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450 yards with a Sako AV, 300WM, 26” Kreiger, 180 Nos BST, VN 560. Near Lion coulee in north central Montana in the badlands near the Missouri River. It was a mule deer buck last day, last afternoon - you know the story. Saw him about a mile away and I took off and had to cross the same “little”...

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Yes, I've heard that as well. Also, Norma 203-B. I've got a few pounds but haven't used it yet. edit: Actually 203-B is the same as RL15.

I have a rifle chambered in a similar cartridge that I have played with off and on for about 20 years. It is a .338/.280 Remington Ackley Improved and has a 23 inch Kreiger barrel. I have used data on loads from the Barnes number 3 manual for the .338 Scovill and a separate article he wrote...

Georgia Quail hunter here starting 1961 when I was 12 years old. First bird gun H&R Topper Jr. 20 gauge. Next was a Remington 11-48 20 gauge about 1963 and then a Browning A5 Light 20 with fantastic French walnut about 1965. Retail was $199.99 at Rich’s department store in downtown Atlanta. The...

Hard to pick a favorite now but these have been at different times. 300WM 7RM 280 REM. Current deer cartridge rotation: 30.06 AI 280 AI 338/280 AI Favorite all time deer rifle and cartridge for Whitetail in Georgia was a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle in .375 H&H. My hand loads with 260 grain...

Have been a member for a couple of years but mostly a lurker and saw your comments about Gainesville. I have lived in Gainesville for a couple of years now but lived in Monroe, next door to Social Circle, for about 30 years. Started reloading in the early 70’s and load for about 14 cartridges...

Hard to pick a favorite for me. For a one gun battery it would hard for me to pass up the 30.06 but I’m just a 400 yard and under Whitetail hunter now. The mule deer days are gone. Currently shooting the 30.06ai, 280rem, 280ai, and a 338/280ai.

They have been out of production for so long that the only way I know of now is if someone wants to sell theirs. I’m using stock I bought a long time ago and I’m almost out. I loaded 60 rounds of 140 gr XLC for my 7RM 20 years ago to go to Montana and I’m still using those rounds to hunt here in...

Another comment regarding performance for me about those XLC bullets. I have used them in a 7RM, 300WM, and a .338/.280 AI. I found them to be very easy to tune to at least better than MOA and usually multiple loads around half MOA. The barrels on those rifles are Hart, Kreiger and Shilen. Have...

As a side note to my previous reply, the last Barnes manual that had the XLC data in it had a lot of errors that was acknowledged by Barnes and corrected. You just had to print the correct data off a computer and tape appropriately in the manual.

I have been using the Barnes XLC blue coated bullets since they came out. The load data for them is in the older Barnes manuals and it is correct. The coating is very slick and doesn’t build pressure like the current TSX or TTSX.

Great cartridge and I’ve had two of them. After using them for a couple of years a long time ago, I moved on to larger calibers. Just my opinion but I tend to use what I feel is needed for the worst scenario. I also believe it’s personal preference as well. I’ve used a lot of calibers but my...

6.5 Grendel 30.06 AI 300WM 375H&H .454 Casull 10mm Auto Sorry, been watching this thread for awhile now and just can’t get it to 5. If absolutely forced it would be the top five. Also assumes 22LR and 12 gauge included.

He was a really nice guy who had drawn a bighorn sheep tag for a section that included where we were mule deer hunting. I had been out on the ridges overlooking the Missouri River and had seen two groups of sheep that had several big rams the day before he got there. Actually shot my deer while...