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I've found Power Points to shoot very will in a bunch of different calibers. In that .30-40 Krag High Wall they shot into an inch--with a tang sight. The 55 .224's shoot as well as anything I've tried in my .220 Swift, and also work just fine on "big" game.
In fact when I was culling springbok with my PH's .22-250 in 2007, the load he preferred was the Winchester factory ammo with the 55-grain Power Point. It worked just great, and the only one we recovered (from a 350-yard shot) was perfectly expanded. In fact my buddy on the trip killed a medium-size kudu bull with the rifle and load, using a behind-the-shoulder heart shot.
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The PP's have shot well in my 375 Wby, not sure where to get more though? I think they were 270 grain or so?
Heck of a yote load!
Dober
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The PP's have shot well in my 375 Wby, not sure where to get more though? I think they were 270 grain or so?
Heck of a yote load!
Dober 375 Wby on yotes...think that made my day!Any pics?
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil... ...is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke
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Campfire Kahuna
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The .375 with 270's works very well on Richardson's ground squirrels as well, though sometimes all that's left is a hole in the ground.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
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Non that I feel comfy showing...grin
Dober
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Wish they still made the 270 gr 375 PP.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Non that I feel comfy showing...grin
Dober
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil... ...is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke
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I have shot 2 moose and one elk with them out of a 30.06. My Dad also used them on 2 moose from a 30.06. Used them on quite a few deer as well. If you can find the bullet test chart that Gary Sciuchetti did for Handloader magazine, you will see they work extremely well at those velocities. Once they hit 2400 fps performance was similar to Partitions. Truth Go into "images" to see the chart. https://www.amazon.com/Handloader-Magazine-June-Issue-Number/dp/B008DM19BG
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