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So far, here are a few loads and rifles that most likely will get a chance this coming deer season:
Pac Nor barreled Ruger 77 MK/II, McMillan stock 280 Remington Nolser 140 Accubond 55.7 H-4350 (Max load) 2900+ FPS Excellent accuracy, no pressure signs Better accuracy, though not quite as fast as RL-19
Pac Nor barreled Ruger 77 MK/II, McMillan stock 7mm-08 Nosler 140 Accubond 43.5 Varget 2830 FPS Excellent accuracy, no pressure signs To be honest, based on my experience at the bench, long actions aren't necessary for most deer hunting situations.
Tikka T3X stainless 270 Winchester Barnes 130 TSX 58.0 RL-22 (Max load) 3100 FPs I may reduce this load to 57.5 or so after the season. If I could only have one factory rifle, make mine a Tikka. I love them!
Tikka T3 6.5x55 Nosler 130 Accubond 44.5 H-4350 (very mild load, will likely work upward) 2650 FPS Extremely accurate, but a little slow. Though not necessary, I may work with the Swede a little more before the season.
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You’ve been busy! I need to go “knock the dust off” of a box of cartridges.....and check my zero! memtb
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Why 2 custom Rugers in 2 very similar chamberings? Certainly nothing wrong with that, just curious. Great gun lineup, by the way.
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I have 8 or 9 I’ve bought new scopes for. I need to take a day off, go to lease, spend the day shooting. I need to load some 300 Weatherby’s
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Why 2 custom Rugers in 2 very similar chamberings? Certainly nothing wrong with that, just curious. Great gun lineup, by the way. I know they're not the most glamorous or popular, but for me, I just love the features of the older Ruger 77 MK/IIs. I have several in various short and long actions. Most are in McMillan stocks (love those as well). Today, if I buy a rifle, I buy a Tikka T3X since the Ruger MK/IIs are no longer made. The ones I've owned or shot have been excellent! Like I said, not a lot of difference in the short action 7mm-08 versus the long action 280. Just something a little different for me to "justify" another rifle. LOL
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Why 2 custom Rugers in 2 very similar chamberings? Certainly nothing wrong with that, just curious. Great gun lineup, by the way. Truth be told, I also have a Kreiger barreled Ruger, also in 280 Remington. It has a 24" #4 contour barrel and is in an H.S. Precision stock. I've never shot this particular rifle, but I may do so soon. I do have a couple other brands....Winchester (70s), Remington (700), LaRue, White Oak Armory (SPRs), Smith & Wesson (SPORT II MAGPUL/MOE)
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How many deer are you planning on killing?
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Between chasing muley bucks, I will be busy culling whitetail does....my buddy gave me 30 tags (Hunters for the Hungry will be very happy).
McWhorter 7-08 140 AB 41.5 Varget 2820 fps
120 ballistic tip 45g Varget 3000 fps
120 ballistic tip 42g RL 15 2800 fps
Tikka T3X 6.5 CM
139 Scenar 43.5 RL 17 2760 fps
130 AB 42.3 H4350 2804 fps
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I just loaded 50 for the 300 win mag. WW brass, CCI250, 71gr H4350, 180gr Speer Hotcore. And 50 for the 308, LC brass, Fed210, 42.5gr of IMR4064, 180gr Speer Hotcore. Bought 500 of the Speer 180's So they will get some use for a few years. Gives me plenty for practice and hunting.
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.270 160NP over 56gr W780
.308. 165 NAB over 42gr RL15
.243 100SPH over 45gr RL 26
6 CM ??? maybe factory(!)
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How many deer are you planning on killing?
P Hopefully, 8. Which is my average each year hunting two states. I have a large family and we use the venison more than beef for hamburgers, chili, tacos, spaghetti and more.
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6.5 creed 139 Scenar - 2850 FPS 43.5 H4350 CCI BR2 Primer Norma Brass
Deer Elk Antelope Bear...
Backup Rifle 300 RUM 180 Nos Accubond - 3250 FPS 90.0 Retumbo Fed 215 Norma Brass
Probably wont even come out of the case...lol
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Sako A7-S ST Stock Fluted Barrel Courtesy of Sako76. Only ever seen 1 other one like it. .300wsm 150 TTSX 60gr RL-15 Nosler Brass 3150fps 1/2 MOA @100yds
Tikka T3X Super Lite 7mm Rem Mag 140 TTSX 63.5gr 7828SSC Nosler Brass 3000fps 1/2 MOA @100yds
Tikka T3 Lite .270wsm 130gr GMX 58gr IMR-4350 Nosler Brass 3000fps .80” @ 100yds Haven’t shot an animal with this load yet.
110gr TTSX 57gr IMR-4350 Nosler Brass Approx. 3300fps 5 shots same hole @ 100yds Didn’t like the performance on game so looking for new loads for this gun
All rifles using WLRM primers
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Sako A7-S ST Stock Fluted Barrel Courtesy of Sako76. Only ever seen 1 other one like it. .300wsm 150 TTSX 60gr RL-15 Nosler Brass 3150fps 1/2 MOA @100yds
Tikka T3X Super Lite 7mm Rem Mag 140 TTSX 63.5gr 7828SSC Nosler Brass 3000fps 1/2 MOA @100yds
Tikka T3 Lite .270wsm 130gr GMX 58gr IMR-4350 Nosler Brass 3000fps .80” @ 100yds Haven’t shot an animal with this load yet.
110gr TTSX 57gr IMR-4350 Nosler Brass Approx. 3300fps 5 shots same hole @ 100yds Didn’t like the performance on game so looking for new loads for this gun
All rifles using WLRM primers What did you see that you didn't like with the 110 TTSX out of the 270?
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200gr Hot Cor 53.1gr CFE223 Win LR primer PRVI brass
Thinking about trying 180gr Nosler BT's and Reloader 17...
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For my elk hunt this year:
Semi-custom pre-64 Model 70 .30-06
168-grain Berger Hunting VLD, 57.5 grains IMR 4451
Custom Interarms Mark X .338 Howell
185-grain TTSX, 56.0 grains RL-15
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Custom Mexican Mauser .257 AI
115-grain Partition, 46.0 grains H4831sc
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Barret Fieldcraft 6.5X55 130 gr. Scirocco 45 gr. H4831 Rem. 9-1/2 I'm still working on this load with different powder/primer combos, but this is probably the load. Once I find the load that gets me under 1 MOA I'll stick with it.
Remington 700 CDL 7/08 140 gr. Accubond Max charge Vargeet CCI200 Very accurate combination
Winchester 70 Fwt. .257 Roberts 90 gr. Barnes X bullet 45.0 gr. IMR 4350 CCI 200 Super accurate combination but I need a new scope for this one
CZ 527 .223 55 gr. HP Hornady Steel case or 50 gr. Nosler BT handload One hole gun when I do my part. My go to coon and mouflon rig
Bushmaster AR .223 70 grain Speer Gold Dot ammo Shoots this ammo very well and I'm looking to test it out on some axis deer soon.
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Blaser K95 .270WCF
140 Berger Classic 60.0 H4831SC CCI BR2 2,985 fps
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Sako A7-S ST Stock Fluted Barrel Courtesy of Sako76. Only ever seen 1 other one like it. .300wsm 150 TTSX 60gr RL-15 Nosler Brass 3150fps 1/2 MOA @100yds
Tikka T3X Super Lite 7mm Rem Mag 140 TTSX 63.5gr 7828SSC Nosler Brass 3000fps 1/2 MOA @100yds
Tikka T3 Lite .270wsm 130gr GMX 58gr IMR-4350 Nosler Brass 3000fps .80” @ 100yds Haven’t shot an animal with this load yet.
110gr TTSX 57gr IMR-4350 Nosler Brass Approx. 3300fps 5 shots same hole @ 100yds Didn’t like the performance on game so looking for new loads for this gun
All rifles using WLRM primers Well leading up to the hunting season before last I had only ever lost 1 deer that I could confirm a hit on in the 19 previous years of deer hunting. That season I shot 7 deer and lost 2 of the 7. Of the other 5 they all ran upon the shot. 3 of those 5 I found absolutely zero blood between where they were shot and where they were found dead. 1 left a "decent" blood trail (good enough to follow without crawling on hands and knees to follow to the dead animal) and the other left a blood trail of small droplets about the size of pencil erasers for about 100yds until I found the animal. When cleaning the animals the chest cavities are full of blood and often the lungs were mush. After seeing what I saw by the end of the season I have to imagine the other 2 animals died as well but I just couldn't find them. After talking with my buddy (a much older gentleman who has been handloading for over 30 years) the only conclusion we could come up with is that maybe the petals are breaking off and only the shank of the bullet is passing through the animal leaving a smaller than pencil sized hole on both the entrance and exit sides therefore the animals are leaving little to no blood on the ground at all. That was the first and only year I shot those loads for hunting season. May try same exact load but change the projectile from TTSX to Accubond and see how that shoots. Randall
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Remington 700, Shilen barrel 264 Win 142 gr Nosler ABLR 62 gr R26 Winchester brass 3100fps, ES 11 fps <.5 MOA at 100 yards
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