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<blockquote data-quote="waspocrew" data-source="post: 1370013" data-attributes="member: 78732"><p>First blood with my 6.5 Sherman. Shot this buck on the WY opener back in October. Load was 140 gr VLD over 60.5 gr RL-26 for a MV of 3167 fps. Found the buck at 375, dialed up, and sent one into the boiler room! He never knew what hit him and tipped over a few seconds later.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85209[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85198[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85200[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85201[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My brother in law also had a tag and after looking over a few different bucks, we found a nice tall buck that he was happy tagging. I brought my rifle along just in case a longer shot presented itself (his 300 WSM is topped with an old 3-9x leupold). His buck was bedded at 460 and it was just a matter of waiting him out. My BIL got prone, and dry fired a few times while waiting for the buck to stand. 10 minutes later, once the buck stood, the 140 VLD dropped him like a bolt of lightning!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]85202[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A day later, I went out to fill my cow elk tag. We found a herd hanging out at the top of our property and with light fading, we hustled to get as close as we could. There was a canyon between us and there wasn't enough time to drop down and attempt to sneak closer. I got prone, settled down, and found a cow feeding broadside at 583 yards. With absolutely no wind and a rock solid rest, I felt confident in the conditions. A few seconds later, she was down at the shot! It made for a long night of packing out, but was definitely worth it. The 140 VLD performed well in my rifle and I look forward to using it on game again. I recovered the VLD from my buck and cow and the weight retention was actually fairly close to each other.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85204[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85205[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85207[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waspocrew, post: 1370013, member: 78732"] First blood with my 6.5 Sherman. Shot this buck on the WY opener back in October. Load was 140 gr VLD over 60.5 gr RL-26 for a MV of 3167 fps. Found the buck at 375, dialed up, and sent one into the boiler room! He never knew what hit him and tipped over a few seconds later. [ATTACH=full]85209[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]85198[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]85200[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]85201[/ATTACH] My brother in law also had a tag and after looking over a few different bucks, we found a nice tall buck that he was happy tagging. I brought my rifle along just in case a longer shot presented itself (his 300 WSM is topped with an old 3-9x leupold). His buck was bedded at 460 and it was just a matter of waiting him out. My BIL got prone, and dry fired a few times while waiting for the buck to stand. 10 minutes later, once the buck stood, the 140 VLD dropped him like a bolt of lightning! [ATTACH=full]85202[/ATTACH] A day later, I went out to fill my cow elk tag. We found a herd hanging out at the top of our property and with light fading, we hustled to get as close as we could. There was a canyon between us and there wasn't enough time to drop down and attempt to sneak closer. I got prone, settled down, and found a cow feeding broadside at 583 yards. With absolutely no wind and a rock solid rest, I felt confident in the conditions. A few seconds later, she was down at the shot! It made for a long night of packing out, but was definitely worth it. The 140 VLD performed well in my rifle and I look forward to using it on game again. I recovered the VLD from my buck and cow and the weight retention was actually fairly close to each other. [ATTACH=full]85204[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]85205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]85207[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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