Formidable 10’s

[6pt-Sika]

Formidable loads for the upcoming “brown cloven hooved rat” season . Only to be shot in the right barrels of the pair of EH 28” guns and the Grade 1 hammer gun 26” barrels .

[Stan Hoover]

Don't you think that will spoil much meat there Craig

I was contemplating taking a small caliber, 17 Centerfire for culling methods , head shots only

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

Don't you think that will spoil much meat there Craig

I was contemplating taking a small caliber, 17 Centerfire for culling methods , head shots only

What did Elmer Keith say you can eat right up to the bullet hole or something . Typically these things flatten some upon impact but cut a clean hole straight thru . I’ve plunked eight or nine deer with my home cast slugs/balls .

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

I was contemplating taking a small caliber, 17 Centerfire for culling methods , head shots only

Stan I’ve got a factory made Remington 700 with a 5R HB in 260 REM it also came threaded from the factory so I keep a can on it . Depending on my mood I use handloaded Hornady 123 SST’s or 129 SST’s and have made headshots out to 200 or so yards , those two bullets also work well behind the shoulder . As to the smaller cartridges I saw a huge 6 point killed with a 222 REM fifty five years ago with a 45 grain handload at 100 stepped off yards , one thru temple and there he laid I’ve still got the rack it’s 23.5” spread ( I wasn’t the one that killed that deer my grandpop did) . I’ve also seen several done in with the 223 . Had it in my head once upon a time to use a Ruger 1V in 220 Swift with the Nosler 60 grain Partition . Oh a deceased friend from Sterling PA used a Remington Model 600 in 222 with factory 50 grainers for four or five big deer in the Poconos and he shot them all behind the shoulder like you would with something more correct for the job .

[6pt-Sika]

Stan on a side note I still have the Remington 722 222 my grandpop used to kill the big 6 pointer he bought it new in 1958 . I have the bill of sale for when he purchased it he traded a 22 Hornet on the gun . I wish I had a dollar for every groundhog and hawk that rifle did in !

[Mike of the Mountain]

Craig, love the slugs and "punkin balls".