Thread: Another minter and more action

Originally Posted by Tahr

Great. What caliber did you use?

.308 Winchester and Speer BTSP 165gr.

I have enough loaded for many years of hunting, and I doubt I will ever use anything else for general-purpose deer shooting.

Since the scrub clearances here, there is however a need for a proper long-range rifle, which I don’t have. Since the burn-offs the deer are coming out onto the new grass up the back, and on many of those faces you cannot get anywhere near them without being seen. So I’m having a think about an easy to feed magnum cartridge, something that can deliver a big thump from 500m+. Something that will cheat the wind and put a 200gr bullet in the boiler room with plenty off oommpfff to spare.