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25-06 Ackley Improved velocities
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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 2445429" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>My farthest shot on mule deer was 488 yards with the 100TTSX. Hard quartering on, like 70* angle. We had a stare down for 10 minutes, as he had me pegged. When all his smaller buddies took off, he looked at them leaving, and I decided it was now or never. I dropped the hammer, and he did not react to the shot at all. I thought I had missed. I loaded another round quickly (maybe 5 seconds went by), and was just getting ready to squeeze off a second shot, when he stood straight up on his hind legs and toppled over backwards without a kick. Dead.</p><p></p><p>Bullet had entered between neck/shoulder, traveled through approximately 36" of deer, and exited the rear hip. Insides were Jell-o. He was dead the whole time, he just didn't know it. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I would do a fast 1:7.5" or 1:8" twist now, and run either a 133 Elite/135 LRHT or a 121 or 128 Hammer Hunter if you like copper. I think 3300 should be possible with the 133/135, or close to 3400 with the 121.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 2445429, member: 68875"] My farthest shot on mule deer was 488 yards with the 100TTSX. Hard quartering on, like 70* angle. We had a stare down for 10 minutes, as he had me pegged. When all his smaller buddies took off, he looked at them leaving, and I decided it was now or never. I dropped the hammer, and he did not react to the shot at all. I thought I had missed. I loaded another round quickly (maybe 5 seconds went by), and was just getting ready to squeeze off a second shot, when he stood straight up on his hind legs and toppled over backwards without a kick. Dead. Bullet had entered between neck/shoulder, traveled through approximately 36" of deer, and exited the rear hip. Insides were Jell-o. He was dead the whole time, he just didn't know it. That being said, I would do a fast 1:7.5" or 1:8" twist now, and run either a 133 Elite/135 LRHT or a 121 or 128 Hammer Hunter if you like copper. I think 3300 should be possible with the 133/135, or close to 3400 with the 121. [/QUOTE]
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