A couple years ago I picked up a .338 Lapua from GA Precision. SHoots the 300 gr scenars amazingly well. Trying to find a copper load has been frustrating. Yesterday I went to the range and tried the .275 gr Lazers from Cutting Edge. And got 4 shots in one hole at 200 yards. that'll do!! punch in the ballistics (2850 fps behind 91 gr of H1000) and print out a range card in case I see some piggies off in the distance.
Then fast forward to today. Hadn't been able to get out to the ranch much with work and a couple other hunting trips (NZ and Azerbaijan). So today was the day. Try and notch those tags before they expire and take dad out to see if he can fill his quota for the year
We had our usual rifles for walking, but had the .338 ready in case we saw some way off from the road. well sure enough, we spooked a group driving. figure we knew where they would go. worked perfectly. Dad shot his at 518 yards, moved about a yard and dead... A bunch more took off but after about 30 seconds I saw another one going across an opening. I stayed on him for a while thinking he wasn't going to stop. Well just before the brush he took a look back... 615 yards. caput... haha
I have definitely found the hunting load for this rifle.
Dad's pig was a sow, probably a little over 100 lbs.
Mine ended up being a dandy of a boar with good teeth too. Decided to slide into a steep patch of poison oak. Seems to happen a lot at Tejon Recovery was a sweaty bitch.
Only got one shot on video. But here it is.
https://vimeo.com/132031603
(BTW Admins... the vimeo embed tool doesn't work)
Then fast forward to today. Hadn't been able to get out to the ranch much with work and a couple other hunting trips (NZ and Azerbaijan). So today was the day. Try and notch those tags before they expire and take dad out to see if he can fill his quota for the year
We had our usual rifles for walking, but had the .338 ready in case we saw some way off from the road. well sure enough, we spooked a group driving. figure we knew where they would go. worked perfectly. Dad shot his at 518 yards, moved about a yard and dead... A bunch more took off but after about 30 seconds I saw another one going across an opening. I stayed on him for a while thinking he wasn't going to stop. Well just before the brush he took a look back... 615 yards. caput... haha
I have definitely found the hunting load for this rifle.
Dad's pig was a sow, probably a little over 100 lbs.
Mine ended up being a dandy of a boar with good teeth too. Decided to slide into a steep patch of poison oak. Seems to happen a lot at Tejon
Recovery was a sweaty bitch.
Only got one shot on video. But here it is.
https://vimeo.com/132031603
(BTW Admins... the vimeo embed tool doesn't work)
