I have been using the long range hunting handloads I use in my 300 RUM’s. The bullets I use for hunting are the 200 grain nosler accubond and the 180 grain C-21 Cutting Edge lathe turned bullet. Making slight adjustments for better accuracy in this particular rifle. The results have been impressive and I hope the guys don’t think I have been fudging because I have not and have just been developing loads and shooting it as I would any rifle I own. So far I have shot it out to 1000 yards and have pictures of the targets. They are impressive! This rifle will easily take big game animals at 1000 yards if the shooter has the ability to do so. So far my longest shot on game was an elk over 1000 yards earlier this week and the shot was fairly trivial the rifle shot so well. I have shot groups through the same hole at 100 yards. At longer ranges the rifle will shoot as good as a hunter can hold it. The fliers I have had with it I called as my fault when I pulled the trigger and knew where I would find the shot. It was there those couple of times. Last week getting ready for the elk hunt I ranged a target at just under 1000 yards folded down the bipod as in a hunting situation and fired at the target one cold bore shot for a kill. The bullet went through a 6″ bullseye. When practicing for hunting I drive or walk away from the target to an unknown distance. Then I stop, range the target and fire simulating a stalk/hunting situation. Have a nice place to do that on the desert BLM land.

I am sold on the rifle. It has everything a long range hunter would ask for. The rifle is so well balanced with the stock selection that it is easy to carry hunting all day while at the same time having sufficient weight for an accomplished hunter to make precise accurate
long range kills.

Posted by: Don Lewis, Long Range Hunter Forum Member ~ December 23, 2011