Ha..been banging off a few of those Hornady 55grn soft nose jobs ? lately myself. They are capable of wasting some good meat on occasions.
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:25 PM
That's good to know, this thread would otherwise make you think 55gn don't work on deer!
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:25 PM
Just a heads up, just received info Belmont Ammo is about to do another batch of their excellent 62grn SP load, which out of my Howa ran at just under 3000 fps.Very good performance on Fallow & Red...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:24 PM
veitnamcam likes autopsies :) From the last deer (above). Looking at the angle of the shot and exit maybe the big entry was because of the angle of the shot rather tan a blow up, sort of scimming...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:24 PM
Here's a little Fallow I shot last night. 150 yards, 77grn Sierra Tipped. I was perplexed about the larger than usual size of the entry and that I couldn't find the projectile. No exit either. ...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:23 PM
top of the south and I shot a Fallow spiker at about 150 yards with my 20" .223 using Fiocchi factory ammo shooting the same 69grn target projectile at 2600fps. Lung shot and it ran 15 yards and died...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:23 PM
Phil_H I taught both of my girls to take larger game starting with goats, then Fallow & snack pack Reds by using loads like the very mild recoiling Federal 55 grain soft points ,over a couple of...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:23 PM
I spent a lot of lockdown time last year at my reloading bench making up various test loads that are taking me a while to get thru at the range. Had a few lovely sunny hours yesterday including with...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:22 PM
Absolutely. The problem is where I do a lot of the culling, the goats can quite often be out past 200m. In my experience there, the .223 has been absolutely fine in the past for everything up to 200....
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:03 PM
Yes they get hot. My little Sav 99 in 243 I shoot is too hot to touch after 5 shoots so I don't do that as I can only imagine the lose of barrel life that causes. (Silencer may contribute to...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:02 PM
1. Yes, very normal. 40-50gr of powder being blown down a 6mm bore on a skinny "superlite" barrel... That's lots of heat and not a lot of steel to distribute it. 2. More importantly, what can you...
Liked On: 06-12-2021, 08:01 PM
I have started using the 155 Gn nosler custom in .308 for target shooting. supposed to be good for the "short" ranges out to 800 yds but then lose perfomance to the likes of berger at 1000yds. Time...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 09:51 PM
John, something else to consider is a take-down rifle like the Bergara BA13 It would be a shit load easier finding/building a hiding spot for that than a full length rifle.
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 09:50 PM
@ XR500 Yeh it was a good set up for want we wanted to do ,the accommodation jacked off on stands for stand alone accom if you wanted ,you could then use a 12T winch to crank the boat or 3 quads &...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 09:50 PM
Nice rig bunji! Mate is currently living here in NZ in a house truck. Has one of those two steel loop thingies bolted into an innocuous corner of the truck. Has had the FA officer approve it. All...
Liked On: 05-12-2021, 09:49 PM