If your looking at buying would seriously consider Bergara B14 Extreme hunter comes factory 18” fluted. Use mine from 10- 500 yards
Liked On: 05-01-2026, 09:34 PM
Has been a while. 350m. 287606
Liked On: 12-12-2025, 07:49 PM
This might wind a few people up but have been on a deer/pest culling hunt in a local NP. Anyhow, I decided to take a shot on a deer at 492 meters with 73eldm with a faint right to left breeze. Shot...
Liked On: 12-12-2025, 07:45 PM
Model 7 708. Standard barrel, dpt over barrel and a vx3 2.5-8 all up 3.3 kg. It is soon to be sent off to get a heavier barrel 20 inch 6.5 creedmoor barrel and will probably end up with a vx5...
Liked On: 18-11-2025, 01:36 PM
The sst work great at close range from the 08 case. Have used them in my 18inch 7mm08 in the past. Bullet construction is very similar to eld-x with jacket thickness and interlock ring, just the...
Liked On: 02-11-2025, 08:47 AM
I've shot both calibers in FTR. An off the shelf Savage Model 12 .223 with a 28" 1:7 twist barrel shooting 80 gr A-Max and a Barnard 'P' Action .308 with 32" 1:10 barrel shooting 155 gr Scenars. ...
Liked On: 16-10-2025, 07:03 PM
22g of 2205 over 240g xtp is my go to big game load in 16in Rossi lever..kills well and better accuracy than the cast bullets I tried.
Liked On: 27-09-2025, 07:17 PM
Micky I pushed them 180s out of a TC Envore in 444M with 10" barrel, in front of a stout charge of S335, I got very close to 2400fps from memory. Could barely do more than 15 shots a day with the...
Liked On: 27-09-2025, 09:14 AM
So how far did they go and what was terminal damage like??? On anything other than big boar a shoulder shot WILL put them down pronto.if you rifle is that accurate,poke pill in earhole.... definitely...
Liked On: 24-09-2025, 09:05 PM
The pighunters around here like the PMC or privi 180 GRN loads.... Lighter is faster and should expand more but penertrate less....it's a balancing act.
Liked On: 24-09-2025, 08:57 PM
I've used 245gr gas checked cast projectiles in 44M and 444Marlin. Worked real good on warthog, then I found the 180gr XTP's. Worked even better.
Liked On: 24-09-2025, 01:00 PM
I have been using Elmer Keiths original 245 grain SWC hard-cast bullets for many years and they kill well but they also go straight through everything I have shot (goats, deer, pigs, wild sheep)...
Liked On: 24-09-2025, 01:00 PM
I have a bunch of 65gr Gamekings loaded up. Shoot very well from my Howa mini. Yet to shoot a deer with them.
Liked On: 29-08-2025, 08:19 PM
125 Seirras 46gns 2208 out of 20" barrel just under 3K. Used on Thar,Chamios,Reds,Sika and everything else.
Liked On: 24-08-2025, 02:09 PM
Nice morning out with the old man this morning. 2nd deer for the 30/30281645
Liked On: 15-08-2025, 09:32 PM