Originally Posted by bbassi
nice deer. I see you changed barrels between deer. What's the story on that?


i like playing with assorted wildcats and calibers, the morning hunt was on a big clearing where a bit farther shots are possible.

In the morning i had a .25x/30-30 Ackley Improved tube on, with a 3x9 Nikon Monarch. That load with 80gr TTSX's shoots at about 3200fps, and averages about .7 MOA.

For the evening hunt i was in thicker timber and i stuck on my .445 "Ultra Mag", which is the .445 supermag , long throated to allow 265gr Hornady FTX's or 300gr XTP's to be seated out ; rather than the usual pistol powders (H110/296/Lil Gun) i go to slower powders 4198/Reloder7/LT-30/etc)to get about 2000 fps with 265's.

.44mag in the middle, .445 with 265gg FTX's, and 300gr XTP's:
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