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 First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 02:33 PM
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Invasive axis in Van Zandt fell to new .243 LBC build w/ 70 grain Sierra HPBT over 30.0 grains IMR-4166 @ 2.118" ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/08/full-59616-248025-first_blood_.243_lbc.jpeg)
One shot is all it should take.
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 02:36 PM
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 02:39 PM
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Fine eating right there  Looks fairly small was that a young one?
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 02:42 PM
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It will be very good eating, I definitely prefer Axis over Whitetail .
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 03:00 PM
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 03:04 PM
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 03:07 PM
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What speed are you getting from that 243LBC?
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 03:12 PM
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He was pretty small. Maybe 100 lbs. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/08/full-59616-248044-axis_buck.jpeg) I'm getting 3100 fps out of those fireforming loads with the 20" bbl. and 2750 fps with 95 gr Berger VLD's in the fired brass.
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 04:30 PM
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No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 05:48 PM
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Grand Saline. I was surprised how sweet smelling the meat is when I dressed him out. More like a sow pig than a buck. He was covered in ticks and mites with lots of scars so it doesn't look like he just recently wandered off from a nice place.
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 07:01 PM
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 07:32 PM
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Very nice gun and Axis. 
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 08:03 PM
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Very nice gun and Axis. Thanks Mr. T. I just put it together and am really impressed so far. I was expecting to christen it with a coyote or pig so this axis really surprised me. He was pretty well endowed for a small deer. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/08/full-59616-248153-axis_junk.jpeg)
Last edited by yotehater; 08/26/20 08:04 PM.
One shot is all it should take.
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/26/20 10:32 PM
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/27/20 12:46 AM
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/27/20 01:39 AM
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One shot is all it should take.
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/28/20 12:14 AM
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Nice Axis 
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/28/20 03:06 AM
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Very nice gun and Axis. Thanks Mr. T. I just put it together and am really impressed so far. I was expecting to christen it with a coyote or pig so this axis really surprised me. He was pretty well endowed for a small deer. Did he pose for that pic?  Congrats btw!
![[Linked Image]](https://krdesignsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/pig.gif) Man if I knew what Oxner knows I could throw away what I know
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/28/20 03:19 PM
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/31/20 07:36 PM
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Nicely done !!!
2750 FPS with the 95 grain VLD is impressive for the 20” tube
Is your brass showing any belting at those velocities - using Hornady brass or other ?
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Re: First blood with .243 LBC build
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08/31/20 07:45 PM
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Nicely done !!!
2750 FPS with the 95 grain VLD is impressive for the 20” tube
Is your brass showing any belting at those velocities - using Hornady brass or other ?
Thanks Not yet, using new starline. I started off using that old fired Grendel Hornady and FC brass after I annealed it. Those loads got me in the ball game until the new lot of brass showed up. I'm running them into a 6mmAR die to resize the base, then the 6mm PPC to set the shoulder and neck diameter. Even though the LBC is supposed to be the same as the 6mmAR the shoulder set back is different on each of mine.
One shot is all it should take.
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