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With the .22 highpower i use 65 grain and they work well.
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I use an iron sighted .22 highpower (bigger than a .223 incase you havent heard of it) or a .223/.243.
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A .243 with 80 grains or even a .22 highpower with 65 grains would work great.
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A .243 with 80 grains or even a .22 highpower with 65 grains would work great.
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I use an iron sighted .22 highpower (bigger than a .223 incase you havent heard of it) or a .223/.243.
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With the .22 highpower i use 65 grain and they work well.
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Also, .. those utralight skinneyd down highpower smoke poles.
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Striking at close range and driven by highpower rifles, the slugs had whipped cleanly through the flesh of Andrew Lanning, and the flesh closed again, almost as swiftly as ice freezes firm behind the wire that cuts it.
Way of the Lawless Max Brand 1918
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A 25 or 30 calibre highpower automatic pistol with six or seven inch barrel would prove a valuable arm to carry always on the person.
Appendix B. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness 1914
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For under such a fusillade it seemed impossible that at least one highpower bullet should not reach the collie before the slope could be traversed.
Bruce Albert Payson Terhune 1907
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