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Geo M44 · 03-14-2008, 08:46 AM

You might want to start looking for hunting guides that have a teaching program. Check with your State Fish and Game Dept. as they may also have some good info. Make sure that tags are available. Here in AZ it's done on a lottery system so you don't always get to hunt what you want, when you want to.

Like Steve said hand loaded ammo would probably be the best. For commercial ammo I have had good accuracy results with Winchester and Sellier & Bellot 180gr SP (~$22 and $17 for a box of 20). But since I don't hunt anymore, and have never hunted with an MN, I'm not sure of how good these bullets are at take-down.

For hand-loads I typically use Speer 180gr, .311 SP, pushed by 44gr of IMR4895. Seems to maintian a good grouping at 100 yards, with a little less kick. My preferred bullet is the Sierra .311 174gr HPBT but its more of a match round, and I'm not sure of the impact characterisitcs of these Hollow Points.

03-14-2008, 08:46 AM	#5
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 1,090	You might want to start looking for hunting guides that have a teaching program. Check with your State Fish and Game Dept. as they may also have some good info. Make sure that tags are available. Here in AZ it's done on a lottery system so you don't always get to hunt what you want, when you want to. Like Steve said hand loaded ammo would probably be the best. For commercial ammo I have had good accuracy results with Winchester and Sellier & Bellot 180gr SP (~$22 and $17 for a box of 20). But since I don't hunt anymore, and have never hunted with an MN, I'm not sure of how good these bullets are at take-down. For hand-loads I typically use Speer 180gr, .311 SP, pushed by 44gr of IMR4895. Seems to maintian a good grouping at 100 yards, with a little less kick. My preferred bullet is the Sierra .311 174gr HPBT but its more of a match round, and I'm not sure of the impact characterisitcs of these Hollow Points. Last edited by Geo M44; 03-14-2008 at 08:55 AM.