lot of load work and detail to get my 358Win Ruger Hawkeye ready for this hunting season. It has been very consistent and extremely accurate for an out of the box Ruger Hawkeye that has not had any work on the trigger or bedding of the stock. I am very pleased with the results. I was able to get very tight groups with my loads and the VX-III 1.5-5x20mm had not hindered my ability to shoot tight groups. Great scope, I really like it.
I will be using it on my bear hunt in Oct. in Arizona, on hogs and deer in Mississippi and Louisiana this year along with a four day hunt for large white tail deer in Missouri during November. It will be my main rifle used this year. I am really looking forward to this years hunting trips and time in the woods.
I finalized my load as follows:
225gr Sierra Game King SBT
Winchester brass
Federal 210 primers
AA2495BR powder
Rifle & Scope:
Targets & Round:
I have had a couple of fiends of mine say that I will gain a whole new respect and passion for the 358Win if I use it on all my hunts this year. Infact, our family has a friend of ours who guided for years and that is all he used and he had a deep respect for the cartridge.
I new if I did not commit to using it on my hunts this year that I would tend to pick up the rifles and cartridges I have become comfortable with and not really get to know the 358Win. I am looking forward to the experience.
Here is the ballistic card I will carry with me this year.
Ballistic Chart
358Win
225gr Sierra SBT
2471fps
Sight in at 3" high at 100yds
1000 foot pounds energy as minimum on deer size game
Yards--------Velocity-----Energy-----(above/below line of sight)
0--------------2471------3050-------------(-1.5")
100-----------2256------2542-------------(+3")
210-----------2031------2060-------------(Zero)
263-----------1927------1855-------------(-5”)
300-----------1857------1723--------(-10” P/B-hold top of shoulder)
355-----------1756------1540--------(-10” from top of shoulder)
373-----------1724------1484--------(-14” from top of shoulder)
I have gone through a lot of load work and detail to get my 358Win Ruger Hawkeye ready for this hunting season. It has been very consistent and extremely accurate for an out of the box Ruger Hawkeye that has not had any work on the trigger or bedding of the stock. I am very pleased with the results. I was able to get very tight groups with my loads and the VX-III 1.5-5x20mm had not hindered my ability to shoot tight groups. Great scope, I really like it.
I will be using it on my bear hunt in Oct. in Arizona, on hogs and deer in Mississippi and Louisiana this year along with a four day hunt for large white tail deer in Missouri during November. It will be my main rifle used this year. I am really looking forward to this years hunting trips and time in the woods.
I finalized my load as follows:
225gr Sierra Game King SBT
Winchester brass
Federal 210 primers
AA2495BR powder
Rifle & Scope:
Targets & Round:
I have had a couple of fiends of mine say that I will gain a whole new respect and passion for the 358Win if I use it on all my hunts this year. Infact, our family has a friend of ours who guided for years and that is all he used and he had a deep respect for the cartridge.
I new if I did not commit to using it on my hunts this year that I would tend to pick up the rifles and cartridges I have become comfortable with and not really get to know the 358Win. I am looking forward to the experience.
Here is the ballistic card I will carry with me this year.
Ballistic Chart
358Win
225gr Sierra SBT
2471fps
Sight in at 3" high at 100yds
1000 foot pounds energy as minimum on deer size game
Yards--------Velocity-----Energy-----(above/below line of sight)
0--------------2471------3050-------------(-1.5")
100-----------2256------2542-------------(+3")
210-----------2031------2060-------------(Zero)
263-----------1927------1855-------------(-5”)
300-----------1857------1723--------(-10” P/B-hold top of shoulder)
355-----------1756------1540--------(-10” from top of shoulder)
373-----------1724------1484--------(-14” from top of shoulder)
