Recent content by Balthazar

I've owned an Encore Muzzleloader since it first on the scene and use it yearly for deer meat harvesting. At one time I had two, the ML'er and a 300 Win Mag. Excellent platform to build off with the multitude of barrels and the availability of aftermarket items, allowing you to have several...

Just out of curiosity, what becomes of the meat?

I have a few Lever Action rifles that occasionally go for a walk in the woods...but I prefer bolt guns, mainly because arthritis makes it hard to work the action. So, as long as the 1st shot counts!! My crank actions include: Win Big Bore '356; Savage 99CD in .308; Browning BLR Takedown in...

Great read on your thought process and decision to just go with a 338-06AI/257 BobAI combo. Perhaps adding a barrel for the 284AI would/could even out that huge gap between .257 to .338. After such a thorough analysis of your next build, it begs the question: WHAT ABOUT GLASS? As a member of...

How hard to handle vs. 230gr @850pfs?

Thank you Dr. Mike. I was hoping for a 3k load and it looks like RL-17, with its non-compressed load & 100% burn rate is the ticket, especially since RL-26 is still unobtainium. In actuality, the difference between 3k and 2.9k, obtained with 414 etc., is a non issue, but we'll see which one...

I jumped on the RCM bandwagon, when they first made the scene years ago, and have enjoyed both the 300 and 338, especially the ease of handling with the 20" barrel inside a 4x4 box blind with its limited room and when worming my way in the thick stuff. Reading some of the older posts, there...

I really like the way you chose to have them mounted; probably saved a few bucks vs the hair on the head taxiderm mount. Hope you have the wall space to display; my wife would have said MAN CAVE PLEASE!

I should have taken pics of the surfaces of the exposed bolt minus handle and the underside of the bolt. The area covered by the solder was closer to 75% than the ideal 100%. That, plus age of gun according to the serial # on receiver, and perhaps, high shot count is my best guess as to the...

The trigger group was removed . 1 guy using right angle needle nose pliers to compress the lug on the bottom of the bolt shroud and 1 guy using a 1/4" screwdriver and tapping gingerly in a counter-clockwise direction on the underside of the bolt until the bolt was released from its locked...

The rec. serial# (A626xxxx) corresponds to a mid to late 70's DOB. The bolt is the standard unfluted issue. Being close to 5 decades old and who knows how many hundreds or even thousands of rounds down the pipe....my first thought was metal/solder fatigue, that I just happened to facilitate...

Thanks for the link. I'll run it by my local GS first and if he punts, at least I have a plan B.

Rem 700 BDL in 257 AI. ..... In the process of adjusting the trigger and testing if my adjustments would unexpectedly set off the trigger, I set the safe on and off for testing purposes. On one of the times, with the safety on, I yanked too aggressively on the bolt handle, and it came flying...

Since I have some on hand, I'll most likely start with 4198. Going to put out the feelers for some 322 also.

Thank You Dr.Mike...Looks like the 4198 is the better choice and a good place to start.