Bigeclipse
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Im thinking of loading up some hammer bullets in my wife's rifles. I will likely be using the sledge hammers since our max hunting range is about 300 yards. The 2 rifles in questions are a 7mm08 and a 6.5CM. For the 7mm08 I was thinking of using the 113 or maybe the 136grain sledgehammer and for the 6.5CM the 117grain sledgehammers. I want to keep bullet weights on the lighter side for lower recoil. Here are my questions:
1) How do you feel these will perform on deer out to 300 yards?
2) What powders do you recommend and because they have odd weights, how do I know where to start out with powder charges? For example, I usually look at a nosler manual and take a middle road charge and start there and load up till pressure OR until I reach max book load.
3) any other considerations?
Im thinking of loading up some hammer bullets in my wife's rifles. I will likely be using the sledge hammers since our max hunting range is about 300 yards. The 2 rifles in questions are a 7mm08 and a 6.5CM. For the 7mm08 I was thinking of using the 113 or maybe the 136grain sledgehammer and for the 6.5CM the 117grain sledgehammers. I want to keep bullet weights on the lighter side for lower recoil. Here are my questions:
1) How do you feel these will perform on deer out to 300 yards?
2) What powders do you recommend and because they have odd weights, how do I know where to start out with powder charges? For example, I usually look at a nosler manual and take a middle road charge and start there and load up till pressure OR until I reach max book load.
3) any other considerations?