Well I am actually waiting for some 338 maker bullet due in April from Owl optics. So until I got these and shoot them I can’t tell you what it does on deer. So far i have shot 300 gr sierra MK...
Liked On: Yesterday, 11:41 PM
My roar has been pretty quiet with just a weekend and a day hunt fitting into my schedule due to some relatively time intensive commitments at work this year. A few of my mates went hunting for in...
Liked On: Yesterday, 08:54 PM
I went for a short hunt this afternoon and came home with nothing to show for it. No animal, no photos, hardly even worked up a sweat, but it was one of the best bush stalks I have ever had. Within...
Liked On: Yesterday, 08:52 PM
Tried out some new loads through the .223 yesterday. Tikka t3x with 20" barrel and DPT suppressor. 25gn of 2208 with the 73gn ELDM gives me an average or 2760 fps. 25grains is a full case, OALL is...
Liked On: Yesterday, 01:18 PM
I still get better velocity with 2206 than 2208 but that powder space with the long throat is key to the tikkas shooting the 80s in my opinion mines a laser beam with the 80
Liked On: Yesterday, 12:14 PM
75 gr eldm @10m top of neck shot. Grumpy bugger charged in to 5m after hearing a fence wire ping. Couldn't get a shot through the sticks that close so stopped him quick after he went to leave....
Liked On: Yesterday, 12:13 PM
Posted in the stags 2024 thread but here too for record. 4pt shot at 296m required a track and finishing shot due toa ballsup at my end, 8pt shot at 402m. Both using 80gr ELDM, 2720fps. 247291...
Liked On: 24-04-2024, 08:23 AM
30 wallaby and 2 upside Fallow. A good day for the .223. 247273 247274 247275
Liked On: 24-04-2024, 08:23 AM
It just keeps working. 380m 247139 280m 247142
Liked On: 24-04-2024, 08:21 AM
Shot placement is a key part of ethical hunting irrespective of calibre ...
Liked On: 24-04-2024, 08:20 AM
Bit of a rubbish morning this morning…. I sent an 80gr ELD-M on its way to a stag, but failed to retrieve it. The stag that is. Shot setup was good, I saw the hit and found and followed a good blood...
Liked On: 24-04-2024, 08:17 AM
The reason the .223 On Deer thread is so good is that it is packed full of evidence. That thread gets attention from overseas, particularly the USA, because the “is the .223 enough?” subject is...
Liked On: 23-04-2024, 10:41 AM
Kill well up close,I never stretched the legs on my mini 30 but it would shoot 1.5in group @ 100m with hornady ammo
Liked On: 23-04-2024, 10:39 AM
74 Targex at 240 yds this evening. 248116
Liked On: 22-04-2024, 10:19 AM
If it shoots the 77TMK well I wouldn't bother trying to modify the 80 ELDM by removing the tip or whatever
Liked On: 14-04-2024, 08:51 PM