Recent content by 112Savage

I bought some 145 LRX to try in my 280AI. I cleaned my barrel first but found a screaming and accurate load with RL23. I haven’t killed a deer yet but it goes through 7 jugs of water easily at 110yds and is accurate at 600 as well WBY backcountry guide 1-9” twist

Try 160 Accubond. The 160 ballistic tip could be the whitetail bullet. They have the same profile, so should shoot similarly

The bullet that the petals sheared off is the 258 hammer hunter. That is its design and it works wonderfully. I killed all of my plains game from my only trip to Africa with that bullet and was not left wanting.

Limpopo 2021

Unfortunately the answer will be; it depends. If it will still hold a primer, I keep on using it. If it won’t, then it’s trash. I have a lot of brass that looks like this and keeps on trucking with lower (normal pressure) loads

The beauty of the 6.5 creedmoor is that most rifles shoot almost all bullets well. It also shoots them at a good velocity. Sure there are many that send the same bullet faster, but at what cost? 143ELDX 42.1gr RL16 2735fps 160 45-46gr superformance sierra/hornady 2630fps 130 sierra HPBT or TGK...

@Philip Glass is right. I wonder if some of the animals we ate would not have been better if they had hung longer. I had no real complaints, but since we were the first hunters there in over a year due to COVID closures, it wasn’t like their refrigerator had a ton of hanging carcasses. I really...

Sable- tenderloins, taste was good but very tough Impala- backstraps very good, tender Springbok- leg roast, very similar in texture and taste to whitetail Warthog- definitely pork- similar to wild boar Zebra- tenderloins- marinated in Italian dressing and grilled. Amazing Gemsbok- ground...

Wow! That doesn’t look new!

I only used 100gr sierra SBT, 117 sierra SBT, and 115 Berger VLD. For whitetail in Southwestern Virginia my longest shot was less than 300yds and exit wounds were not common. My last load was a max load of Retumbo (Berger manual) and 115 Berger at 3200 fps from the 26” barrel. I also used...

I have nothing constructive to add. Just don’t forget your jock strap to carry those huge brass things between your waist and knees. Can’t wait to read about it.

You can see both entrance holes at the tip of his ear and just behind it

I am guilty of this exact problem. My first African animal was a sable. We finally tracked him down in an open grassy area. The grass was up past his belly and not knowing the animal as well I hit high. He dropped at the shot and when driving to him he got up and ran. The second shot was a...

I tried on both the ranger and the barefoot (zero drop) ranger at SCI. I wear a size 10 in almost any leather boot and am generally a D width. For reference Danner tannicus boots fit me like a glove in size 10. I have relatively high arches as well. The barefoot fit the best as it felt slightly...

When you originally posted this I thought you were in TN or somewhere. I’m in Wytheville and would be interested in these if still available