There's a goat hunt on my horizon...
I've lurked on forums and pored over manuals and magazines and ads.
I'm going to load 180-gr Barnes Triple-Shocks in my 30-06 for this one. The ADF&G biologist for the area tells me he's seen many a brown bear hunting the same goats I'm going after, so I ruled out the 150-grainers on that basis. Besides, I won't shoot past 300 yards, so the bullet drop difference at the extremes doesn't carry much weight as an incentive to shoot lighter bullets.
That said, I've got my Lyman manual recipes for the Barnes X, and a couple of other sources besides. Barnes' advertising materials suggest working up slowly to as much as 2 grains over the max listed X load when loading the triple-shock - barring worrisome pressure signs. I'm starting with Reloder 22 and CCI 200 primers.
This will be my first experience loading 'unleaded' bullets. If anyone has insights, tips, warnings, etc. specific to the triple shock or copper slugs, or just wants to tell me I'm an idiot, I'd sure rather hear it now than after everything goes gunnysack at the range...
Thoughts?
I've lurked on forums and pored over manuals and magazines and ads.
I'm going to load 180-gr Barnes Triple-Shocks in my 30-06 for this one. The ADF&G biologist for the area tells me he's seen many a brown bear hunting the same goats I'm going after, so I ruled out the 150-grainers on that basis. Besides, I won't shoot past 300 yards, so the bullet drop difference at the extremes doesn't carry much weight as an incentive to shoot lighter bullets.
That said, I've got my Lyman manual recipes for the Barnes X, and a couple of other sources besides. Barnes' advertising materials suggest working up slowly to as much as 2 grains over the max listed X load when loading the triple-shock - barring worrisome pressure signs. I'm starting with Reloder 22 and CCI 200 primers.
This will be my first experience loading 'unleaded' bullets. If anyone has insights, tips, warnings, etc. specific to the triple shock or copper slugs, or just wants to tell me I'm an idiot, I'd sure rather hear it now than after everything goes gunnysack at the range...
Thoughts?
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