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  1. 07-09-2024, 01:20 PM #2056
    Triso75
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    I also joined the Howa club. Quite unreal how accurate these things are out of the box. Chucked a vh3hd on top, ran some factory 64gr fed blue box through it and she's good to go. I do handload for my 308 and will do for this beauty at some stage too but for now these seem accurate enough.
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  3. 07-09-2024, 01:23 PM #2057
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  4. 07-09-2024, 01:27 PM #2058
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    Vx3hd I meant sorry. Anyone tried these federal 64gr on deer?I believe they're Speer projectiles?
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  5. 07-09-2024, 02:12 PM #2059
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    Speer =awesomeness
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  6. 07-09-2024, 08:04 PM #2060
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    High country stag taken with a 80gr eld-m at 366m shot off walking sticks as scub was too high to shoot prone.

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  7. 08-09-2024, 06:09 PM #2061
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    Another up close and personal
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  8. 09-09-2024, 10:50 AM #2062
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    254 yds. 77TMK.
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    Entry base of neck. It was quartering towards me. Down hill.
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    Looking down into the wound cavity - through the spine/ribs and into the engine box. Dropped on the spot.
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  9. 10-09-2024, 11:19 AM #2063
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    High shoulder shot. 77grn TMK ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tikka View Post
    High country stag taken with a 80gr eld-m at 366m shot off walking sticks as scub was too high to shoot prone.

    My mate shot 2 reds at 390m. Bang flop with 65gr Sierra GMK which I loaded using 24gr BM2. Intriguing how the heavier pills[ above 65gr] perform so well out of the same case.
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    The impact sound is a lot more substantial thud with the heavyweights compared to the 55gr. Even hitting solid bones like the humerus and scapular sounds of a louder crack.
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    On the hill before daybreak, 387yd shot right in the middle of the chest with a 73gr ELDM it took two steps and fell over, back at the truck by 8am, happy to have my young 21 year old brother in law for the heavy lifting.

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    Whanau lifting. Awesomeness.
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    Man..you really should get a length of seatbelt or transport strop,then use Alex Gale carry strap method. In open country it is much easier on your body and no blood down ya bum crack is a big bonus.
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    "Alex Gale carry strap method."

    What is that?
    Hunt safe, look after the bush & plug more pests. The greatest invention in the history of man is beer.
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    Thread a long strap through all 4 legs and buckle at the front

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