Recent content by Firebird24

Or just someone with the ability to engrave giving a fun name to a rifle they liked

Blkram summed it up nicely. It really just depends on what you want to spend and what you want to hunt. I passed up Alaska years ago when I realized I could go there for 2 animals and have a wilderness hunt OR I could go to South Africa and do a comfortable (dare I say luxury?!) hunt for many...

Here are a couple trail cam pix I had saved. Hope they all make it through to the next season. Interesting that they all look healthy and un affected by the problems they are experiencing

I have several amd have owned others that went to good homes. Mostly more traditional lead core bullets but one rem. 700 really likes the 165 accubond. I did well with the Winchester M70 I inherited from grandpa In South Africa with the original trophy bonded bear claw. Love the .30-06, a...

I would go To South Africa just as an observer-maybe shoot one or two new things while I’m there but mostly just follow quietly with a camera. . . I start in a couple weeks with archery spike only elk tag-it’s multi season so I can hunt it later with firearms if I need to. Can bowhunt mule...

i sometimes wonder in certain rifles if barrel twist is the problem. But I know they like to seat deeply

Used my 7mm-08 150 gr in Africa and killed kudu and others varying in size down to duiker. At 200 ish yards it retained 108 grains and broke one shoulder on the kudu. Smaller animals were all pass through. I think I might actually prefer it over the Accubond but it is more fickle to get...

Hospice caretakers are some of the most wonderful people you will ever work with-angels on earth. . . Unfortunate that we require their skills and training. My heart goes out to you and your family-

I would like to have the empty brass. And if the ablr is 175 gr I will take that as well. I’ll pm you and see what works-

My pre 64 Winchester .30-06 shoots very well over max with the 165 gr bullets I like and that’s where I shoot it. It also prefers solid base lead tipped bullets-which makes sense based on what it was made to shoot at its time of manufacture-

Accuracy over velocity every time. BUT I will try multiple powders and brass if I can to get the most satisfying result. For example, my 7mm-08 shoots almost 100 fps faster with nosler brass than with R-P but much more accurate with r-p. When I load less powder in the nosler brass it also...

I also have a pelican 1750 which is good for a single scoped rifle. I don’t remove bolts or scopes but I do leave a trigger lock in place. I also have a Boyt case which is alittle wider and handles two scoped rifles. It is a heavier case and the weight with two long guns gets close to the...

I’ve seen them kill and push deer out of an area while hunting in Nevada. Then they leave to another part of their territory and the animals trickle back in.

Am I the only one here with dull knives?! I do custom bird taxidermy when I am not at the fire dept. my wife is fond of saying taxidermy pays for all my other “hobbies”

They do offer discounts to certain groups of people, so with a first responder discount, the price comes down to more like $2300.