Recent content by RickLowe

Well, I came to the conclusion about 30 years ago that if you live where you hunt mostly big game (as opposed to deer sized critters), the .35's seem to be about the only way to go if you want to hunt AND do a lot of shooting with the same rifles as well. The .35's won't do anything a .338...

I don't want to rain on your parade either, but I have to totally disagree with you regarding the weight issue. The .358 Winchester and .350 Remington start suffering as bullets get longer with increased weight and start to intrude further into the cartridge body. There is also the issue that...

See my just-posted loads in the almost identical thread regarding .358's. I prefer the 180 grain X-bullets and will try to find a load with the 200 grain barnes once the 180's run out (or I get bored and decide to do some load development just because). I think the 200 grain factory loads are...

One load for everything? That's a job description for the .358 caliber chamberings... My .358 BLR drives Barnes 180 gr. X bullets at a chronied average of 2930 fps, using 45.0 gr. of H4198. So much for being a "short range bush gun". Groups are just over an inch @ 100 yards; Scope is a 2x7...

Seeing as I can hunt grumbly bears, sheep, elk, moose, whitetails and muleys, cougar, wolves, etc within half an hour of the house, I guess this applies to me. It's easy: .358 Norma Magnum. The Husqvarna lightweight that I carry hunting will do just fine in fact... Loads of cheap bulk pistol...

A 180 grain .358 for the assorted .35 caliber handgun hunting cartridges, the .358 Winchester, and the .35 Whelen. It won't be a 400+ yard bullet, but most of us don't shoot our game at 400+ yards either. Since Barnes dropped their 180 gr. X-bullet, there isn't a decent 180 grain big game...

Once upon a time, there were high quality 180 gr. spitzers available for the .35 calibers. This was not a big issue for the bigger .35's, as a 200 or 225 grain spitzer will reach out there just fine. However, for the .358 Winchester, a well built 180 grain spitzer made it more than capable of...

As I'm thinking of trying out the Accubond line, does the #5 manual contain load data for it in the 30-06/30-06 AI? And... since I also have two boxes of .40 135 gr. HP's here to trial in my High Power, does it contain information on loading that bullet in 40 S&W? Thank you!

I know I'm in the right place to get all these inbiased opinions.... so!!!! I have had extremely good performance with Barnes bullets after I changed (deserted?) from Nosler back when the X bullet came out. Primary issue was weight retention wasn't as much as I liked on elk, moose, and grumbly...

Well, this one has a minimum chamber anyways - water capacity of a resized fired case is only 70 grains - so I don't expect a whole lot of difference in any case. I have heard numerous times that the Ackley's don't really do their best until you get into the heavier bullets, but this is the...

Considering trying the 150 and 165 gr. Accubonds in this rifle. Any load data around so I don't have to slowly work my way up with 30/06 data? And what would I expect for upper end loads with these two bullets (generally speaking, of course, I know all rifles are different, etc and so forth)...