Half the fun about guns is tinkering with the loads!...I remember back in the late 80's, living survival subsistence out in Western South Dakota, I had a Security 6 .357/38 cal wheelie and a 22.250 Ruger M77 sporter barrel rifle..
Man! So we got all our supplies from a place in Rapid City called "The Ammo Cache" Old bastard named Mel...I think it was the blems from Black Hills Shooters Supply he was selling us....Anyway, they were really cheap! A guy would work on the recipes and tinker and get a round just right! Sub MOA!
I remember some things, like loading 9mm cast offs into the .357 and .38 spl casings...I had my 22-250 dialed in! Recollecting...Winchester 760 ball powder, 52 gr Sierra boat tail hollow point match....The damned thing was a tack driver at about 3750 fps out to 200yds!....
Everybody else was shooting 55gr spitzers! So Mel had a load of 52gr HPs for about free! So I bought 'em and got to work tinkering with the sub MOA load....
I had Leopold optics, a Harris bipod, and a Talley Ho predator call...I diddled around a bit, and finally got it figured out!
That damned round would hit a 'yote and just 'pop'! I got the hide...The last 'yote I ever killed, I shot him right between the nostrils, and that HP match round rolled his whole face back right between his ears! I fussing killed a great big Muley Buck on the Barber Ranch even, With a 22-250! Dropped right in his tracks! On account of I had it dialed in soooo accurate!
Those were some great times! I'm not a good shot, but I made up for my weaknesses in location and timing and diligence...I aint got any guns anymore...I do have a Wrist Rocket and a bag of marbles, so I pity the fool...
I watch the JFK assassination tapes and say to my Wife..."Anybody that knows ballistics, That poor bastard got hit in the forehead by a 22-250! From the front quarter! 52gr BTHP Sierra match, 760 Winchester ball powder, stepping along at about 3750"...Either that or some damned comparable Russian load right?!