Recent content by Guy Miner

Congrats! Looking forward to the rest of the story. :)

BTW, I've decided to keep my 45 1911's at no more than 45+P levels and call it good at that. Others may wish to take them farther. That's fine. If I need more power in a handgun, I'm pretty doggone competent with my 44 magnum revolvers. Many will disagree, but at 70, probably within the last...

Pretty much the same experience as Salmonchaser. He and I had similar duties and rifles. I re-barreled my Remington at about 4,500 rounds though it was still shooting well, but I wanted to upgrade to a Krieger. Never regretted that. Still have that 308 and it still shoots great. Also...

The Lee factory crimp die. I seated all the bullets then added the crimp. I really like those Lee crimp dies for my revolvers and my 45-70 lever action too. Guy

Somebody mentioned 30-06? :) Grizzly, black bear, elk, mule deer, whitetail, pronghorn, wolf and probably something I'm forgetting... From close-in shots to 400+ yards using several different bullet weights and types. It is a favorite cartridge of mine for sure!

Yesterday was the trial run Jim. I'm going to order up some more of these flat faced fatties and load up a few boxes of them. :) Hopefully try 'em out on hogs and deer this fall. Guy

Loaded some up yesterday - I see it as a variation of the famous old "Skeeter Load" 44 Special which also had a 250 gr cast bullet at about 900 - 1000 fps depending on barrel length. Pretty sure that big ol' flat nose bullet is going to punch right through tissue real well. I like the 900...

Love accuracy! And I've often found it as my loads approach or reach the published book maximum. I've seen this with the 7mm Rem Mag and also with my 308 Winchester among others. The 308 max or near-max accuracy was when I was shooting a lot of 600 yard prone matches. It was nice to get those...

We'll have to compare notes this fall during or after the season. I think my "work" is going to provide me with an inline muzzle loader to use and write an article about as well as making a short video. Guy

Hang in there and be ready to leave if you must. :(

Yes, the 385 grain Hornady "great plains" hollow point soft lead bullets. Expanded well and killed quickly. Also pretty doggone accurate. One year I used black powder, after that I used Pyrodex. Guy

It's only been out of the safe a few times since the 1990's. Long time since I've shot it, so minimal wear and tear. Six deer limit here and a lot of the hunting is less than 100 yards. Also hogs... Guy

Sad about the fires disrupting the matches. Looks like your load and pistol get along real well with each other! Regards, Guy

Back in the mid 1990's I did some hunting with this little 50 cal Thompson-Center White Mountain Carbine, pretty much a lighter, handier version of TC's more famous Renegade. I shot two mule deer with it, a doe and a buck. Two shots two deer. Convinced me that maybe the old-timers were better...

Very business like rifle there Fotis. I like it. With that light barrel... Out of curiosity what's a three-shot group look like? Even at .7" - it's a very useful hunting rifle. My most used hunting rifles average a bit under an inch at 100 yards and I've used them with great success...