I borrowed a scope to work the final load recipe up and determined that 71.5 gr of H4895 did the trick in this rifle.
I'll borrow a Chronograph one of these days.
But, opening day was arriving so I needed to be ready.
The results on opening day.
I had to start small to gain confidence under hunting conditions.
Perfect neck shot at 90 yards.
I did not recover the bullet!
It was time to move up the ladder.
I found my next level up the ladder and took a shot at 150 yards. After seeing the penetration on the Ruffed Grouse I made absolutely certain there was nothing behind this intended target. I did not want a group.
I always wondered what people were on about requiring a large exit hole for better tracking. Now I know.
I found the site of impact and started to track. The sign stopped within ten feet.
I was very Confused.
I went back to the point of impact and determined that the sign I had followed had been from the bullets exit path.
I turned around and looked in 140 degree opposite direction and saw this.
It continued for the entire trail. Which was, as you might guess, a fairly short 45 yards.
The exit hole.
After several more hours of Walk and Stalk in the crunchy woods the rifle was finally confident enough to see if it could manage bigger quarry.
The entire vital area was covered by a tree. (as per background)
A neck shot at eighty yards was required.
It is a gun built for Africa and is now ready to go. It feels confident enough now.
No Bullet recovery. Shocking, I know!
I'll borrow a Chronograph one of these days.
But, opening day was arriving so I needed to be ready.
The results on opening day.
I had to start small to gain confidence under hunting conditions.
Perfect neck shot at 90 yards.
I did not recover the bullet!
It was time to move up the ladder.
I found my next level up the ladder and took a shot at 150 yards. After seeing the penetration on the Ruffed Grouse I made absolutely certain there was nothing behind this intended target. I did not want a group.
I always wondered what people were on about requiring a large exit hole for better tracking. Now I know.
I found the site of impact and started to track. The sign stopped within ten feet.
I was very Confused.
I went back to the point of impact and determined that the sign I had followed had been from the bullets exit path.
I turned around and looked in 140 degree opposite direction and saw this.
It continued for the entire trail. Which was, as you might guess, a fairly short 45 yards.
The exit hole.
After several more hours of Walk and Stalk in the crunchy woods the rifle was finally confident enough to see if it could manage bigger quarry.
The entire vital area was covered by a tree. (as per background)
A neck shot at eighty yards was required.
It is a gun built for Africa and is now ready to go. It feels confident enough now.
No Bullet recovery. Shocking, I know!
and when does it get to holiday in africa?
i might be getting confused here wayne but i thought it was full of snow there, so how are the temps too high to keep them cold enough??
