Originally Posted by
Muley Hunter
Lots of guys use 100gr with the big NoExcuses 400-500gr conicals.
I might too if I was 25 again. I used to think it was fun to shoot a .458 mag with a 500gr bullet. You couldn't pay me enough to shoot one now.
Man, I'm glad to hear you guys confessing to this. I tried shooting one of my sons ML the other day with 110gr of BH209 with a 300gr bullet. At the shot the rifle jumped back and I got a good wrap from the scope. Luckily I didn't get cut. I think my glasses took the blunt of the force which probably saved me. I know I held onto that gun tight but I was surprised to the recoil. I finally reduced the charge down to 70 grain of BH209, to where I felt it was a tolerable load for me and my 13yr old grandson. 80 grain would have been OK for me, but you knew you fired it.
Ed