Originally Posted by RevMike
Originally Posted by Seafire
As state above Reverend.... 4198 is a lot less of a report...

I've got some 7 x 57 rounds loaded up for deer season here...30 grains of IMR 4198
and 139 grainSP Hornadys...


Thanks, SF. I'm going to pick some up and give it a try. Have you used 4198 with 100-110 grain bullets, just for plinking?



Quite frequently......

I've used the 115 grain HP Speer for deer in the past....30/30 ranges and many blacktail
are antelope sized...

but a 210 lb Big Bruzer presented himself one morning at about 8 AM, as under 50 yds

a 115 grain HP right thru the heart dropped him like a sack of potatoes...

That load was fueled by 28 grain of SR 4759 if memory serves me correctly.....

I do a lot of that stuff with a lot of my rifles... makes it enjoyable to shoot them at the range
or out in the woods plinking with them... and most of those loads are pretty darn accurate.
but also more up to killing power than people give them credit for...

Those loads with the lighter bullets don't kick more than a 223/ 22.250
and certainly less than a factory 243 load.


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