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That'll kill it....




Reminds me...Ingwewife is making proper chili today!

A recipe from New Mexico no less!

well, if you have one it can't be too rare...

Knew Ingwewife was smart,with her being from NM.

Had two,the other ran away.

Ingwewife is not from New Mexico she is from Montucky. And you know she was smart by virtue of the fact she married me.



She found one of those unicorn critters too...




and a weiner dog...

She's not from NM,well,she's still smart even though she married you.

She married me cause she likes to hunt and fish, and I know where the neat schitt, like Unicorns, hang out.....


BTW the weiner dog tasted GREAT!

Gotcha.

Do weiner dogs taste like chicken?

Obviously that wiener dog is tired from chasing down that unicorn. Must be akin to a Tasmanian devil. I hope he was spared as I would like to purchase him. Or maybe offer a 270 in trade? Ingwe needs another 270.

Bad news,the weiner dog has met a most unpleasant end. It was the guest of honor at a luncheon with Ingwe and Ingwewife.

You will smoke a turd in hell for that and odd story with the weiner dog. Yeah, he was our tracker on a couple trips to Africa and he was damn good at it, but on that particular gemsbok he came running back to us halfway through the track with a jackal on his ass wanting to eat him. Not wanting to make noise I literally had to kick the jackal off him....we finished the track, got the critter and who should show up again but that jackal, trying to get the dog. That is such uncharacteristic behavior, and noise was no longer an issue, so I shot the jackal with a solid ....couldnt get anybody to touch him for a photo as his behavior was considered bad juju....

Ingwe, that from southern Texas? Ever been on the Conoco Dude Ranch south of San Antonio? Loaded with African game.

more serious, how many hunts did you go on in Africa?

My Googling skills turn up a few loads of 17 behind the 90 Lapua, but nobody seems to touch (or discuss) the 3350 mark. I've seen mention of 3100, maybe some 3200 or 3225. Why no talk of getting the 90 to 3350?

A 90 "skinner" clocked at 3350 out of a 22in barreled 243 win sure would make a man reconsider the 257 Wby. Not saying those numbers can't be reached, but I don't see anyone else talking about similar velocities.

Would you rather have:

1) The 90 Lapua running at (hypothetically) 3350.
2) The 115 Nosler Blue BTip running at a (real world) 3400.

.434 Lapua BC
.452 Nosler BC

Thats all I've got. And on paper, I kinda want the Nosler with a little extra weight, faster wings, and more BC.

In the field, I don't think deer sized game wants either of them.

Nope! Ive hunted Texas for Axis, pigs, javelina, but never African Game. Did 6 trips to Africa for that

OutdoorAg,

I read an article online about some testing done, I think by Litz, about real world BCs vs those listed by manufacturers. Nosler was the worst in variance, and the 115BT was one of the worst from Nosler. IIRC the tested BC on the 115 was .409 instead of the listed .452 given by Nosler. I still used the 115 in my 25-06AI and it's a great killer.

Good to know. That swings the pendulum back towards the 90 Lapua coming out of the 243...should 3300 be a possibility in a 22inch SAMMI chamber.

I never got to hunt it, but I was there for a meeting one week.

The airstrip for small aircraft was up and down hills, you know how the Hill Country is. How any pilot landed on that strip is beyond me!

I like the Hill Country of Texas! Going back in a month for night calling of predators and some pig hunting.

I have owned and loaded for 4 of them and best accuracy was maintained for about 800 rounds and the next 200 recorded notable drop off in accuracy with the barrels chewed out at 1000+.

These days I use a 7mm Remington Magnum in its place and when loaded using the 110gn TTSX and 120 grain TTSX bullets, is an equal performer in the field.

I never have hunted there but the Hill Country looks like an awesome place to hunt. Lots of cover for game. I could be a resident there easily.

We have some rangeland locally in nor cal that I spend time hunting coyotes, etc. Used to be good blacktail deer hunting but that s another story.