klausg
05-31-2006, 11:35 PM
Hey Gang-
kg42, versifier& myself have been discussing this under the 'Hunting Chatter' category, and I thought I should start this up over here and possibly get more input, (hey if I haven't said it yet thanks you two:-D ). The part of that thread that really needs to be in this section began when discussing my .375 H&H that has been collecting dust for awhile, (I have a herniated disk in my neck that pinches the nerves of either arm, particularily when I do stupid things like shooting too many Mag rifle loads). We got to talking about a cast bullet load for it and my comment was that the H&H has a powder capacity about like a coffee can and the 18-20 grs of pistol powder that Lyman has you dumping in there looks very lonely down there @ the bottom. So I asked the question about fillers, having seen many warnings, (especially in the Cowboy Action load data), about using/not using them. kg42 has since put in another reply w/ an IMR 3031 load that looks to have some promise, at least there seems to be enough powder in there that'll it'll look a little less lonely down in the bottom of the coffee can, (thanks again bro:-D ). So, I guess my question is this:
a) Does anyone have any suggestions to this dilemma? d-o-k, I still have your 'plinking load' for a 300 grainer somewhere; have you done anything in cast?
I'm mainly looking at punching holes in paper, but would like to be able to do bear/moose @ around 150 yds. Thanks in advance.
-SSG Klaus
kg42, versifier& myself have been discussing this under the 'Hunting Chatter' category, and I thought I should start this up over here and possibly get more input, (hey if I haven't said it yet thanks you two:-D ). The part of that thread that really needs to be in this section began when discussing my .375 H&H that has been collecting dust for awhile, (I have a herniated disk in my neck that pinches the nerves of either arm, particularily when I do stupid things like shooting too many Mag rifle loads). We got to talking about a cast bullet load for it and my comment was that the H&H has a powder capacity about like a coffee can and the 18-20 grs of pistol powder that Lyman has you dumping in there looks very lonely down there @ the bottom. So I asked the question about fillers, having seen many warnings, (especially in the Cowboy Action load data), about using/not using them. kg42 has since put in another reply w/ an IMR 3031 load that looks to have some promise, at least there seems to be enough powder in there that'll it'll look a little less lonely down in the bottom of the coffee can, (thanks again bro:-D ). So, I guess my question is this:
a) Does anyone have any suggestions to this dilemma? d-o-k, I still have your 'plinking load' for a 300 grainer somewhere; have you done anything in cast?
I'm mainly looking at punching holes in paper, but would like to be able to do bear/moose @ around 150 yds. Thanks in advance.
-SSG Klaus