Day at the range

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Had a good 6 hours at the range today with a friend shooting our rifles checking different loads for our planned shooting trip in the pipe line for the last 7 years.
I had my APRS 308, Savage 6.5/284 and a No.4 303 just to loose of a few rounds my mate took up a .222, 30/30 Improved on a 1898 Swede, 7mm Rem mag and his 460 Weatherby Mag
Had some good groups and I managed to poke 2 out of 4 rounds through a 1" hole in a plate at a lasered 214m with my APRS painted the plate with fresh bright green dye mark paint to pick up hits that missed the hole.

Anyway was a great day up until we fired his 460WM I had not shot it for 3 years and forgot to hold my mouth open when touching off the first shot just like the first time I fired it.
Good old enamel taste again from my teeth we had 4 shots each from it and as thats all the rounds he had for it we were pretty thankful to put it away.
After the 2nd round I was shaking actually so was he as we were undercover so suffered the concussion from the muzzle blast when letting them go.
I can recommend this cartridge to those that wish to clear their sinuses but steer clear if you cannot handle the 100lb recoil energy with each shot.
His load was a 500 grain Woodleigh in front of 126 grains of 2213SC Oh! deary me

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