How do you feel about lite loads? My buddy is running the reduced recoil Hornady factory fodder 120 sst @ roughly 2500 iirc, would that be something of interest?
Not a bad price on the sst they really need to be slowed down some, I shot a doe with the 130 sst superformance I have left and half the deer was a waste. I'm low on primers, like down to 200 should like plenty but not much by time I load a few different callibers. Low on powder to, only powder I have for the 270 is imr 4350 which I'm about to open my last pound, that's get shared to. But this gun should get a little Priority this year.
Really too bad we live so far apart.... I still owe you some 7mm bullets...deep apologies I suck
no worries, I get some shots at 300-400 but of the few places I can hunt now 300 is about max, maybe more but I'd have to be in one very specific spot and deer would have to do the same lol. I won't shoot past 500 tho it's just to much time for a animal to move and wind is staring to effect a shot.
I'll have to maybe try some one day, I have a few powders that my work like h1000 but probably only for heavy bullets. There probably blc2 loads to but I don't really like using it for anything bigger then a 308 case.
I have 5 lbs of Superperformance and 5.5 pounds of IMR 4320, so I'll start with one of those. That's what I love about the adjustable gas plug. I'll open the plug and test loads as a single shot. Once I have a load I like, I'll close the port little-by-little until the load cycles reliably. I can use any powder and not worry about destroying the op-rod or cracking the receiver. I'll always stick to 150 or 165 gr bullets though. Anything that needs more killing will meet my .300WM.
AKAIK, NY only requires a centerfire rifle in .22 caliber or larger for big game (if using a rifle). I've never hunted deer with a .223 but know a few who have. I'd want a heavy, premium bullet (heaviest Partition or TTSX my rifle would stabilize) if I did. Barnes doesn't recommend the 50 gr TTSX for deer (just antelope and smaller), but if you have good real world results...
In my 12 twist 20" tube, the 50ttsx is the most hunt worthy bullet I could get to stabilize, I got better expansion with it than the tsx, and it got us legal for here. In my faster twists I use the 62 scirocco 2, just as I do in my boy's .22-250, but really the swift just increased our range. As long as shots are kept to 250 or less (my personal preference for reliable expansion 2200fps), I've not recovered a bullet and plenty of internal damage. The swift does provide a larger entrance wound but both are tiny exits, once past 150 yds with the Barnes I aim for the shoulder (on or off side) instead of just behind, (taking broadside shots or quartering only with .223 is my preference) to ensure a better wound tract, things are pretty open here so we rarely have to track anything solid hit, the blood trail with this bullet would not be impressive but they don't go far. We have more pronghorn and muleys than whitetail and that's all I've used the .223 on so far. If shots are too close and we try to break a shoulder, plan on not getting a lot of meat off that shoulder.....
I don't think we even require 22 cal or up anymore, a 17 hornet or 17 Remington is ok, Any centerfire. Unless they changed rules again and don't tell know one, they like doing that.
Your welcome to come up to Orange county to rifle hunt, I have the Huckleberry ridge state forest 4 miles from my house. It's pretty good hunting, tho I need to walk it more for other spots. It's about 1500 acres broken up into a few pieces and not many people hunt there.
Fire tiger color always works good, or clown color.
Troy, too rich for me too, but I got a steal on it, and couldn't pass up the deal. It's in .300 Blackout, and I put a Vortex Viper red dot on it. The whole shebang weighs less than 6 lbs. Now if I could only get some ammo....
Man Stewart is a mad house most times hard getting deer there being so many people, seen some nice bucks pulled out of there tho. I'm about 40 minutes from Stewart right by the pa ,ny border. Those game dinners look fun, never bin to one myself.
One of these days explain the differences in rods to me. My dads getting out of some of his equipment, might be something interesting in there for you but I dont have a clue about the different fishing gear. Most of what hes offings is his heavy Ulua poles, but I know he had some nice shore casting and spinning rods he was thinking of selling....I dont know the difference, just nod when hes talking about fishing gear, same way he does when im talking about the more in depth gun stuff.......
