All of my ARs are of the normal 5.56/.223 variety. I've got some 50gr GMXs and 53gr TSXs to work up some loads for an upcoming hog hunt, in April.

The upcoming hunt seems like a great excuse to build a bigger-bore AR, and after some Internet searching, I stumbled on this thread about the .300 Ham'r. The pig-whacking videos proved to be too much, so I ordered up an 18" .300 Ham'r barrel from Wilson Combat.

I'm planning to order up some Starline brass, just for simplicity sake, and start off with Speer's 125gr TNT and 130gr Hot-Cor bullets. The Barnes 110gr TAC-TX looks interesting, as well.

I found some AA1680, locally, but I haven't located a can of CFE-BLK yet. Does anyone have any input on either of these powders, one versus the other? Are there other powder options I should consider?


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