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Thread: First animal with reloads

  1. 01-02-2017, 01:15 PM #1
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    First animal with reloads

    So I've finally got all my reloading gear setup and settled on a load for the 243 55gr Blitz king, loaded up a few and went for a short walk

    Got these two, one after the other, no rangefinder so rough range from Strelok told me about 120 and 200 the second.
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    the 55rg doing about 3500fps hits pretty hard but still expanded well, both hares have very messy exit wounds which I thought I'd leave facing down


    Weather started to pack up surprise surprise, so only the two hares but pretty satisfying shooting something with reloads, even if it was just a couple hares
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  3. 01-02-2017, 04:48 PM #2
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    Well done, and its a good feeling, any time you make the gear, and have good results with it, ammo, trout flies, saltwater leaders etc.
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    Bloody good on ya.
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    Can't beat a good hand load.
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    Well done. Very satisfying.
    The 243 is a great small game cartridge.
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    cheers boys. yea I dropped a CZ 204 I didn't like to shoot and decided I'd reload 243 with light pills instead
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    Something very satisfying about your first roll your own results,keeps you coming back for more.
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  9. 01-02-2017, 10:23 PM #8
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