rodregier
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I handload a clone of the Hornady .308/125 lite for my aluminum receiver BLR in .308 using H4895. Makes it much more enjoyable to repeatedly fire on the range.
Ah... for some reason this just made a lot of sense to me. Maybe I’m putting the expectations more so on myself than the actual rifle/caliber.
Sorry I mistook your question about which Howa. I’m going with their entry Hogue platform.
A 243 for deer is perfectly fine choice. People use the 100 grain partitions for elk all the time, and they will work wonders on any deer you find in North America. Just stay away from the varmit rounds that are commonly available for the cartridge when you are buying hunting ammo.
I've been doing load development for this same model rifle and am getting 1.5 inch groups at 300 yards, that's with 140grain hornady sst, have a nice muzzle brake on it, love the low recoil of this rifleMy rifle is a Ruger American($400 rifle).
Ruger American in 6.5 CM should probably be the new "all-American" rifle. I mean, it can do 99% of what is needed either on the range or in the field, at a cost that is nearly impossible to beat.I don't like recoil either- especially when suffering through it isn't necessary. I bought my first 6.5 CM last year, and I took a nice 6 point with it last Friday (yes, we are in the last week of deer season here). The 6.5 CM is very versatile for most applications in the lower 48. My rifle is a Ruger American($400 rifle). It shoots better than 1" groups at 100 yards with 140 grain Federal nontypical white tail, which is about $17 a box at academy sports. I have also fired the Ruger American in 308, and the 6.5 CM is much more pleasant to me.
It's good to hear that I'm not the only one who gets a bit tender when shooting 20+ rounds of .308
My rifle weighs about 8 lb with the scope.
I have to take some aleve when I get home.
Theres some new tech out there, but I still like the Pachy Decelerator. I have a couple of those installed, as well as an older limbsavers, limbsavers airtech, and Kickeez.I noticed in these messages that someone uses the Pachmayr butt pad. I'm getting one of those!
Theres some new tech out there, but I still like the Pachy Decelerator. I have a couple of those installed, as well as an older limbsavers, limbsavers airtech, and Kickeez.
The Kickeez is on my .375 Ruger which is about 8lbs, and so far I havent had anyone NOT shoot that gun twice...or more. Ive looked back and been clean out of ammo a couple times. There are some down sides to the sorbothane pads tho. The have a relatively short life span, get sticky, take set....and DIE!
Usually within a couple years of installation. My Kickeez is still fine, but im expecting to change in in the semi near future
I handload a clone of the Hornady .308/125 lite for my aluminum receiver BLR in .308 using H4895. Makes it much more enjoyable to repeatedly fire on the range.
A gun for hunting and target shooting can be very difficult to select. If your in a stand and the deer are close a pistol cartridge would not wreck your meat and you could shoot it all day at the range, assuming you could afford that much ammunition. 357, 44 and 45 colt will all take down a dear inside 150.