Recent content by 8mm Enthusiast

There needs to be policy change. The current system clearly isn't working. We didn't have much snow this winter and the two previous winters before it. Rain has become common now in January and February. The ticks are out of control as well. Moose numbers are struggling and other effects are...

I don't think cattle like to graze that landscape as it appears to be mostly conifers with very little undergrowth and the steep terrain would make it a complete impractical nightmare. Plus these agencies or the land managers they contract with are likely too understaffed to move the cattle...

It will certainly burn it up fast especially considering the fact that most likely the high pressure steel + Peak alloy case is harder than brass and won't expand as well to fill in gaps where the hot gasses could creep into leading to further damage to the throat area with heat. With that...

1.75 Inch for a 5 shot group out of factory ammo isn't amazing but is nowhere close to being bad. It's good enough. Just take the TTSX and go on your hunt. Call the elk into close range and shoot with confidence.

Well put! Same here. There's no "stalk" only "spot". 😁 Ambush for life.

Thanks, appreciate it. I know I may have come off a bit passionate about this subject in my previous posts. It just comes from the early experiences I had while attempting stalking in my environment. Here's the MidwayUSA link to the Tail Mate Gelcore. I really love it and recommend it to others...

Lets say in a hypothetical scenario if you were hunting Red Junglefowl (wild chicken), an extremely paranoid bird that lives in dense thick jungles, would you still do "spot and stalk"?

I used to try to stalk and my beginning days' struggles are well documented in other threads so I have fully and thoroughly divorced myself from ever attempting to spot and stalk unless the conditions are just absolutely perfect with thick fog that makes me invisible and very wet damp ground...

It's because the 375 Ruger isn't really a "Ruger" cartridge. Hornady is the one who designed it, created the proprietary and unique brass case, and Ruger is only marketing it. Nosler is likely incentivized to not produce any ammo for the 375 Ruger as they view Hornady as a competitor. Your...

I took a hike recently in the national forest to try and find a place to pattern my shotgun. Had to walk off trail to find a nice berm with a good backstop so I stepped in a lot of dead leaves, vegetation, and ferns. This was my first time using Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus so I drenched myself in...

Very interesting. We only have those 180gr ECX available here in the US as factory seconds. I should probably buy up some more before they are gone.

Do the PH let you take some guinea fowl and sandgrouse on the side with a shotgun for free? If I was there I would take full advantage of small game.

What an awesome rifle. Modern built, I believe in Spain, but with classic old school Model 70 DNA. High quality. Many owners describe this as being the closest modern thing to a pre-64 M70. Great rifle. Please let us know how it shoots.

They are bots. It's the takeover of the machines. Four of them just in this thread alone. 🤣

I have the same issue of a tightly cramped space where they all touch against each other with significant weight and force so my storage method to prevent rust and damage is each gun is first covered in a silicone treated gun sock (polyester & cotton) and then zipped up in a soft case...