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by gnfiter3
Tue May 12, 2020 10:35 am
Forum: General Gun Talk
Topic: 300 Wilson Ham’r
Replies: 91
Views: 334391

Re: 300 Wilson Ham’r

Well yeah, there’s that. I just assumed we were talking about AR15. I know you were 8) I just want folks to recognize that there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to cartridge design - to include the millennial operators favorite, 6.5 CM. The hamr, when loaded to 2.26 just barely bridges t...
by gnfiter3
Tue May 12, 2020 5:57 am
Forum: Handloading
Topic: Home defense bullet options? Bullet #1 for readiness and #2 for training?
Replies: 4
Views: 1210

Re: Home defense bullet options? Bullet #1 for readiness and #2 for training?

Maybe the same bullet for both uses.........I would vote for the Speer TNT. It runs about .16 each before shipping charges. I'm A BIG FAN of the 125 grain TNT. Before the COVID issue, I was loading for $0.29 a round. My buddy killed a 130 pound pig with my load of 18.3 grains of H110 and the 125 gr...
by gnfiter3
Sun May 10, 2020 8:26 am
Forum: Hunting Discussion
Topic: 300 BLK SBR - what is your zero?
Replies: 5
Views: 2802

Re: 300 BLK SBR - what is your zero?

I looked at this several times and came to a 50 yard zero. It appears my 10.5 inch pistol barrel from Rosco, is better than the unknown 16 inch from a different upper. 50 yard zero is just a bit tighter at 100 than the 16 inch. The 10.5 is for HD, and I found the POI with a 50 yard zero to be a few ...
by gnfiter3
Sun May 10, 2020 8:11 am
Forum: Hunting Discussion
Topic: Trying to decide if I need a "big" caliber rilfe in additipn to 5.56/.300blk combo
Replies: 25
Views: 21563

Re: Trying to decide if I need a "big" caliber rilfe in additipn to 5.56/.300blk combo

The decision will be guided by what you want to hunt, and how far away the game is. 300Blk was my last purchase of a firearm of any kind. My purpose built 10.5 inch 300 Blk Pistol is a HD firearm, capable of taking hog and deer within reasonable ranges. A Texas Hunter called the 300Blk a marginal ca...