Recent content by JacquesVR

Congrats Matt !!!

Difficult to answer to be honest as I have had shots out to 220 yards with only partial expansion and others with full and in some instances I had pass thru's without bullet recovery (At the risk of sounding too biased the pass thru's happen more often than not with Barnes but the really long...

OOPS , sorry - saw the reply after posting this :oops::oops:

Sure Witold will reply but the 602 is the Magnum length action(My 375 also on a 602) , 600 is short action (308 etc) & 601 (270 / 30-06).

Seen folks doing some amazing stuff with 250grn Barnes TSX's from their 375's but I stick to 300Grn (TSX as well) - have a Leupold FX3 6x42 LR on it and I know my drop up to 300 yards and my load aligns to the "dots" provided in the LR reticle for 200 & 300 yards respectively. Guess this is a...

Yep fully agreed - the only element still short on the recoil & a good Single Malt is a Cuban Cigar IMO ..... but not everybody smokes so that one is a personal choice.

zephyr - Do you use any filler in the case with the 350's?

The 458 Express is basically a stretched Lott (The Lott being a stretched 458 Win (3" case on the Express) :) ) , it is great in that it allows you to push the 458 faster and at lower pressures but brass is fully custom only. As to the original question - Yes IMO - A Lott is a lot of really...

Beautiful rifle , great caliber - She will serve you well !!!

no experience with 350's so will keep an eye on this thread - please update with your results , should be good! I load 450Grn TSX on the Lott and they work very well (I run them at 2450Fps , can probably push them faster but no need IMO) they are reasonably flat out to 200 (I do not need more...

I load 450Grn Barnes TSX & Banded Solids for the Lott - not too concerned about recoil to be honest but it does give the ability to "Stretch the Lott's legs" a bit away from just being a stopper/ DG rifle (I have hunted Eland , Impala, Warthog & Duiker (Solids worked a charm) with the Lott...

Great thread to read and congrats Adrian .......Nice problem to have in deciding what to buy :D , Glass wise Zeiss,Kahles , Swarovski (Although if the cost differentiation in your end of the world is similar to ours then this may not be an option) or a good old Leupold - they have always served...

Tx everyone for the responses , based on the above I will try Accubonds (Use them in the the 308 and they are accurate and perform very well terminally) & Swift (Gonna test the Scirocco's out of my 270 in a week on a plains hunt) first before the Bergers as I typically eat what I hunt so bullets...

Does anyone have any experience with VLD's on the 338 Win? I am a Barnes fan but for some reason my Rem 700 does not seem to like Barnes :cry:. I load for all my calibers and mostly Barnes and I have tried every possible (at least in my mind) combo ranging from 185 TTSX up to 250 TSX and...

Use them on my 243 , deadly accurate with sub .25 inch grouping from the 100grn SGK's , don't push them hard though speed is around 2700Fps but never had an issue (largest animal taken are Kudu cows) , plenty of Blesbuck & Impala though. Good bullet but think they may be a slightly "soft" for...