just_a_hunter
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I've been bit by the bug, and tagged my first buck last year with a Super 14 contender in .357 Herrett shooting a 200 gr. Hornady FTX with a MV of right at 2000 f.p.s.
This contender has since gotten a pretty good make-over. I put a Pachmyer pistol grip on it. I got rid of the Tasco scope and replaced it with a T/C 2-7, also putting Leopold base and rings on it. It's a great shooter and a fine deer rig..
I then picked up a EnCore in .22-250. Had a trigger job done and tighter hinge pin installed.
This (left) is a 200 yard group shooting 50 gr. NBT in front of a healthy dose of IMR-4064. The one on the right is a Contender in .222 under load development. That was also a 200 yard group. The .22-250 also wears a T/C 2-7.
I'm serious about getting a bull with a handgun this year and didn't feel the .357 Herrett was quite up to the task of taking one at 200 yards. So I picked up a 15" 30-06 barrel and installed a Burris 2-7 ballistic plex.
This is a 300 yard windy 3 shot group. 150 grain Speer Hot Core FB, also buring IMR 4064. It measures right at 3"
Anybody else....
Todd
This contender has since gotten a pretty good make-over. I put a Pachmyer pistol grip on it. I got rid of the Tasco scope and replaced it with a T/C 2-7, also putting Leopold base and rings on it. It's a great shooter and a fine deer rig..
I then picked up a EnCore in .22-250. Had a trigger job done and tighter hinge pin installed.
This (left) is a 200 yard group shooting 50 gr. NBT in front of a healthy dose of IMR-4064. The one on the right is a Contender in .222 under load development. That was also a 200 yard group. The .22-250 also wears a T/C 2-7.
I'm serious about getting a bull with a handgun this year and didn't feel the .357 Herrett was quite up to the task of taking one at 200 yards. So I picked up a 15" 30-06 barrel and installed a Burris 2-7 ballistic plex.
This is a 300 yard windy 3 shot group. 150 grain Speer Hot Core FB, also buring IMR 4064. It measures right at 3"
Anybody else....
Todd