You should really enjoy that rifle and cartridge.
I haven't heard anything about that scope but I do have a couple of Burris scopes on hand guns and they have held up great.
All of my rifles pack Leupolds except for one old Redfield
I have always said that until jail time is mandatory that they will never slow it down.
Poaching by its very definition shows that they have no regard to the laws to taking away their licenses and tags will have very little consequences.
Making a jig to hold them centered shouldn't be that hard. You would want a flat nose to start the drill bit and it may take some experimenting to get it just right. You could use some milk jugs filled with water or see if you could find some ballistic gel to shoot them into.
I've never hunted with hollow points other than with Barnes copper ones.
Hollow points are designed for rapid expansion and not deeper penetration. I have a friend that was using a .357 magnum with hollow points down in Arizona hunting javelina. He hit a few of them with the round and we...
It doesn't help when the manufactures come out with rifles like Remington's Ultimate muzzle loader that is designed for more powder than you can pack with you. Then there are the hunters who are taking the 400 yard shots with a muzzle loader. In my opinion it is getting way out of hand...