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Post by js2397 on Dec 8, 2012 16:08:03 GMT -5
Sometime in the spring I am going to get a rifle to use in Indiana. I don't reload so I will have to have some place to buy the ammo. I know there are a few places to get the Hoosier and WSSM ammo. My shots will be under 100 yards but I would like to have the ability to shoot up to 200-250 range. Recoil, ballistics, and accurancy are the most important. Here are my choices:
AR-15 in 450 Bushmaster, I like the idea of hunting with an AR rifle
Encore in 358 Hoosier
Encore in 358 wssm
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Post by hankhunter on Dec 8, 2012 18:39:40 GMT -5
I looked recently and Buds's had the 450 in stock for about $1200. I think that it was the 16" barrel, the 20" was not in stock.
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Post by HuntMeister on Dec 8, 2012 19:35:18 GMT -5
My vote is the hoosier but if I could it would be a bolt gun. Is the 450 really a 250 yd round out of a AR type rifle? Just asking as I do not know for sure but was always under the impression that it is not.
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Post by tony on Dec 8, 2012 20:56:25 GMT -5
Got a 358 Hoosier and a 450 Bushmaster this year and killed deer with both .Long range field hunting I will carry the Hoosier and in the woods I like the Bushmaster .
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Post by antiwheeze on Dec 8, 2012 21:11:19 GMT -5
Got a 358 Hoosier and a 450 Bushmaster this year and killed deer with both .Long range field hunting I will carry the Hoosier and in the woods I like the Bushmaster . Tony, how do they compare in noise and recoil? |
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Post by hornharvester on Dec 9, 2012 0:24:52 GMT -5
The .358 WSSM because you can push it faster and 400 yards is very doable. h.h.
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Post by dbd870 on Dec 9, 2012 8:15:16 GMT -5
Since you want a 200+ yd gun going to have to go with one of the 358's.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 10:30:18 GMT -5
The BM will handle 200 ok when zero'd at 150. But drops like a rock from there, being 2' low at 300. The other two will handle 300 as well as the BM will do at 200.
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Post by js2397 on Dec 9, 2012 10:42:03 GMT -5
I'm not opposed to the 460 S&W either if it is a better option.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 11:20:44 GMT -5
The 460 has better ballistics than does the BM, but 300 is along poke for it. So, do you have a Encore frame already
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Post by js2397 on Dec 9, 2012 11:23:41 GMT -5
I have an encore already so I was just going to buy a barrell. I doubt I will ever shoot over 100 yards. I only hunt in the woods but there are times when I hunt the end of a ridge and can see a long way. 250 yards would be the max I would ever need.
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Post by Rifleman on Dec 9, 2012 15:10:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 16:41:33 GMT -5
Then you should consider the 460. Its pretty good out to your range. TC makes a fluted 20" barrel for it. Makes a nice addition to any collection.
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