so i had to sell my private 450 to the preacher.....
let me restart....
So a friend invited us to TX to shoot some deer in NOV. He is a Preacher in TX and owns Sharps Southern Safaris, otherwise known as texas 4s safaris
AWESOME PLACE, PEOPLE AND BIG BUCKS!!!
Meanwhile, after filling my tags, the owner decided that i wasnt allowed to take my trusty 450 home....
After getting home, decided i needed another, so i took a seconds barrel out of the batch, (one port is a little funny)
and loaded it up with my old rifle's favorite load, 39.5g of 296 under a 300xtpmag, and voila!
102 yards, 39 deg
VERY FIRST SHOTS, 3 rnd group, 2.11"
shots 4-6, 1.4"
7-9, .88"
10-12, .96"
13-17 (five round group) 1.15"
18-20, .43" no thats not a typo, three round group of 0.43"
its so interesting to see the barrel begin to foul and build copper residue that allows accuracy to grow instead of decay like we used to preach it would..... what a great time.
God i love this caliber... and im telling you now, ive never seen a universal load like this one...it seems like every gun i put it into, it works.