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Thread: Secured my First Tahr, and a Bull at that !!!

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    Secured my First Tahr, and a Bull at that !!!

    Story(long one ha)on dark side but shot my first Tahr down south om Sunday. 282m with my 308 firing a 150sst (2995fps). Neck shot and poleaxed it. went just on 11 inches




    Shot on the face below


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    Heres the 308 with the lesser goat family





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    The Nelson deer will be breathing a sigh of relief you've gone away fro a few days. Great first Bull.
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    Nice one

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    What happened to the 243
    #BallisticFists

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    I guess you can hang a great big WOOOO HOOOOO on that storey.
    Well bloody Done
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    Well done.
    That's good velocity from that 308 too.
    Experience. What you get just after you needed it.

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    Deadly

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    Very nice
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    Well done.
    That's good velocity from that 308 too.
    Yeah, 24 inch barrel, SF Hornady (chorny)
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    That is a bloody strange looking Wallaby @deer243

    Well done mate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by deer243 View Post
    Yeah, 24 inch barrel, SF Hornady (chorny)
    Reloaded with superformance powder or factory SF rounds?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rwt View Post
    Reloaded with superformance powder or factory SF rounds?
    Just factory. 3 shot average( Chorny) going 2995fps and the 165sst going the stated 2840 fps. Very happy with the Hornady factory SSt rounds so far in perforance . Havnt shot any deer with them yet since i changed to them, just goats and now a Tahr and my rifle likes both.
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    Well done mate, great result....
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