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Post by tbass on Apr 8, 2009 20:14:46 GMT -4
the 150 CT bullets in factory ammo perform great for me. A shot to far forward will ruin a lot of meat though. Thats part of why I am trying the 168gr at a lower velocity. I only hit one bad once and thats all it took. I lost the meat off damn near a whole front shoulder because the deer was angled away and I got a rib on entry.
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Post by blackhawk on May 26, 2009 18:15:12 GMT -4
I've been hunting deer ,here in Pa for 44 years, I've taken plenty of deer ,and have never shot one past 75 yards. Why do you want a 300 to 400 yard shot. In my opinion ,you are taking a great chance of just wounding a deer at that yardage, do you shoot at that yardage very often,if not you should,to become proficiant. You'll also have to learn what the wind will do to a bullet at that far of a range.
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Post by tbass on May 26, 2009 19:58:43 GMT -4
Thats what this whole thread was about. I shoot at 200 right now. I am working on a place to shoot 300 and 400 over the summer. The area in 2G I hunt is mostly strip mining fields. At least 3 times a season I have opportunities over 300 yards. Last season we took a doe at 350 opening day of doe season. The year before last I took one over 300 opening day. In my main hunting area I have only shot 2 over 100 yards in nearly 20 years. One was about 160 in a fresh clearcut and the other was only about 130.
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Post by blackhawk on May 31, 2009 23:57:56 GMT -4
Don't take me the wrong way , but one of the Major safety rules when shooting is ,be aware of what is beyond your target !How do you know what is beyond your target when you are taking shots at those distances?
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Post by whitetail101 on Jul 2, 2009 13:09:28 GMT -4
I have found over several years of reloading that if you shoot a given cartridge in a given rifle, shoot that cartridge in that rifle only as the case has been fireformed to the dimensions of that rifles chamber.
In my reloading I full length resize only new unfired brass, once a shell has been fired in any of my rifles, I only neck size from here on out. I have also customized the bullet seating to my rifles chamber, by adjusting the bullet seating .020 from the lands.
By doing this I have increased my overall accuracy, even in my M88 .308 levergun.
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Post by frankinthelaurels on Jul 4, 2009 4:29:05 GMT -4
Rifles are like women, some one way and some another way..there's no way to tell what they will like BEFORE you actually try something... That's a time tested method of improving accuracy, BUT be careful in pumps, levers, and single shots..sometimes they just don't have the cramming power to close on every case or easily on others... I full length resize all my hunting cartridges, I hate to have a big ole' buck or bear stop after a miss and not be able to close the action, your not shooting at a small target and pin point accuracy is not all that important in hunting rifles, any load that will shoot 2 or 3 inches at 100 yards is more than enough to kill any PA big game... In my factory varmint rifles I size only 1/3 of the neck and never seat the bullet below that line, it's amazing how much slop there is, you can actually see the taper in the neck.. factory chambers are terrible for benchrest clearences.. .006-.009 per side is common... I like the small base dies for all my actions other than bolts...they really run smooth after being sized with this type of die.. whatever it takes in any rifle...sooner or later you'll find something that every rifle likes..
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