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Benelli super sport

The pressure that is expanding the neck to allow bullet release is also pushing on the base of the bullet at the same time.

I stumbled across this and have been taping my mouth ever since. I don't cut any holes in the tape. Just breathe through my nose. Soooo much better than the annoying cpap. Works for me. Lots about it on utube and google. Oh,and I always wear disposable ear plugs when I'm sleeping. Helps let my...

A friend uses the 165sst in his tikka t3 30-06 here in Australia on our white tail sized fallow deer. Very emphatic killer.

6br throwing 95gn sst

I've hunted almost exclusively with the 8x57 for over 30yrs. Probably no different to 30-06 performance really, but it's something different. More than enough bullet options for reloading. 170sst @2800fps is great on white tail size deer,but a bit soft on big pigs(no exits). 195hornady or...

Let them go so they can grow

Wild pork is the best tasting pork I have ever eaten.

444 marlin is a rimmed version of the 30-06 but shorter.

Here in Australia where varget is made by adi,its sold locally as 2208. So maybe your friend read that somewhere but he's dyslexic

If you're going to jam on either a bullet or a false shoulder, you need to be only just able to close the bolt. LOTS of jam

95gn sst work great too

Seen this on 3 rifles. 2 Howa's and a Remington 700,all in 7rm. The Howa importer wasn't interested. It shot the light pills at about an inch but accuracy went down hill the heavier the pills got. I think it can happen if the manufacturer spins the reamer rather than the barrel whilst chambering.

Woodleigh in Australia make a 'hydrostaticly stabilized solid' which follows the same concept

more foot pounds of energy for the same amount of powder burnt would be the test for extra efficiency