MY INJURED PINKY IS HEALING WELL AND SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. LAST SATURDAY, UP AT THE HIGHPOINT, I CHRONO'ed SOME LOADS, TEMP 80 degrees, 2,263 elevation: 1) 12 INCH FA 454 WITH 36grs OF 296 AND A SWIFT AF 265: 1,874, 1,883 & 1,903, AVG. 1,887, NOT THE 2,000fps I WAS HOPING FOR BUT GOOD ENUFF FOR WHITETAIL HUNTS; 2) 5 1/2 INCH LINEBAUGH RUGER REDHAWK 45 COLT, 260gr FURY FP FMJ OVER 22.0grs VVN-110: A DISAPPOINTING 1,159 & 1,078 PLUS SEVERAL ERROR READINGS; AND 3) 8 3/8ths INCH FA 454 MNP STALKER WITH 325 BARNES BUSTERS OVER 30grs OF 296: 1,572, 1,646 & 1,638, AVG. 1,618, WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR. I LEAVE THIS COMING FRIDAY MAY 24, 2019, SO I BARELY HAVE ANY TIME LEFT BUT WANT TO MAKE A QUICK TRIP TO MY SHOOTING RANGE TO RESIGHT IN MY REDHAWK WITH SOME HOTTER 260gr CAST WFN LOADS THAT SHOOT EXTREMELY WELL OUT OF MY REDHAWK. IF I HADN'T KILLED A LARGE BOAR HOG IN 2016 WITH THAT LOAD AND A HEAD SHOT I WOULD NOT CONSIDER THE CAST BULLET, BUT IT SHOOTS VERY WELL, I THINK ITS MV IS IN THE 1,200 - 1,300 RANGE AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN IT.

THE SPOT WHERE I SHOT A BLACK BEAR IN 2016, AND WHERE A BIG BLACK BEAR WAS STILL AROUND, IS STILL WINTERED IN WITH DEEP SNOW, SO GEORGE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BAIT UP THERE, TOO BAD, IT IS A REALLY GREAT PLACE.