My first deer with a pistol (hunting pictures)

December 3, 2016 my first morning getting to hunt this season was successful. I was able to make a good shot at 25 yards from a tree stand on a doe with a freedom arms 475 linebaugh shooting 420 grain hard cast bullets (I cast them using LBT molds in LFN design) with 22 grains of H110 powder. She went about 50 yard and had a great blood trail to follow after the shot hit from the front chest and exited above the rear hip.  The deer will be processed at Crumpton's in Bethel, OH.  Much of it will be made into summer sausage by the Amish.

Good hit with very good blood sign, waited 10 minutes so as not to push the deer

blood trail remained easy to follow

tracking continued across the drive and blood trail remained easy to follow

50 yards from the initial shot, the deer was motionless

First Shots: 6BR Varmint Nightmare using H322 and Nosler 70 grain ballistic tip bullets

Shooting on 2-20-2016: First results

I was able to get out and shoot on Saturday to get the rifle sighted in and collect some data on accuracy and precision.  Several groups showed some promise like this 0.211 moa group at 100 yards with ammo that had not tuning.  I think things look good for this gun to be a shooter!  The velocity should be around 3400 fps.

3 shot group at 100 yards on 2-20-2016.  Windy day, but it still produced some reasonable groups for not optimizing anything.  70 grain rosler ballistic tip bullets, 30.2 grains of H322, new lapua brass with no neck turning (0.268 loaded diameter of neck), and tested both 10 thousands jumps and jams (this was a jam) with similar groups from a very small set of data.

6BR Varmint Nightware with a Rempel bipod and rear bag, 42X Nightforce Benchrest scope.

6BR Varmint Nightmare

Varmint Nightmare

While winter continues to hold on, it is time to get back to reloading after a 6 month hiatus.  Looking forward to developing loads for my 6BR using lighter bullets with a shorter freebore.  Built by Borden and stocked by Tom Meredith, the rifle has the following characteristics:

Borden Rimrock Benchrest Right-Bolt Left Port Right Eject (RBLPRE) 6 BR Barreled action

• Rimrock BR 6 BR Barreled action 
• Borden Rimrock BR Action
• RBRLRE (Eject port for 6.5x47)
• Polished Finish
• brazed on handle
• Hart 1 in 14 barrel
• Matte finish
• HV taper 26 inches long
• 6 BR .272 NK 0 Freebore
• Borden 20 MOA rail
• Jewell Trigger (HVR with bottom safety)
• Seat depth gauge

The rifle is designed for 62 to 70 grain bullets and I will work on loading up for some Sierra 70 grain varmint bullets and Nosler 70 grain ballistic tip bullets for this zero freebore setup , hoping it warms up soon.