.375 Ruger....
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Since this thread has taken so many twists and turns, might as well get started down another road......
They deny it, but Hornady has definitely changed their Interlock design. Here's what the 270 Interlock used to do.
Both taken from one shot kills on moose. One was at around 10 yds, the other at quite long range. Cannot remember exactly, but it was way out there.
As well, if you section an older Interlock and a new one the difference is quite evident.
Ted
They deny it, but Hornady has definitely changed their Interlock design. Here's what the 270 Interlock used to do.
Both taken from one shot kills on moose. One was at around 10 yds, the other at quite long range. Cannot remember exactly, but it was way out there.
As well, if you section an older Interlock and a new one the difference is quite evident.
Ted
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Since this thread has taken so many twists and turns, might as well get started down another road......
They deny it, but Hornady has definitely changed their Interlock design. Here's what the 270 Interlock used to do.
Both taken from one shot kills on moose. One was at around 10 yds, the other at quite long range. Cannot remember exactly, but it was way out there.
As well, if you section an older Interlock and a new one the difference is quite evident.
Ted
Any photos of results using Marshal Matrix bullets on game? I picked up some for my
.366 Wagner and 375 H&H and hopefully I'll get to see how they work in the field, either this season or the next.
Here's my contribution to thread twist then.
The H&H, it has my history, but the lightweight Husqvarna x62 Wagner, it will be the carry gun in the near future.
Ted, et al.
What do you think of the 286gr .366 dia. Horn. SP IL's?. Any good for reliable penetration on heavy animal shoulder shot?. It's just that I've got a whole whack of 'em sitting on the shelf y'see.
Have noticed the difference in recent smaller cal. IL's, and the 6.5mm Amax's have had variable shank length to ogive of late.
i ll choose another one like Ted for the Matrix (the bullet lol not the movie) for the weight you are referring i ll prefer the partition or the norma oryx.
hornady are good for training on those specific calibers 270 for .375 and 286 for .366.
Any photos of results using Marshal Matrix bullets on game? I picked up some for my
Have posted this one before in another thread, a 270 gr Matrix after breaking the near shoulder, chopping up two vertebrae, and found in far shoulder of a big grizzly.
Retained weight is 91% and bonding is about as good a one could expect.
I now use the same bullet in 285, 300, and 320 gr, but with a flat base.
Ted
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Have posted this one before in another thread, a 270 gr Matrix after breaking the near shoulder, chopping up two vertebrae, and found in far shoulder of a big grizzly.
Retained weight is 91% and bonding is about as good a one could expect.
I now use the same bullet in 285, 300, and 320 gr, but with a flat base.
Ted
Impressive
, and now that I see the picture, I do recall seeing it in one of your previous posts. I look forward to trying, in the field, the ones I picked up from Marshal. In most calibres,other than the .366 and 375, fairly recently I've opted to go to the Barnes TTSX.Been real busy all spring but I finally can get out black bear hunting this afternoon. Haven't shot anything with the New King for awhile , last was a moose in 2012. So of course the NEW KING is going tonight. I'm hoping to run into a 5 ft or so bear- not too big, just a good balance of meat quality and quantity. Might be my only chance to bear hunt this spring so hopefully I get a bit lucky.
Well yes, I do....I've actually got a long winded story!
My buddy Steve has been putting together a new website called HowtoHunt. On this website he is featuring videos to cover every aspect of hunting possible- which is pretty much limitless, of course. As many of you guys know, I am a retired chef of about 25 years. So a big part of hunting for me (and for most hunters) is cooking the meat, so of course Steve says "you are our chef, so you need to go get a bear to film the bear cooking segments"
We were looking for a "meat bear" or "sausage bear" or whatever you want to call it. Trophys are nice but you can't eat them, and in BC and many areas, black bear is an underutilized meat source.
So we go to a high point on one side of a valley and start glassing the slashes on the other side. It's pretty hot, so we start mumbling to ourselves that it may be a bit too early for the bears to want to come out....Then I spot a bear right on the old road! SO you never know! He looks bigger than what we set out to find, but whatever....
We figure out how to get to the bear via F250 Spot and Stalk method, note the direction the bear is moving, and drive over there...get lost on a few of the different branches that dead end, go back to the original one we were on, decide we are on the right track, and park the truck. We start creeping down the road, keeping an eye out for Mr Bear, as it's been almost an hour since we last saw him. But we figure he HAS to be by the road, as why would he go anywhere else, with all this green stuff growing around the road. After about 45 minutes of creeping, we spot the bear, just below the road. Steve gets his camera ready, and I creep up to a good shooting position (later measured at 133 yards). The sun is hitting my face and scope in just the right angle to make things difficult, so I adjust the power up to 8x to really focus on the bear and block out the surrounding glare.
BOOM goes the Mighty NEW KING, propelling the 250 gr TTSX towards the bear, which drops at the shot, never to move again. We go up to the bear and he's bigger than we thought- the hide would easily go well over 6 ft and probably close to 7.
We set up the camera to show the gutless method of doing a bear, and have a brief debate about the hide. It's in perfect shape, obviously a large bear.....But I've got several rugs as does Steve. And so as this hunt was all about the meat, we decide to just do it like we would a non trophy animal, doing a dorsal cut and removing the meat. We showed how easy it is to take an animal apart at the kill site, rather than muss around dragging it back to the truck and loading it whole, and THEN cutting it up. I haven't done much filming except for impromptu hunting stuff, so this was pretty interesting to me.
After that it was time for a beer!
My buddy Steve has been putting together a new website called HowtoHunt. On this website he is featuring videos to cover every aspect of hunting possible- which is pretty much limitless, of course. As many of you guys know, I am a retired chef of about 25 years. So a big part of hunting for me (and for most hunters) is cooking the meat, so of course Steve says "you are our chef, so you need to go get a bear to film the bear cooking segments"
We were looking for a "meat bear" or "sausage bear" or whatever you want to call it. Trophys are nice but you can't eat them, and in BC and many areas, black bear is an underutilized meat source.
So we go to a high point on one side of a valley and start glassing the slashes on the other side. It's pretty hot, so we start mumbling to ourselves that it may be a bit too early for the bears to want to come out....Then I spot a bear right on the old road! SO you never know!
He looks bigger than what we set out to find, but whatever....We figure out how to get to the bear via F250 Spot and Stalk method, note the direction the bear is moving, and drive over there...get lost on a few of the different branches that dead end, go back to the original one we were on, decide we are on the right track, and park the truck. We start creeping down the road, keeping an eye out for Mr Bear, as it's been almost an hour since we last saw him. But we figure he HAS to be by the road, as why would he go anywhere else, with all this green stuff growing around the road. After about 45 minutes of creeping, we spot the bear, just below the road. Steve gets his camera ready, and I creep up to a good shooting position (later measured at 133 yards). The sun is hitting my face and scope in just the right angle to make things difficult, so I adjust the power up to 8x to really focus on the bear and block out the surrounding glare.
BOOM goes the Mighty NEW KING, propelling the 250 gr TTSX towards the bear, which drops at the shot, never to move again. We go up to the bear and he's bigger than we thought- the hide would easily go well over 6 ft and probably close to 7.
We set up the camera to show the gutless method of doing a bear, and have a brief debate about the hide. It's in perfect shape, obviously a large bear.....But I've got several rugs as does Steve. And so as this hunt was all about the meat, we decide to just do it like we would a non trophy animal, doing a dorsal cut and removing the meat. We showed how easy it is to take an animal apart at the kill site, rather than muss around dragging it back to the truck and loading it whole, and THEN cutting it up. I haven't done much filming except for impromptu hunting stuff, so this was pretty interesting to me.
After that it was time for a beer!
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TTSX are good for off side head shots
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Good job Gate! Looks like good eating. When and how will the video be available?
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