Equalizer
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*Update*
A little time has passed but it has been productive! I made a few trips to the range and got my load dialed in before gun season started. I went with the 200 Gr SST because I didn't have time to work with the Barnes I had hoped to.
Load:
200 Gr SST
56.7 Gr Varget
Lapua 30-06 brass (3x fired)
Win LR primer
3.32" Coal
I estimated it was around 2875 fps and the groups at 111 yards were nice. (.52 five shot group is best so far)
Second day of gun season found me in position before daylight with the 338-06 in my lap. Deer were moving around me and the wind was in my face so I just waited for a good shot. Took a cull buck that was on the tail of a hot doe at 150 yards through the woods three ridges away from my chair at the base of a tree. It was a very narrow opening but I threaded it in there through both shoulders. Buck staggered a few yards and expired in very short order.
My hunting buddy and his boy walked up and we worked our way over to my deer. As we were talking and trying to figure out exactly where I had been and how far of a shot it was and checking out the deer and its wounds, my friends eyes got big and he extended his hand and I knew a deer was coming up on us from my back side. I handed him my rifle and told him "one in the chamber, safety is on, & it's a hair trigger" he had taken a kneeling position and at 30 yards the buck stopped with a big clump of trees between it and us. He couldn't wind us but he knew we were there.. the hot doe trail he was following momentarily forgotten. He turned after a good 15 or 20 seconds and my buddy grunted, deer stopped broadside at 50 yards.
WHAM!!! The impact was enormous and the buck nearly flipped over, its side rippled and the impact pushed him back. He tried to run but his front legs folded up and he bulldozed a couple feet then smashed into a tree so hard it ripped hair off his shoulder. It died so fast and with such authority that we were all mouths agape eyes wide…
Today I ran my load over the chronograph….
A little time has passed but it has been productive! I made a few trips to the range and got my load dialed in before gun season started. I went with the 200 Gr SST because I didn't have time to work with the Barnes I had hoped to.
Load:
200 Gr SST
56.7 Gr Varget
Lapua 30-06 brass (3x fired)
Win LR primer
3.32" Coal
I estimated it was around 2875 fps and the groups at 111 yards were nice. (.52 five shot group is best so far)
Second day of gun season found me in position before daylight with the 338-06 in my lap. Deer were moving around me and the wind was in my face so I just waited for a good shot. Took a cull buck that was on the tail of a hot doe at 150 yards through the woods three ridges away from my chair at the base of a tree. It was a very narrow opening but I threaded it in there through both shoulders. Buck staggered a few yards and expired in very short order.
My hunting buddy and his boy walked up and we worked our way over to my deer. As we were talking and trying to figure out exactly where I had been and how far of a shot it was and checking out the deer and its wounds, my friends eyes got big and he extended his hand and I knew a deer was coming up on us from my back side. I handed him my rifle and told him "one in the chamber, safety is on, & it's a hair trigger" he had taken a kneeling position and at 30 yards the buck stopped with a big clump of trees between it and us. He couldn't wind us but he knew we were there.. the hot doe trail he was following momentarily forgotten. He turned after a good 15 or 20 seconds and my buddy grunted, deer stopped broadside at 50 yards.
WHAM!!! The impact was enormous and the buck nearly flipped over, its side rippled and the impact pushed him back. He tried to run but his front legs folded up and he bulldozed a couple feet then smashed into a tree so hard it ripped hair off his shoulder. It died so fast and with such authority that we were all mouths agape eyes wide…
Today I ran my load over the chronograph….
