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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 183922" data-attributes="member: 10178"><div style="text-align: left">I just started doing some deer hunting with a T/C Contender last year. I bought it from a widow woman after the death of her husband. It came with three barrels. One is a wildcat. A 225 Winchester necked to 6mm the barrel is 14 inches long. I also got the dies for this one in the deal. I did not even have any idea where to start my loading for this caliber. I just started low with some 6BR load information because the case capacity seems close. I had limited time to work with it before deer hunting season last year. I came up with an accurate load of 30 grs Varget and the 80 gr. Sierra SSP bullet 2650 fps. I had put a Weaver 2.5-8X28 scope on it and sighted in with a 200 yard zero. One day I was hunting in a stand on a log road that was between grown up cut-overs. I had the Contender set up on a shooting rail on a sand bag pointing down the road on my right and my rifle pointing down the road to my left. You can only see 107 yards to the right and 120 yards to the left. A 6 point buck came across the road at only 50 yards to my right and with a shoulder shot that 6mm-225 dropped him right on his nose.</div> <div style="text-align: left">This year I tried out the 357 Mag. barrel. I used another Weaver 2.5-8X28 scope on this 10 inch barrel. I worked up a very accurate load consisting of a 180 gr Hornady XTP and 13.5 grs H-110. I sighted in for a 100 yard zero and only hunted with it in the afore mentioned stand. I had a big doe come into the road at 104 yards slightly quartering toward me. I put the cross hair on her shoulder and squeezed one off. I saw her squat down hard and run with her head almost on the ground into the cut-over on the other side of the road. I heard her crash. She ran about 50 yards. The bullet entered exactly where I had the cross hairs on her shoulder and went through her chest and angled on through her gut and when I skinned her out I found the bullet just at the beginning of her off side back hip. It was a text book mushroom. These are not long range shots compared to most of you but they are my only deer kills with a pistol. I did kill a fox this year with the 357 mag Contender at 51 yards. I shot him through the eye where I aimed. </div> <div style="text-align: left"></div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 183922, member: 10178"] [LEFT]I just started doing some deer hunting with a T/C Contender last year. I bought it from a widow woman after the death of her husband. It came with three barrels. One is a wildcat. A 225 Winchester necked to 6mm the barrel is 14 inches long. I also got the dies for this one in the deal. I did not even have any idea where to start my loading for this caliber. I just started low with some 6BR load information because the case capacity seems close. I had limited time to work with it before deer hunting season last year. I came up with an accurate load of 30 grs Varget and the 80 gr. Sierra SSP bullet 2650 fps. I had put a Weaver 2.5-8X28 scope on it and sighted in with a 200 yard zero. One day I was hunting in a stand on a log road that was between grown up cut-overs. I had the Contender set up on a shooting rail on a sand bag pointing down the road on my right and my rifle pointing down the road to my left. You can only see 107 yards to the right and 120 yards to the left. A 6 point buck came across the road at only 50 yards to my right and with a shoulder shot that 6mm-225 dropped him right on his nose. This year I tried out the 357 Mag. barrel. I used another Weaver 2.5-8X28 scope on this 10 inch barrel. I worked up a very accurate load consisting of a 180 gr Hornady XTP and 13.5 grs H-110. I sighted in for a 100 yard zero and only hunted with it in the afore mentioned stand. I had a big doe come into the road at 104 yards slightly quartering toward me. I put the cross hair on her shoulder and squeezed one off. I saw her squat down hard and run with her head almost on the ground into the cut-over on the other side of the road. I heard her crash. She ran about 50 yards. The bullet entered exactly where I had the cross hairs on her shoulder and went through her chest and angled on through her gut and when I skinned her out I found the bullet just at the beginning of her off side back hip. It was a text book mushroom. These are not long range shots compared to most of you but they are my only deer kills with a pistol. I did kill a fox this year with the 357 mag Contender at 51 yards. I shot him through the eye where I aimed. [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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