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The Speer 130gr hollow point is extremely popular with pig shooters in Australia. Huge hollow and I suspect the jackets are a little thicker than the 125 TNT Speers.

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Those 130gr. HP Speer bullets are very accurate. Back in the 70's, we used to pull the 147gr. full patch bullets on issue IVI 68 and IVI69 ammo, then seat a 130gr. Speer for a "Mexican Handload" (we called them,) and they'd usually run 1/2" from our match rifles. These were almost good enough for competition (3-pos) shooting, but slightly better accuracy was needed to maintain "Master" classification in the SFC(Shooting Federation of Canada).

The Mex. handloads were excellent for practice though, so that when you returned to using 168gr. MK's & 41.5gr. 4895 you'd keep them all but one or two in the X ring from prone(100yds. only). Straight 100's and 8 to 10 count was needed to win master - only did that once, Canada wide postal match, club vs club. It was my first SFC match, so Unclass (U/C) for the first one of two matches, then the next weekend, we shot the second match. Got 1st U/C, then 1st Master, 1975, as they classified me for the second match. Man - THAT was a lifetime ago, 43 years - wow - I still remember shooting those matches - almost new rifle, too. Good shape VZ 24 action, Timney trigger, PH 1200TX take-off .308 barrel, thumbhole stock I finished, 12X Bushnell Banner scope. 41.5gr. IMR4895 168 MK - Norma brass RWS primers. Still have those trophies, they are not large but are quite meaningful to me.

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Daryl


"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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