Recent content by teampete

Actually there was another shot on the side of the elk closer to the neck that did a great job. So I hit the elk three times. I know the berger did a good job on the other shot but I still know the shot near the spine didnt break his back like I thought it would. I was hoping this was just a...

I definetly made a lot of mistakes and that was the main reason for the poor shot placement. My mistakes with the rangefinder and my scope power were big mistakes but I still got the job done and will not make those mistakes in the future. You live and you learn. I let the moment get to me...

Well my question is why did the bullet of the high spine shot not break its back. It doesnt matter wether my skills are sharp enough for a bullet to do its job. I know I am not the best shooter in the world but I am more than confident to take those kind of shots. Also, this elk only went...

Hey all, I shot a bull this weekend and it took three shots to put him down. I had a couple high shots and one especially that went right through the backstraps and should have broken the spine. Problem is it seemed the bullet exploded upon touching the skin and basically fragmented outside...

Hey all, I wanted to send a huge thanks to everyone on this board. It was all of your advice and help that got me to where I am today. To make a long story short I ordered a Savage Long Range Hunter back in April and did not recieve it till June. I had nothing but issues with this gun and sent...

I am shooting a 300 win mag with 210 gr hunting vlds. My average chrono reading is 2853. Thats the number i used on my drop chart and it was literally dead on at 800 yards so my muzzle velocity is obviously right there. At 100 yards I will have over 1400 flbs of energy which ive read will be...

Wildrose, Thanks for the motivation! I feel a lot more confident about my shooting. My buddy (champion shooter) who was scoring the targets for me said at 600 yards I was holding about 3 inch groups so I was real happy with that. Going that extra 200 yards really takes more consistent...

Sully, You make a great point. At 100 yards I put 4 shots in about one hole and the other floew half inch low. That was my best group ever (im getting better). I know I dont have perferct form and I am just trying to verify that the variaton of my shots flying a bit left is me and not...

Hey everyone, I went and shot from 600 and 800 yards today with my 300 win mag! My dope chart from the Vortex website was basically dead nuts out to 800. Big props to the program. My question is why did some of my shots fly anywhere from 4 to 8 inches left at times? The elevation was...

Those five shots were shot in the same order I wrote them down. It makes sense that the speeds rose as the barrel heated up. I probably didn't wait more than a few minutes between shots

Hey everyone, I took my loads out today and chronoed them. Today was a very cloudy day and the instructions said on a cloudy day that there is no need to use the diffusers over the top of the chrono. So I tried to get reading from both. 300 win mag, 210 berger vlds, 75gr H1000 With the...

Hey everyone. After months of handloading (first timer) and trying to put together a good rifle I have finnally got my gun to shoot some good groups. I have a Savage LRH in 300 win mag topped with a vortex 6.5-20 x 50 with egw base and burris tactical rings. After 100 rounds down th barrel...

I have a quick easy question. I have a 20 moa pictanny rail and just wondered how it should be mounted. Should the angled down part of the rail be closer to the barrel or vice versa?? I am trying to use my turret out to 1000 yds. Vortex viper scope

I am refering to using a Fed 210m vs 215m with 70 gr of IMR 4350.

Hey all, I have a buddy of mine who says that there is no need to use LArge Rifle Magnum primers for a 300 win mag. He says large rifle primers work fine and actually are easier to help find the sweet spot. Anyways I have shot some loads with regular large rifle primers and everything seems...