I'm going to shoot 150gr BT using 2206h in my 16" jobbie. Got everything to get started, except free time. Aiming for 2725-2750fps.
Liked On: 11-02-2024, 07:57 AM
The 150 sst never shot well in my kimber :-( all right for stuff within 50 m( I shot a sow at 25m with them) but at 100m it was up to 2.5” group. The 168gr sierra match kings on the other hand are...
Liked On: 11-02-2024, 07:57 AM
I'm running the following; Kimber Hunter and Savage Lightweight Hunter both 16" barrels. Sierra Gamekings 150grn. AR2208 46.5gr CBTO 2.172" 2735 FPS. Not sure you're going to gain much in...
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 08:32 PM
150g corlokts 43g 2206h,110g Barnes 45g 2206h as lighter option with less recoil for my boy..both kill well at bush ranges.
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 08:31 PM
Consider using 3030 projectiles, or as said above a nice round nosed one, If they feed properly. Honestly a spitzer style bullet offers no real advantage at ranges out to 300 or so metres, the...
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 08:31 PM
hornady 180grn round nose are lovely and soft.... I just went two grains below max of powder and went n shot stuff deader than dead thing. terminal preformance was outstanding.
Liked On: 10-02-2024, 08:30 PM
What a wonderful experience for the lad. Go you Dad! That stag has had a few years of shagging. Just because he has been shot doesn't mean his genetics have been extinguished. Nothing has been...
Liked On: 06-02-2024, 10:03 PM
Any one complaining can also get off the proverbial and hunt as well. It is a ripper trophy. That lad is on the podium. Core values will last him a lifetime. Real hunting.
Liked On: 06-02-2024, 10:02 PM
Good on you, if he’s like most of us he’ll remember his first deer for the rest of his life. Velvet ethics? as long as the animal wasn’t wasted no problem.
Liked On: 06-02-2024, 10:01 PM
228m, same 73gr eldm load. My youngest son's first stag, velvet ethics aside I didn't have the heart to tell him he couldn't shoot. One very happy lad, antlers off to get cured. First shot was a wee...
Liked On: 06-02-2024, 10:01 PM
18 to 20" seems optimal. My Tikka is still standard and it doesn't bother me. Other 2 are 20".
Liked On: 06-02-2024, 05:04 AM
80 grains 2217 with 178 ELD X is my load for 3030fps
Liked On: 01-02-2024, 09:38 PM
There's been a bit of internal debate as to whether or not to write up this rambling through the jungle. Things didn’t exactly go to plan, or in a way that ethically I was happy with. This...
Liked On: 28-01-2024, 05:27 PM
I had come up to Masterton to see my parents and had to stay longer than I expected. For a break I reached out to Tahr to see if I could tag along on one of his hunts. He was going to be hunting...
Liked On: 28-01-2024, 02:31 PM
What a ball that mini-me is having out with Dad. Looks so happy.
Liked On: 28-01-2024, 10:16 AM