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8shots
Optics Jedi Knight Lord Of The Flies Joined: March/14/2007 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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Posted: May/02/2008 at 09:43 |
Yesterday I went back to the range to tweak my Sierra Gameking load after, lets call it Brand B bullets, gave me very little to be happy about. I increased the OAL to 91mm and tried 4 different loads in increments of 1/2grain.
I struck gold on the 68gr. The one "flyer" was my last (5th) shot. I am afraid I had the putting or trigger yips. Otherwise this target was a 'wallet target" for sure. |
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lucytuma
Optics Jedi Knight Joined: November/25/2007 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 5389 |
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8shots, what brand of rifle is the 300h&h, the groups are fantastic. 200gr gameking should work for all but the largest of plains game, in my opinion i'd even use it on Eland. |
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pyro6999
Optics Retard OT TITAN Joined: December/22/2006 Location: North Dakota Status: Offline Points: 22034 |
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looks like a nice group, sierras come through again
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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8shots
Optics Jedi Knight Lord Of The Flies Joined: March/14/2007 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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The rifle has been re-barrelled on a Sako Action. The barrel is nothing special, made by a South African gunsmith. The action is pillar bedded and fitted with a Timney trigger.
The 200gr Sierras will comfortably take down all plains game, even eland. We mostly hunt kudu, which can be rather tough to take down. I prefer using the 200gr, knowing it leaves me some margin for error.
In 3 weeks I am going for Gemsbuck and impala. I know that if I do my part, the 200gr will knock a gemsbuck down, with room to spare.
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lucytuma
Optics Jedi Knight Joined: November/25/2007 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 5389 |
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Sounds like a ton of fun, can't wait to get to Africa, so many unique animals. |
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