ORIGINAL: cayugad
1. How many of you shoot magnum powder charges for hunting?
2. What rifle(s) do you shoot these magnum powder charges out of? ie; brand, model, barrel length
3. What projectile are you shooting when using magnum charges?
4. What ignition system are you shooting?
5. Is this a scoped rifle?
6. What animal are you hunting?
7. Do you feel this is a benifit with the magnum loads or is this the powder charge that gives you the best accuracy?
8. What do you feel is the max range you would be willing to shoot, if all things were perfect in relation to the shot?
9. Have you ever taken game with this load?
10. Have you ever missed with this load on game?
11. If you do not shoot MAGNUM CHARGES, what is the average non magnum powder charges, you do shoot in your rifles?
1. I have done so once on a hog. IMO "Magnum" charges are a waste of powder.
2. The one I did was a knight Extreme 26" barrel.
3. It was a Barnes 250 MZ.
4. Standard Winchester 209 in a red disc.
5. Yep. It was a 2-7X32 Bushnell Elite 3200. I was hunting woods so I wanted more field of view with the 2X.
6. Russian Boar
7. I just wanted more punch. A buddy of mine in Texas believes they are a hard kill. I didn't want to take a chance on not bringing enough gun. In hindsight I probably shouldn't have bothered with the mag charge.
8. My shot was 35 yds IIRC.
9. 1 Russian boar.
10. No. I needed 1 shot only.
11. Average for most of my shooting is 90-100 gr although for my pistol it's 60 gr. I'm not a big fan of heavy charges but I made an exception for this one hunt.