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Bull Down...But Lessons Learned
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<blockquote data-quote="jhfleming" data-source="post: 1142140" data-attributes="member: 45443"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Congratulations, Monster bull! Had similar experience just 5 days to develop load and sight in new scope. Used the OCW, Optimal Charge Weight, method and saved a LOT of time vs. the ladder method I had been using, got to 0.1 grain in 65 shots, well that's fast for me anyway considering I had not done any load development with that rifle before. Stock 300 WSM Browning X-Bolt, 175 gr. Berger VLD Hunting, 68.7 grains of RL-22, with Fed match primers yielded 4 of 5 shots in ¼" group, yeah I pulled one. Bullet appeared to fragment after penetrating the skin, one lung was shredded the other intact on a 475 yd broadside shot went 30 yds downhill and dropped.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jhfleming, post: 1142140, member: 45443"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Congratulations, Monster bull! Had similar experience just 5 days to develop load and sight in new scope. Used the OCW, Optimal Charge Weight, method and saved a LOT of time vs. the ladder method I had been using, got to 0.1 grain in 65 shots, well that’s fast for me anyway considering I had not done any load development with that rifle before. Stock 300 WSM Browning X-Bolt, 175 gr. Berger VLD Hunting, 68.7 grains of RL-22, with Fed match primers yielded 4 of 5 shots in ¼” group, yeah I pulled one. Bullet appeared to fragment after penetrating the skin, one lung was shredded the other intact on a 475 yd broadside shot went 30 yds downhill and dropped.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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