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Marlin 336 in 44 mag, 250 grn hard cast over H110
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This year going to do some hunting in east Texas, Pretty thick land where they do controlled burns and the trees are planted in actual patterns. You can see a ways, maybe 150 yards if you can line up just the right row of trees. Decided to power up my 45 Colt Rossi carbine via some Paco Kelly load data. Worked up to 26 grains of H110 under a 240 grain Hornady mag XTP. No sign of pressure other than the light little rifle with it's steel buttplate gets brutal if your just wearing a Tshirt. Seemed to shoot best with 24.0 grains so that is what I decided to load. The rifle with it's 16 inch barrel is just too short for me using irons so I topped it with a Burris scout scope 2 3/4 power I think. Not as fast as I was with 25 year old eyes and irons but I can put 3 under 4 inches at 150 yards. Rick, I'll chime in when I'm done staring at your avatar. If you don't hear from me I'm not finished. Well my piss on BLM avatar disappeared so I had to find a pic small enough to fit and there she was.
Dog I rescued in January ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/yYDjsxrQ/IMG-0124.jpg)
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My 16" Rossi 92 in 45 Colt is my everyday carry rifle. I can run into a lion or a bear between the house and barn, so a rifle is a must. I use a lace on leather butt cover recoil pad, looks good and fits the rifle. Skinner rear sight peep stem fits on the bolt where the safety lever used to be.
Ive tried 26 grns of 296 with 250 XTP'S and it shot great, but Ive settled on 300 grn Speer Deep Curls with 296, which comes out at 1411 fps.
Handy accurate little rifles. Fits well in a scabbard and goes just about anywhere.
Manny Might look into one of the leather butt cover recoil pads. I was shooting off of a too low bench and leaning forward. The bottom part of the curved buttplate dinged me pretty good several times and there is actually a bruise! Before I started playing Paco Kelly I was shooting 13.0 grains of Blue Dot under a 270 grain Keith style semi wadcutter and never had any issues with it. Should have just left well enough alone.
Dog I rescued in January
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