Take a close look at the case heads. I have seen alot of 'once fired' brass with 2 or 3 extractor marks. Your brass a be just wore out or at least need annealing.
I have a similar guide to Feenix' chart and it works very well. Long before there were 'temp stable' (Hodgdon was not always labeled so) I discovered that loads worked up in cool weather would pressure badly shooting P-Dogs in the summer. I ended up with summer p-dog loads and regular big game...
If you were fine with 4X on the low end I would add the NF NX8 4-32 to the list along with the Leupold VX-6HD 4-24 and let the reticle you like best make the final decision.
Thanks for the reply fordy, and good day to you,
. The bear part of this is the real trick. Couple of things to note.
I will not be the archer so shot angle could be any. I have not seen a brown bear arrowed, but if they are like the rest of the bears I have seen, you still don't know what...
I went with the 236 in the RUM with 3100 in mind. I made it and will settle in right at 3160, but now that the 220HHT showed up the day after this 210 it has the wheels turning. The only purpose of my RUM is to be able to stem to stern a 9' bear that may already have an arrow in it. I may...
This is hilarious, sorry, but dang. Just lose 20 lbs don't smoke and your golden? If you start out in great shape 1.5 pounds off an 8 pound rifle is still 19%. Now if you can take 19% off everything in your pack you just made your 60 pound pack a 49 pound pack. That can be the difference of...
We killed a ton of deer with 24 and 22" barreled 260s. Ranges have been 5 to 425 yards but most have been 50 to 200. My all time favorite is the 125 Partition. I like the 100 Partition as well. Both will give you some bruising, the front end is actually pretty soft, but they kill very quick...
These are amazing, you would use it. I have an M2 as well and it has been on the soup line since my first hunt with the Ultralight. They are beautiful but the finish is quite durable. Anyone that gets this shotgun will only wish they had gotten one sooner.
GLWS WVHick!