kimbershot
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- Jul 22, 2008
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i have a t/c contender 45/70 16 inch carbine with choate adj. stock. love the gun--light, cool, accurate. i load my own--340-405 cast lee lead bullets (i am cheap!).
i had been using trail boss for essentially fart loads, pushing these projectile per ballistic tables to around 1000fps. i want to use this rifle for hunting--deer and hogs (recent move to sc). been looking at loads and recently purchased some 3031. i worked up some loads from 40-43 gr. under the 405's. the most accurate was the 43 grain. after my range trip, my shoulder looks like overcooked hamburg!!! ugh.
well, i am going to live with this rifle as i know it will do the trick (my limit is 100yds). i would like to be able to develop and shoot without crippling myself!!
is it advisable to go back to the trail boss loads (more of a whoosh vs. kaboom)--will it kill a 200 lb. pig at 100yds. also--would a limbsaver type of recoil pad be advisable.
care to opine?
i had been using trail boss for essentially fart loads, pushing these projectile per ballistic tables to around 1000fps. i want to use this rifle for hunting--deer and hogs (recent move to sc). been looking at loads and recently purchased some 3031. i worked up some loads from 40-43 gr. under the 405's. the most accurate was the 43 grain. after my range trip, my shoulder looks like overcooked hamburg!!! ugh.
well, i am going to live with this rifle as i know it will do the trick (my limit is 100yds). i would like to be able to develop and shoot without crippling myself!!
is it advisable to go back to the trail boss loads (more of a whoosh vs. kaboom)--will it kill a 200 lb. pig at 100yds. also--would a limbsaver type of recoil pad be advisable.
care to opine?