@Dirtdart
Ro get the best out of the 257 Roberts it is really a reloaders proposition. Most dare I say all Roberts ammo even the plus P is dreadfully under loaded. The Roberts is capable of outstanding performance. A 100 grainer at over 3,200 fps and a 115-117 grainer at 2,900 fps is far better...
@HankBuck
Since the calisi virus our rabbit populations have declined dramatically. One property I used to hunt you could shoot rabbits all day. Now your lucky if you see one
Bob
@mauserhunter
They do tend to mess up a bit of meat. I shoot them behind the shoulder. there ain't much meat in the ribs and they usually go straight down.
My son loves the 150 gn SST in his 08 at 2,900fps. Dynamite in pigs. He has yet to bag a deer. Maybe this year .
A150gn SST recovered from...
@mauserhunter
Just looked at the Australian prices. Well out of my pay grade even the VX3 like yours is $1,700 AUD. I'll stick with meopta no illuminated.
Bob
@mauserhunter
Will be a great set up. For deer the hotcores ar good but I find the Hornady SSTs seem to kill quicker, expand better and drive deep. But hey thats me. To each there own
Bob
@matt85
That should let you know you have touched it off.
All males should be happy they have two round balls left after the stupid woke me to movement that reckons makes are all bad.
Bob
@rwp315
Hopefully you haven't had a brain snap and sold your Whelen. At least with the Whelen you can load it down to 357 hand gun velocity or stoke it up to a tower of power with up to 4,300fpe if bone crushing power.
Bob
@Ontario Hunter
I always store my rifles muzzle up. If you are getting oil seeping into the tang and other areas you are using to much oil. When I was in the army all rifles were stored muzzle up as well
Bob
@Scott CWO
Yeah, Nah a mad bastard like me giving psychological advice would be like putting a dingo in charge of a kids playground. Not a smart move.
Bob
@MS 9x56
Once you use a fast 25 anything else 270 and under just don't matter either.
A fast 25 a good 7mm like the 280AI and a Whelen and your set for 99 percent of your hunting. You could even get by without the 7mm but a bit of variation is nice.
A 25 cal 80gn Barnes TTSX @ 3,800fps shoots...
@MS 9x56
My bean pole daughter had never fired a bigger rifle than a 22lr but wanted to shoot my Whelen.
Even she found the recoil of full power 225 grainers not bad. Full power 259s at 2,700fps off the bench were at her upper limit. So recoil doesn't come into it .
If'n he don't buy it he will...
@mdwest
Why is y'all wasting money in Barnes. The speeds the 358 does is in the ideal range for the old cup and core bullets. If'n you want premium for the little power house the 225 gn Woodleigh PPSP or rnsp would give good velocities and penetration. The 250 gn Hornady or speer would give a...
@Alaska Luke
That's the beauty of the baby Whelen aka 358 win at the velocities it launches big bullets up to 250 gn you don't really need swifts or partitions it's quite happy with cup and core. The Woodleigh 225gn rnsp would make a fine medium range bullets and the stubby sierra 225gn game...
@Grumpy gumpy
SMLE triggers flop around like a sunny door in a cyclone all the time unless the rifle is cocked.
The easiest way to get a Huber trigger is ring John direct, he's a nice bloke to deal with
Bob
@MS 9x56
Dear not young man I will look up some loads and on you.
I have loaded the 275gn Woodleigh PPSP in my Whelen to almost 2,600 fps without any issues. They were superbly accurate and very potent.
I have yet to shoot something with them.
They have the same as as the 276gn 9.3 projectiles...
@Rafiki
The best replacement trigger for the SMLE is the HUBER CONCEPTS TRIGGER. I have had two of them and fitted them for others. It converts the old crap trigger into a nice single stage trigger that can be adjusted down to two pound. Easy to install.
The only way to fix the over travel is...
@HankBuck
Just because you own a 243 doesn't exclude you from the Whelen fraternity but you do have to own a Whelen. Maybe you could sell the 243 and get a Whelen or rebarrel it to the baby Whelen the 358 win
Bob
@Philip Glass
I took my latest and greatest reloads to Namibia.
But they were tested in the field and used in temperatures similar to or hotter than the area we hunted. All the loads I took were made with virgin brass out of the same bag I developed my loads with. I had zero problems. I suppose...
@HankBuck
If you can ever find evidence that I have ever owned a 243 you can call me Monica. When I visited @rdog he showed me his 243 and asked if I wanted to hold it. I politely declined as I didn't want to be contaminated. It was a nice looking rifle but it was a 243. No way would my hands...
@rookhawk
If'n y'all find a 243 supposedly owned by me it would definitely be a fake as it would have started life as a 358 win or o nice 250 Savage.
Anything owned by me ain't worth much because I buy budget, eg exmil or Savage.
Bob
@hoytcanon
Great shop. When I visited it I had a great yarn with Wes the owner. If'n y'all look at the display of Epps 303 cartridges you will see the 25-303 Epps improved that I gave them
Bob
@Robmill70
Please sell the 243 and keep the Whelen. Loaded with a nice 225 gn boat tail @2,900fps the mighty Whelen shoots flatter than the 308 loaded with 150s so flat enough.
Bob
@deewayne2003
Why do you need an AFT import permit.
I have sent projectiles to the USA with zero issues. I just sent some 310gn Woodleighs in 35 cal to another member. He had them in about 14 days.
Bob
@Robmill70
Haven't you got anything else to sell apart from the Whelen, like your first born or something.
The Whelen on a Savage action is an accurate powerhouse. Some one is going to get a beautiful HUNTING rifle.
Bob
@CBH Australia
Chris once you eat wild pork of a grain paddock or food improved pasture you will never go back to store bought. Off sorghum, lupens or clover they are as fat as.
Bob
@John the Electrician
I have eaten a swag of wild pork but I'm very fussy. I will only eat it if it comes off good country with plenty of food. Before eating I always check the liver and heart for any nasties.
If the pig comes from an area that's got little feed I just shoot it and leave it. If...
@hoytcanon
And 250gn Woodleighs for those that just want to get the job done with no fuss or bother. They just work.
For those in a beer income ain't nothing wrong with the the humble 250 gn interlockts in spire point or round nose.
I have a beer income but use both Woodleigh and Hornady.
Biv
@EfRed
The 250grainers at 2,700fps out of the Whelen are death by freight train.
Even the humble 250gn Hornady round nose punches big holes in bigger game and rocks them to the core. Not tracking involved and leaves a blood trail blind Freddy could follow on a moonless night.
Bob
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