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[William]

So I'm wanting to develop a new load for my horse back hunting rifle in order to use the one short handy carbine for all my big game hunting, on horse or otherwise.

So the rifle in question is a 7m08 cut down to 17" or so with a can,
The projectiles ive good heaps of are 162gr A-max I have for my 7mmRM that I'd like to use.
The appropriate powder I've got on hand is ADI 2206h and 2208 I'm thinking 2206h because of the short barrel.

Has anyone here got experience sending such a heavy projectile through a short barrel like this and what sort of results did they get.
The loading data claims 2600fps out of a 24" tube. I imagine that would do the job for the ranges I'm going to be shooting at.

Any input welcome,

Cheers Willy