450 Bushmaster for deer? Which one

[TonySkyline]

I have two 450s one is on an ar platform the rifle shoots well it is glassed with a 4 power Leupold does very good, the other is a Mossberg Patriot it is glassed with a Leupold 3x9x40 VX freedom with a ballistic reticule regulated to the Hornady black ammo, hole cutter at 100 yards. Added a GLFA break to it nice looking rifle and did not break the bank.

Is this the 450 bushmaster specific reticle? Wondering how accurate that is if so


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[Andrewlonghi]

This is a buck my brother shot on public land in Indiana with his Ruger 450 bushmaster. He's killed several bucks with it with 300gr handloads. Only one buck that I can remember he had to track less them 50 yards.

 

[long hunter]

Is this the 450 bushmaster specific reticle? Wondering how accurate that is if so


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Yes, the rifle right now is hole cutting at 100 yards off the bench, waiting on my shooting buddy to make a day trip to the longer ranges and will work the rifle out to 300 yards, as this will be ample for where I hunt at. From what I have seen so far, I have no doubts the scope will perform as stated. So far, I am very pleased with the rifle, scope set up. The scope is a pretty simple set up zero the gun and there is a small set screw in the turret (there is a small allen wrench that's included with the scope) once zeroed loosen the set screw and return the dial back to the lowest setting which is 0-1 you are now zeroed at 100 yards as the range increases just dial the turret in a counter clock motion to the corresponding number on the turret, You have to remember the reticule is calibrated for the Hornady black ammo, I re-load all my ammo it is not a difficult task to mimic the load. Just follow the Hornady loading manual.