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Old 12-20-2003 | 05:20 PM
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Vapodog
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Default RE: 257 roberts

I've used the Hornady 100 grain spire point with good success on deer, however there's no reason why the 117 and 120 grain bullets won't do the job as well if not better.

A max load of H-414 with 100 grain bullets should get you around 3,000 ft/sec and with 120 grain bullets a max load velocity of 2,700 ft/sec.

This is a round that can be improved upon with careful handloading as I was easily able to achieve 3,100 ft/sec with the 100 grain bullets in a 20" Browning Micro medalion with a 20" barrel.

I intentionally didn't list amounts of powder for that reason.....Get the free Hodgdon phamphlet for the starting data and work up. The data is also available at www.hodgdon.com
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