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I would second the 75 grn. A-Max.
Only you know your son..sounds like he has the interest as well as the ability, with your guiding.
Mine was the same.. Thanks I can’t step out of the house without him on my heels wanting to go look for sheds or shoot a 22.. I don’t push anything on him I just let him show me what interest him.. Outdoors,fishing an hunting is all he talks about
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As long as it is accurate in your gun, I would just use the 90 gr Fusion load. Especially at the ranges your son is likely to use it at over the next few years.
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As long as it is accurate in your gun, I would just use the 90 gr Fusion load. Especially at the ranges your son is likely to use it at over the next few years. It’s odd my savage msr 15 224 Valkyrie will not shoot the federal fusion for some reason. 6 inch groups at 100. It will shoot the 75 grain Hornady Black 5 shots into a nickel at 100
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It will shoot the 75 grain Hornady Black 5 shots into a nickel at 100 Whats wrong with that? At the velocity it produces, at fairly short range I'd imagine, I'd say you could use a bunch of different ones. If you know the 75gr Hornady shoots that well, I'd be focusing on buying more of those, or loading them yourself by the bagful. Have the boy shoot a bunch, the deer will be in the pictures. My boys started at 4, hunting at 6. If he's into it and focused, he'll be fine.
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agree with magnum bob and battue: let the boy grow up. maybe the dad benefits from it more than the boy
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agree with magnum bob and battue: let the boy grow up. maybe the dad benefits from it more than the boy Unlike some dads I very much appreciate my boys an will be with them every step of the way as grow an develop into young men.
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I have had a lot of success with the Winchester 64 grain SP bullet in my AR rifle and my single shot.
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60 grain Nosler Partition.
Once you see some deer shot with that bullet you will wonder why a guy shoots anything else.
My bud and I shot around 20 deer with that bullet and I bet only 5 or 6 ever made tracks.
Shot my biggest bodied buck with them at maybe 20 yards. Through one blade and then through the opposite joint, a 50 yard death run and he was done. Yep, and the 64 Nosler Bonded is right there with it. They penetrate and devastate.
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60 grain Nosler Partition.
Once you see some deer shot with that bullet you will wonder why a guy shoots anything else.
My bud and I shot around 20 deer with that bullet and I bet only 5 or 6 ever made tracks.
Shot my biggest bodied buck with them at maybe 20 yards. Through one blade and then through the opposite joint, a 50 yard death run and he was done. Sounds interesting but I have not been able to get better than about 4 MOA accuracy from them. That's in 3 1-8" twist ARs, a 1-12" twist bolt action, and (less surprising) 5-6 1-14" twist varmint rifles. On the flip side, the 70 grain Accubond shoots very well in my current AR, solidly sub MOA. Tom I have been able to get deer accuracy out of them with every rifle that was twisted right. My Savage LWH loves them. 25.5 grains of W748 loaded to 2.255 ignited by a Rem 7 1/2 gives .65" groups.
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