Curious to see what your rifle reads off that. Sounds very similar to my initial development with the same rifle (except I used 140gr Nosler Custom Comps). Had to get up to 59.0gr to hit 3k fps. Stopped there cause I was satisfied but never found pressure. Also seated way longer than SAAMI. Don't remember COAL exactly off the top of my head, but its way out there to achieve .035 jump. Plenty of room in the mag on those rifles tho, I can still mag feed whatever my super over length dimension is.
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Interesting, as my max length for the magazine is 2.998 which is just a hair over SAAMI.
My bad! My brain had 2.800" as max thinking of my .308 - you're right, i'm not that far over SAAMI. I'll have to check when I'm home, but I think I'm around 3.005" COAL with a little room to spare in the magazine
megalomaniac
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Dude, that goat will go mid to upper 70s. While nowhere near a giant for NM, it may be 20 years before you kill one bigger if you don't live out west. That one deserves a shoulder mount if you don't have one mounted already. Antelope make beautiful shoulder mounts that don't take up much space
Don't live out west, but it's family that owns the 10k acres I hunted and private land tags are OTC… I'll be back
I heavily considered a shoulder mount, but the fiancée doesn't like dead things on walls… dead things on bookshelves? We'll see lol
Did you have a chrono?
I do not, but am wanting one !
I just use the cheap (relative to others) Caldwell chronos. Might not be as accurate, or whatever else they'll say, in relation to a labradar or magentospeed, but it's also a hell of a lot cheaper and gets me closer than guessing!
KevinC
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Just my take on getting permission….."It's better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission!"
Dean Parisian
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It's an antelope. Thin skin. Get a lightweight .243, put on a silencer, and have more fun than legal.
