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Perfect, I'm just glad they like velocity, I initially thought they may be kinda soft being one of, if not the first outta the chute on the bonding process.
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Good Lord I'll say so, damn, those look rougher than a bear fight, can't imagine the damage they'd leave, many Thanks for that Beretz.  I feel much more comfortable drilling a big Eland or even a Cape Buff with the 275 gr BBC's BSA gave me after seeing your pics.
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Gunner, those BBC's are awesome bullets according to bobin... I never got to try them out. I hope you plug a few critters with them.
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Gunner, those BBC's are awesome bullets according to bobin... I never got to try them out. I hope you plug a few critters with them. I'll send a pleasant thought your way with every trigger pull with em Buddy.  Oh, BTW, they WILL find their mark too ;]
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Gunner,I suggest you buy the book "Elephant" by Craig Boddington. In it he gives the run down on elephant hunting in Africa today. The book came out BEFORE Botswana closed elephant hunting.
Yup,either the .460 Wby or the .450 Howell. Boddington made my OCD kick in with his story about the big croc he shot in Africa. Now I think every damn big bore African rifle needs to shoot walnut sized groups....  
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Gunner, those BBC's are awesome bullets according to bobin... I never got to try them out. I hope you plug a few critters with them. I'll send a pleasant thought your way with every trigger pull with em Buddy. Oh, BTW, they WILL find their mark too ;] Awesome man, I appreciate it.....
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Good Lord I'll say so, damn, those look rougher than a bear fight, can't imagine the damage they'd leave, many Thanks for that Beretz. I feel much more comfortable drilling a big Eland or even a Cape Buff with the 275 gr BBC's BSA gave me after seeing your pics. I am excited to see it in action. If I could lay into 100 of the 250 BBC's or the 270's, I'd buy/build a 375..
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You're most welcome BSA. You know Beretz, it's sad that no one in Steigers family picked up the reins and carried on that fine company, how cool would that have been for him to be our Dad or Gramps? I'd have broke my back learning that family business and ran with it! Hope you find a box of 500 at a yard sale.
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You're most welcome BSA. You know Beretz, it's sad that no one in Steigers family picked up the reins and carried on that fine company, how cool would that have been for him to be our Dad or Gramps? I'd have broke my back learning that family business and ran with it! Hope you find a box of 500 at a yard sale. For sure Gunner. I'd of liked to make BBC's... And yeah, I keep praying for that box of 500 at the yard sale!
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Gunner,I suggest you buy the book "Elephant" by Craig Boddington. In it he gives the run down on elephant hunting in Africa today. The book came out BEFORE Botswana closed elephant hunting.
Yup,either the .460 Wby or the .450 Howell. Boddington made my OCD kick in with his story about the big croc he shot in Africa. Now I think every damn big bore African rifle needs to shoot walnut sized groups.... You can shoot a "walnut sized group" with the big-bores. Just fire one shot at the target!! 
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Gunner, those BBC's are awesome bullets according to bobin... I never got to try them out. I hope you plug a few critters with them. Got the rings back today and put your old 375 H&H back together BSA, that 1.5-5 Leupold in QD rings looks really nice, if the wind wasn't howling at 20 mph I'd shoot it for groups too.
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Fugg it, I'm gonna go chrono some 300 gr SAF's and RL-17.
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Well that was quick, 78.5 grs RL-17 sent the 300 gr SAF's to 2604 fps in some new CCI-250 primed R-P brass I bought awhile back.
That's plenty fast enough for the sticky Swifts, the 300 gr Partition should run 2700 fps alongside my 300 gr BBW #13 solid load w/ RL-17.
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That'll tromp stuff pretty easily Gunner. 17 seems to be a speed demon in a few cases I have used it in.
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That'll tromp stuff pretty easily Gunner. 17 seems to be a speed demon in a few cases I have used it in.
Damn right buddy Beretzs, that load is the one I sent you the target pic of, old BSA did a hell of a job bedding the stock BobnNH gave me. I realize two in one hole was a fluke with the 3rd shot a mere 5/8 ths of an inch away, especially with a 1.5-5 scope, but damn, it's trying hard to spell out it's ready and willing to go to work with me.
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For darned sure Gunner. I am eyeballing a 375 barreled action Bob had as well.. Kinda thinking I need to add it to the stack. I've resisted a 375 for a long time!
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Here's a nice plinker load for the 375 that will flat out kill a deer as well. 37gr of IMR4227, mag rifle primer and a Sierra 200gr FP. It's not real fast maybe 1800FPS, you can actually hear it hit the target at 100 yards but it feels like your shooting a 243.
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That'll tromp stuff pretty easily Gunner. 17 seems to be a speed demon in a few cases I have used it in.
Damn right buddy Beretzs, that load is the one I sent you the target pic of, old BSA did a hell of a job bedding the stock BobnNH gave me. I realize two in one hole was a fluke with the 3rd shot a mere 5/8 ths of an inch away, especially with a 1.5-5 scope, but damn, it's trying hard to spell out it's ready and willing to go to work with me. Sounds great my friend. That rifle is a shootin sumbeech... Just heard the news about Bob though. This place just isn't going to be the same... 
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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For darned sure Gunner. I am eyeballing a 375 barreled action Bob had as well.. Kinda thinking I need to add it to the stack. I've resisted a 375 for a long time! If you get it. you'll have to keep it forever now, as will I the stock he gave me, Sad Deal Buddy.
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