Same here JTD! I did end up ordering a case length gauge from Lee for my .338-06 as they had some overstock but was unable to order a custom length version as they aren’t filling custom orders at this time. I got that in the mail late last week and it’s sat on my bench since then.

I got out hunting with my wife on Saturday morning and she filled another tag, this one a nice whitetail doe, with the .243 and 85gr TSX. Shot was around 80 yards, quartering towards us. Didn’t break any shoulder bones and slipped that bullet just past it, took out both lungs, poked through the very corner of the diaphragm and exited. Shot was higher in the rib cage so the blood trail wasn’t great at first but still relatively easy to follow. The doe made it back into a patch of Russian Olives and maybe made it 50 yards in total.

She’s been making me look like I know what I’m actually doing at the reloading bench, with that rifle lately! We were out at the range Friday evening and she hit a steel plate on her first round at 300 after shooting groups and 100, 200, and 300.


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