Speer Hot-Cor - Ready For Saturday

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11 November 2005, 06:07

First Shot

Speer Hot-Cor - Ready For Saturday

Deer season opens Saturday and I guess I'm as ready as I can get.

I've got 145 Grn Speer (HotCor) Spire Points loaded on top of 48.0 Grns IMR 4350 and my Rem 700 Mtn LSS 7MM-08 is shooting them like a champ!

Here are 100 Yd (0.688") & 200 Yd (1.318") groups. Dark lines = 1/2", light lines = 1/4"

You don't hear a lot about Speers being very accurate (in fact you don't here much about Speer at all), but the 145 Grn SP's are very accurate in my gun. Never shot these on game before, so I sure hope the on game performance is up to par with their accuracy!

At any rate, there is no room excuses if I miss!

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11 November 2005, 06:26

Thomas Jones

Looks like a good deer load to me !
I am asuming its a 7mm08. Hope you put a good scope on it. I am quite confident if you put the bullet where you want it the buck will go down.
...tj3006

11 November 2005, 06:28

vapodog

That kind of shooting will surely drop bambi saturday.....excellent...good luck

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11 November 2005, 06:31

fredj338

My .280 also loves this bullet. Pushed by IMR4831 or 7828, it reaches 2950fps from my 23" bbl. At that speed I find the bullet a bit fragile for larger deer or closer shots. If you keep your shots into the ribs you should be fine. Good luck!

11 November 2005, 06:54

First Shot

JT....Yep 7mm-08....(added original post)

vapodog....thanks...I've got one pinned down so sure hope he shows up Sat.

fred...muzzle velocity on my load is 2,835 FPS, only 115 FPS slower than yours. I'll keep em in the ribs!!! Thanks!

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11 November 2005, 07:45

N E 450 No2

firstshot
Hope you have a sharp knife.

If you see a deer you will need it.

Good luck on your hunt.

11 November 2005, 17:24

Hot Core

quote:
Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
...Hope you have a sharp knife.
If you see a deer you will need it.
Good luck on your hunt.

Completely agree.

Good hunting and clean 1-shot kills.

12 November 2005, 03:46

First Shot

PS: Pictures disappeared because ReloadersNest quit letting folks link to pics on their site. Anyone know a good place for pics that you can link to the pics?

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