40+ years ago I started big game hunting with a Winchester 70 in 30-06 guessing total hunting weight was 10lbs. Some might say good weight. Let’s you shoot better. bla bla bla. Fast forward those 40 years and my rifle is under 6lbs and pack weight is 7 ish and it hits steel at 1,200y if I do...
First off I would never consider hunting with a 10lb rig unless it was the last gun on earth. Just stupid. In 50 years of hunting I have tried to find the ONE gun setup and for me the last one is close.
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Just received my custom dial today from Leupold. They included a small range card for wind drift. After comparing it to my JBM ballistic cards I see they don't use spin drift. I do but wondered why they wouldn't?
Been running these bullets for several years but took the range this weekend and the load had opened up to around 1 1/2 inch groups. Switched over to a 140 gr Barnes TTSX and the world returned to normal. The gun shot a 1/2 inch 2 touching a the third a breath away group. Which is its normal...