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cabelasken
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Did you find an improvement with the magnum primer?
Yes sir. My french people are from Ville Platte but we have been around these BR rednecks so long we sound just like them lol.
Rick Richard
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Mine are from Port Barre to Eunice…up and down Hwy 190.
Ah.
I'm 8 miles from Ville Platte and 12 miles from Eunice… kinda in between.
Might know some of y'all folks!
My wife's people are from Ferriday… that's some rednecks for sure.
I chuckle at their accent when they speak and they chuckle at mine! Lol
I'm 8 miles from Ville Platte and 12 miles from Eunice… kinda in between.
Might know some of y'all folks!
My wife's people are from Ferriday… that's some rednecks for sure.
I chuckle at their accent when they speak and they chuckle at mine! Lol
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PO Ackley created a well behaved monster in this cartridge.
Over-achiever in several ways.
Over-achiever in several ways.
If you have not tried the Speer 145g Hot core and BTSP, you maybe pleasantly surprised at the accuracy and terminal performance for closer 450 and under ranges. The Hot Core flat base thinks it is a partition just like the Hornady Flat base.
I also found the 150g Nosler Ballistic tips to be MUCH tougher than the 140 counterpart, but I have never had a failure of the 140g Ballistic tips on deer, they are for sure much tougher than the Berger 140g vld hunting that grenade the internals of a deer in the 7/08 at 2850 fps.
There is a load with R#25 using Win Mag primers in the 7 Mag that shoots those 150g Nosler ballistic tips in a ragged hole in 4 rifles in my family at 3250 fps, with 9 fps SD, same for the 154g Hornady sp. I bought several boxes of the Hornady 150g ELDX to try with this load.
I also found the 150g Nosler Ballistic tips to be MUCH tougher than the 140 counterpart, but I have never had a failure of the 140g Ballistic tips on deer, they are for sure much tougher than the Berger 140g vld hunting that grenade the internals of a deer in the 7/08 at 2850 fps.
There is a load with R#25 using Win Mag primers in the 7 Mag that shoots those 150g Nosler ballistic tips in a ragged hole in 4 rifles in my family at 3250 fps, with 9 fps SD, same for the 154g Hornady sp. I bought several boxes of the Hornady 150g ELDX to try with this load.
adk hunter
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If you like the hot core you'll love the 145 grand slam!!
In our deer club, we converted a bunch of guys shooting 308s and 30/06s to using a 7/08 with the 130g Speer btsp with max load of IMR 4895, 3000 fps....deer flop on the spot, with little recoil. I loan out my rifle for a few weeks and so does my brother, we have had a hard time getting them back sometimes! Hee Hee!
Buckys
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OP, I would also like to know favorite 140 BT and AB loads for 1:9" 280ai.
Unfortunately, I don't have one as I got 1/2 MOA with 140 TSX and RE22 59.5 grains with winchester large rifle primers in my Montana with a 24" barrel.
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Buckys, did you try the same load that your TSX likes with the 140g Nosler? If not, seat them barely touching the lands, and give them a shot.
A big improvement for me, my groups tightened up to cloverleafs.
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Never tried Grand Slam but had Mag Tip before and couldn't get them to shoot well enough.
