Given that the longest shot I've taken on a deer in the last 20 years was maybe 125 yards, my interest in pushing for more speed might be a little silly, but a boy's got to get his fun someplace.
This is true.
RL_26 had become my new everyday powder for the open country streamlined 150. Going to definitely have to replace the old rock hard red recoil pad on the M77.
Like RL_17 with 130 TTSX for speed goats
And IMR 4831 with Nosler 160 Partition for timber.
But then I'm OCD & picky too boot!
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Ditto on the 160s, but I push them with a couple of jugs of Supreme 780 I was lucky enough to find before they pulled the plug on it. Both the doe I shot and the big 10-point my son shot last year just FOD (Fell Over Dead, DRT is passé and bang-flop sounds too much like a description of old-man sex). What attracted me to the 780 is that even the starting load shows good velocity. I've got enough to last me and maybe my son too when the loads I gave him run out.
When did Winchester axe the 780?
I still have some. Made a few good loads with it too.
Originally Posted by shrapnel
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle.
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
