How much ammo

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Originally Posted by MB

6 rounds, plus 2 subsonic rounds for finishing shots if required. Just trying to get rid of the subsonics really. I'm goat hunting rather than culling. I tend to take 1 - 4 animals.

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Out of interest, why are you dropping the subs? Could be me but I've noticed people who rave about them, a few videos later, no longer using them? Too finicky?

Evening hunt out in the Canterbury foothills, I usually take 6-7 rounds. Seems plenty if you can get close enough and have time to set up properly. A weekend trip would be a box of 20 - in case of needing to re-sight rifle etc. Informative thread!

Deer hunting I'll take a mags worth.
But goat shooting I take a minimum of 40. The first time I went out I rattled through 20 rds on three mobs in 15 minutes.
Its no big deal to bring ammo home ;)

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Originally Posted by Snoppernator

Out of interest, why are you dropping the subs? Could be me but I've noticed people who rave about them, a few videos later, no longer using them? Too finicky?

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With the factory rounds I've been using, shot placement must be absolutely spot on and we're really talking about a good head shot. They may work if you're tucked up in a hide waiting to shoot a feeding pig, but for quick shots in the bush, it's a no from me. For the record, I'm using Hornady Sub-X. I've written lots of posts about them previously. In short, the performance shown in the marketing is bullshit.

Others who reload with custom projectiles have had better results and are even able to take well placed chest shots.

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Interesting that there is a lot of "one up the spout" going on. Either I guess to increase capacity or in readiness. And Im guessing on "half cock"?

I sometimes do it when in complete readiness, but I have never liked it. I feel safest when there isn't one in the chamber. Half cock and using the safety makes me uneasy.

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@Tahr I can only comment on my case but
Only consider one up the spout as one in chamber if I think I'm close to something. Not on half cock, bolt could be pulled back. Most rifles aren't designed for a half cock but that's been done to death previously
If I really think I'm going to see something or I'm sitting down waiting then it will be fully closed and safety on
If I move out of the area I'll unload and close bolt on empty chamber.
Easy to do on the push feeds but a PITA on the mausers.
If it's an area that I would think I have heaps of time and animal wouldn't hear me, I'd only load just before shot.
That's me anyway

Don't do pest control and mostly day hunting so 4 in mag, another 4 in belt kit and if by myself in promising country one up the spout, half cocked.

Hunting, 3 in the mag(tikka 7mm.08). Another loaded mag on my belt. 7 spare rounds in pack. Usually only shoot 1 or 2 animal at a time. Pest control... All of it, everything even the corroded ones under the floor mat!

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Originally Posted by rugerman

In the name of safety I don't take any rounds with me. If I see a deer I go home and get a round but so far every time I've gone back the deer has gone ;)

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I find that leaving the bolt at home is safer than leaving the ammo at home. The risk with having the rifle and and the bolt is that you may just find a correct caliber cartridge under a verandah or mattress at a hut.
Not having the bolt also eliminates any of the complexities of the half cock dilemma, by leaving the bolt at home I just don't have to worry about this practice or its terminology.
Sometimes, just to be doubly sure, I like to leave the bolt somewhere so safe, that I can't even find it when I get home to look for it.

Thank you I feel so much safer now