Recent content by jmad_81

I have ran the ABLR in the following: 6.5 CM, 129 ABLR: Several mule deer all complete pass throughs and pretty impressive terminal performance. 6.5 PRC, 142 ABLR: First deer will be this fall, but man does it shoot tiny groups! 284 Win, 150 ABLR: Daughters buck last season, 387 yards destroyed...

I've ran them in several rifles over the years. I've taken 2 mule deer bucks with the 6.5 140 VLD at roughly 360 and 420 yards, 2 bull elk with the 7mm 180 VLD at roughly 525 and 425 yards, 1 bull elk with a .338 250gr VLD, and a bear with a 6.5 156gr VLD at 512 yards. The only one that I was...

We get about 9" of rain a year, it's pretty dry outside of the yard. We sterilize and farm around the gongs at the rifle range to prevent fires.

Yeah, front yard.

I understand that. This barrel is just over 50 as it sits right now.

Honestly, I'm scratching my head a bit with this. The first time my son shot this load the Garmin averaged 2870, that 5 shot group averaged 2807. Same exact load, same lot of powder. I'm going to get a bunch more loaded up and go run them down the range. That will be the ultimate tell all.

Thanks, his big sister is a heck of a shooter as well. She smoked her buck this year with a perfect heart shot at 384 yards with the same 284 Winchester. He was getting mad at himself when the 129 ABLRs weren't making the same kind of group. I had to explain to him that is why we do load...

My Oldest son bought his first rifle the other day. He decided he liked the Bergara B14 Sierra in a 6.5 PRC. We threw a scope on it and a Scythe ti. I went to work playing around with a few different loads and ended up settling on 58Gr N565 and a 142 ABRL. I let him do the load testing and he...

I bought one of these this fall as I figured that sometimes a bipod just isn't tall enough. It may be the best $40 I've spent in a long time. It's really simple to use and offers some great stability when the terrain dictates the need. 5 kids killed bucks off of it on the farm this last fall...

You are not wrong, but it shot great with great speed. I figured even if I average 50 rounds a year, it should still last me maybe over 10 years. I don't use this gun as my everyday shooter on every hunt. On the years where I'm lucky enough to draw a tag that requires this rifle, it will see...

I've had some pretty good luck with N570 in mine with a 180 VLD. I'm going to try and work up a load with the 175 ABLR here soon. Will start with Retumbo and N570.

Nice work! I really love the Whitehorse. It breaks my heart that the next time I get it, I may be 75+ years old. I plan on spending a bunch of time down there hunting chukars and sage grouse when my kids graduate and move out!

I'll try a lube switch before I do anything else. Makes sense to start with the cheapest fix first. Thank guys.

Thank, Jim. I'll grab a little jar of that and see if it helps.

I had some time yesterday to get the bore scope out. I ran it down the barrel from the muzzle, the bolt appears to be pretty tight up against the barrel. I also took the firing pin and ejector out of the bolt and tried to chamber a piece of resized brass. It chambered a bit harder than I would...