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Hunting/Annealing
I know or used to know some of the Pennsylvania 1000yd (not 1K) deer hunter club guys, more a shootin game than hunting. They told me they always fired a siter at an object 100yds or so left or right of the animal, from a rock solid bench sitting on a stool. Because of the distance, the deer was rarely spooked by the impact of the bullet. They observed the shot and then adjusted the scope to the impact point before shifting the gun to the animal for the next shot. Same technique as we were taught to use when zeroing the 0.50 cal spotter rifle on the 106RR.
Me, I shifted from the high-tech guns to black powder cartridge for hunting. Yup ranges are shorter but I will wager it is harder to get one of these things to shoot well than the latest wouldbe laser. When I got my first Sharps in 1991 I struggled for three-years before I was shown the way and even that only applies in general. I will admit I could have gotten therre earlier but deployments and such slowed me down as well I had no idea who to turn to. Information is now easier to find but the process in loading good ammo is still not easy and fine-tuning involves many more variables that when loading with "white powder". Anway, my latest hunting rifle is a carbon copy of the Remington rolling block George A. Custer is holding in the picture I use as my avatar, the caliber is 50-70 as was his. Unfortunately, that was the gun he "lost" at the Little Big Horn and it hasn't been seen since. Mine I'm keeping a close eye on...
For this rifle I anneal as do I for my Sharps 45-100, the brass from Starline is too hard to use otherwise. I have a few of the modern toys still such as the only remington SR8 (338 L) and 30 Rensi (338 L necked to 30) that escaped the Remington research department. Primer pockets on the Rensi go after 4 shots so the cases get flattened. The Rensi development and performance was written up circa April/May 2000 in "The Accurate Rifle". For 223 and 308 I shoot them until the pockets won't hold.
MVP
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