Have mentioned this before here and there, but one of the best hunters (and running-game shots) I've ever known was one of my early mentors. He was also the ONLY handloader I've ever known who actually saved money by handloading.
He had two centerfire rifles, a Savage 99 in .250-3000 and a "sporterized" Argentine Mauser he bought for around $20 through the mail when he was in high school. Neither ever had a scope. The load he used for each was the "middle" charge of IMR4320 in the Speer manual of the say, with the cheapest 100-grain .25 or 180 .30 he could buy at the local store. He killed antelope, mule and whitetalls, and elk every year--and sometimes elk for other hunters in his group of family and friends, which was not unheard of back then if somebody got into a herd. Oh, and a pile of coyotes every winter the .250, back when the hides were worth a LOT.
Leaned a lot from him--and still miss him.
