If you can have a sexy budget to work with; a smokeless ML. I hunt all over, where various rifles are legal and the only boomstick i use for deer is my SML. No comparison to a regular ML, straightwall and many centerfire for accuracy and reliability. Super easy to use. Give me a rest and yardage.... and we are dragging.
.400 Legend versus….
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My Savage MLII is my favorite rifle, although I do use others. My farthest kill was 265 yards.
I said 100 in another thread but I'm guessing closer to 80-85 yards. Little hole in and out.
Wiley E Coyote
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I'm looking for some Barnes ammo for my 350. They seem to open up better than any bullet I've owned. There's a pic of one on another thread here after it went through a deer. I've shot them from slug guns, ML and my 357 for years with great results
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I'm happy with my Mossberg Patriot in 450 Bushmaster... Buck I shot this year out in Illinois took one step and folded... Shot was about 80 yds... Shot placement was behind front leg and no meat wasted... Ammo was Winchester...
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Barnes VOR-TX 350 Legend Ammo 170 Grain Barnes Triple-Shock X Solid
Barnes bullets have historically had the reputation of offering quick, clean and humane kills. Now they are taking their highly regarded bullets to the...
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Big_Holla
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Seeing a trend on many of the FB pages saying the Barnes bullet is the way to go for both the 350 & 400'sBarnes VOR-TX 350 Legend Ammo 170 Grain Barnes Triple-Shock X Solid
Barnes bullets have historically had the reputation of offering quick, clean and humane kills. Now they are taking their highly regarded bullets to the...
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Barnes definitely is a great bullet... Here's my Mossberg.... Beauty of a gun, love walnut sticks and hate them ugly suppressors...
Big_Holla
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That right there would be my dream gun in the 400 Legend.....I think...
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Don't know much about a 400 Legend... One thing to consider is ammo... What will the availability be down the road ... In Illinois just about every store had 450 Bushmaster in stock... I have a 35 Whelen, try finding that in a local Mom and Pop store ..
Wiley E Coyote
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Thanks... Had to get a dummy clip for it so it's a single shot... Illinois allows straight wall rifles but must be a single shot...
Barnes and Maker (they sell the components @giles )
Some food for thought
The 400 will suffer for a few seasons until more manufacturers make quality loadings for it.
I was just looking, I did take a pic of the heaviest blood on the trail. Most of it was just specks. This was the best blood we got. If you look in the background, that is what it looked like. I even lost blood at one point.
Stressless
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Giles, just a thought but my boy and each shot a doe the .400/ both in Winchester, I shot the 215 gr and he shot the 190gr polymer tip. On the blood trail my 215gr didn't leave hardly any blood trail but my shot went through the entire heart and shredded it - so I destroyed the pump, if you took out the top of the heart(aorta) you might have taken pump offline and not gonna get a solid splash like if was still beating and/or connected to the pulmonary piping. Zak's doe with the 190gr did a great job, middle of the lungs broadside, on gutting the heart was still fully connected to the major blood piping, not excessive damage and the blood trail was a crime screen for 40 yrds.