I finally got to shoot it.

It's a MAGNUM.

Whew!

Shot about 50rds. It was really windy -- so much so, that it blew away one box of ammo!

:shock:

Actually, I found most of the cartridges, but still.

Tried a few factory loads. Winchester 175gr Silvertips. PMC 210gr. Buffalo Bore 170gr and I think the 230gr Buffalo Bore SWC. Also some Speer 210gr Gold-Dot. And my 200gr HP handloads w/6gr of titeGROUP.

As suspected, the 175gr Winchester was the mildest factory load. I haven't run any of them over the Chrony yet.

Shot 1 rd of the Buffalo Bore "heavy" 230gr. Just one. I

Somewhere along the line, it "bit" me and pulled a chunk of skin off my strong-hand thumb. Or maybe it bilstered and popped. Also got a blister on my support-hand.

It is light though...

Mike