Excellent responses and info thanks team. I will do my load dev with the MatchKings for the new (to me) rifle to get a good feel for it. I'll do a bit of field work with them on magpies, rabbits, hares etc, first opening the HP slightly with an appropriate twist drill in my hand, not having a meplat thingamijig.
When I get to take it into the bush I'll transfer my loaddev to a hunting projectile and confirm particulars on the range first.
Thanks again for the edumacation and please, keep the thread going if you have more good, or bad, stories to add. J.
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