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JPicked up a model 70 Super Express in 375 for a Cape Buff hunt next year and started load development. Working on a load with...
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JI use 81gr of 4350 with the 270gr bullet My message from Barnes “”. If wanting to use a powder/bullet we do not have load data...
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JHello all Just wondering about these bullets and if anyone has used them for game? I picked up a couple boxes and they will be shot...
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Jjwp475 reacted to Woodcarver's post in the thread I'm hearing BS - Set me straight on Powders being discontinued!? with
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Those one or two discrepancies are what prompted me to call Hodgdon. After I had first been told (not by Hodgdon) they were the same, I... -
Jjwp475 reacted to Woodcarver's post in the thread I'm hearing BS - Set me straight on Powders being discontinued!? with Like.
The only powder I used that I know was discontinued (in 2022), is H414. When I looked into it, the answer was H414 had always been W760...
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Jjwp475 replied to the thread Large magnum rifle primers - brand preference?.I use Federal 215
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Jjwp475 reacted to SaintPanzer's post in the thread Reloading can be dangerous and scary if you don't do it right with Like.
So, mistakes were made. Others will be blamed. This is going to get a bit long, so have a beer and kick back. My first mistake is...
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JI recently switched to hardcast for now anyhow, but the elk for me is the price of gas and a resident tag so about 160 bucks
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JI have taken a Cape Buff with the 400 grain Woodleigh Weldcore - with my Winchester 1895 .405 WCF. That bullet penetrated about 4 feet...
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J350 gr Speer FN 48.0 of IMR 4198 Marlin Trapper 45/70
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Jjwp475 replied to the thread 458-338 lapua? Anyone done this?.Isn't the 450 Rigby the 338 Laupa necked to .458
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Jjwp475 replied to the thread Bullets that well advertised but were not that great.I read a lot of O'Connor and I don't recall him praising the Silvertip. O'Connor praised the Nosler Partitions as i recall
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JI use Barnes because: - I've had excellent success with them. - The factory isn't too far from home. Shop local. :) - The people who...
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JCompletely agree with you, in fact, Barnes has said for years their bullets perform like a lead core bullet that is 30% larger. So...
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JHard to argue with your experiences and success....