Well I bought some seconds from the Pro shop the other day and they had orange tips not white. Well I been working on a good deer load for my 300wby I have a small gunsmithing shop above the old Centwise bldg in Redmond and when things are slow I break out the press and load some up. Well I took some of the seconds and put 82.5grs of 7828 behind them last Saturday I got a chance to get to the range and since I only neck size I was extremely suprised when at 100 I was putting 3 in the same hole did it 5 time after letting the barrel cool down the Wby is one of their accumarks with the semi bull barrel. So I think I will settle on this for my deer load I put it 3" high at 100yds and the book says at 300 it will be dead on. I know there are alot of guys out there shooting the 300 Wbys so I thought I would just pass it on. My 12 year old used his 3 mentored youth points and I put him in for the Badlands Cow hunt and he got drawn I been able to put him on elk every weekend so far but they have been just out of range for him I had him practice quite a bit but we just cant get him close enought yet. His season runs from Aug1 to Oct 31 so it is just a matter of time. Last weekend we found a nice wallow and plenty of sign and the cows we did see were at 400 plus yards just to far for him I wont let him take a chance. If anyone can offer any advise about where we are hunting in the Badlands just east of Bend please feel free to give us some advise here or stop in my shop above the antique store where the Centwise used to be I do alot of gun repair but have no machining abilities.
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