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Mike R

Took my wildcat No4 out on its first trip, tried it out on a small very unfortunate pig and a Roo that was caught up struggling in a fence during the day. Both impacts were over 2,850 fps both wounds were spectacular. Won't go into too much gory details but pig was practically turned inside out( ie everything and I mean everything that was inside is now well and truly outside). The poor Roo was even more gory, like I hit it with an anti tank missile
I've seen lots and lots of things shot with a 308 and 270 that my friends have and shot quite a few things with my 7mm mag and 150 gr ballistic tips, but was very surprised with how the Hornady SST performed
The No4 trigger is taking a bit of getting used to, it feels so different to all my other triggers. I don't think I adjusted very well going from shooting my Howa all the time to the two stage No4 even though I recently done a few days at the range prior to the trip. The Zeiss Terra 4-12 it now wears is much much better than the really cheap Nikko stirling 3-9 it had before. That it lasted that long is amazing. 308 Enfield magazine was pretty much trouble free as long as no more than 5 rounds at a time, 4 is better again.

Almost there, is that a light I see at the end of the tunnel

Doing another trip next month hopefully get to shoot some bigger pigs and get a better feel for the cartridge and for the trigger.
Will have to hit up the gun shop for more 3135g's please