Thread: First Hunt - GSP/Lab

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

justt looking at the expansion....if you look at advertisment for the mono projectiles...they have pretty pictures at different velocities.
not a huge deal...where monos work they work very well.....up close going fast as possible...why folk use lightest one for calibre they can get,within reason.... there will be one projectile that shines head n shoulders above the others when you take all into consideration.... eg in .270 if you push the 110grn fast as possible it will BEAT the heavier projectiles for energy out to 300ish yards...and out past there you start to run into expansion issues as they not going fast enough to expand as much as is desirable....

a load that ISNT giving sticky bolt on hot day....is better option...and that last fps doesnt mean squat in real terms...far better load that is accurate and going reasonably fast...
over your dog a soft and heavy load MIGHT BE better.... something like a speer spbt that will expand quickly and dump energy in hurry...or a round nose even better..7mm 08 isnt it??? the 7mm waters projectiles will work same for you as 30/30 ones do for .308 users....you load them DOWN a bit so closer to 30/30 speeds ,advantage is less noise and less recoil..... less powder has to equal less noise.... deer wont know the difference at bush ranges.
I like the heavy rn jobbies for in the bush.... my .308 didnt feed rn particularly well so had one up spout and splitzer of same 180grn with same recipy powder wise under it in mag.

Yeah I'm not too worried. That load has dropped a few animals now and groups consistently at 100yd, which is where I do most of my shooting with that rifle.

I'm not toooo worried about the noise with the pup. It's a heavily suppressed rifle and if I shoot 20 rounds a year over top of her then that's (hopefully) 20 successful hunting trips, which is certainly more than I usually get in a year. The reality is I'll be hunting her on the tops a lot of the time and usually on the tops I'll have time to put her behind me out of the way of ear damage.