wildcatter82
AH senior member
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2018
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- Location
- Texas
- Hunted
- Alaska, lower 48, Mexico, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Cameroon, Argentina, Bolivia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Australia
This weekend I was able to do some load development for my Ralph Bone custom Mauser 8mm Rem Mag.
I acquired this rifle a few years back, but living overseas until recently I never had the time to shoot it until now. I started with our 180gr SS bullet and H4831SC. Was able to get them up to 3200 fps, but found a very nice accuracy node just shy of 3100 fps. Last 3 shots shown include 1 shot, followed by a final windage adjustment, then 2 shots (there was a little right to left crosswind). I figure would be about a half inch group @ 100 yds.
Not bad for a 40 something year old rifle and a classic fixed 6x Leupold! Load dev ended up being all of 9 shots. Will try to shoot a hog full frontal and dig the bullet out when I get the chance.
Jay
North Fork Bullets
I acquired this rifle a few years back, but living overseas until recently I never had the time to shoot it until now. I started with our 180gr SS bullet and H4831SC. Was able to get them up to 3200 fps, but found a very nice accuracy node just shy of 3100 fps. Last 3 shots shown include 1 shot, followed by a final windage adjustment, then 2 shots (there was a little right to left crosswind). I figure would be about a half inch group @ 100 yds.
Not bad for a 40 something year old rifle and a classic fixed 6x Leupold! Load dev ended up being all of 9 shots. Will try to shoot a hog full frontal and dig the bullet out when I get the chance.
Jay
North Fork Bullets
