Recent content by JMRhino

I concur with this opinion... I have used both ABs and partitions. All are great projectiles but whitetails aren't that hard to kill and no real reason to spend more unless you desire and that's ok too...

I only have the "Safari II" version which doesn't have an indicator that I am aware of. Nice feature to have. Good luck.

You should be able to rotate the rifle with an empty mag well facing up and watch the bolt twist and close into battery. The bolt handle also reciprocates back and forth in the bolt; therefore, it should be in the "forward" position when the bolt is completely closed. Hope that makes sense.

That sister load (308 Win w/165gn AB) @ 2633 FPS in the above post was shot out of my chopped REM LTR. I think that is really good performance out of a 16" barrel. IMO, the 308 Win is made for short barrels. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but short barrels definitely work for me!

I lost almost exactly 200 fps (16" vs 22") with my 120gn loads. My handloads are definitely on the warm side. I am still within acceptable fps/energy parameters for whitetail out to 400 yards. Interestingly, I did seem to lose a greater ratio of FPS with a heavier bullet. For example, I loaded...

I chopped my Tikka 7-08 to 16" to accommodate a suppressor and achieved similar results with little effort.

I hunted a property in Mississippi where the landowner had a 12' high fence surrounding approximately 3000 acres within his total 10,000 acres for temporary game management with a state university and the DNR. I hunted one stand that was directly over and straddling the high fence. I observed...

If you are referring to the Barnes 130 TTSX data, I used the Barnes published data straight from their website. Generally speaking, I don't use specific load data that has been identified as "semi-auto" loads. I merely start low and work up. I estimate that I will find pressure signs before I...

In my opinion, 1/12 will easily handle 150gn class "cup and core" and should marginally stabilize the 165s in your BAR. I agree that 150s are great for most whitetails in most hunting scenerios. You may want to consider loading 165s is if they just shoot better in your rifle and/or you are...

Matthew Pederson (Pederson Precision, LLC) is making me a 280AI on a Tikka action as we speak. I elected to go with the 1/8 twist and a TBD 20" carbon barrel. I may go with a Rock Creek barrel. I think that the barrel alone will be in the $800-$1000 range plus associated tooling time. He's a...

I apologize in advance as I can't speak to the 6mm Creed specifically; however, I think that some parallels can be drawn to my experience. I too was interested in some new "high BC" type cartridges, so I compared and contrasted them with some of my favorites (7-08 v 6.5CM, 270 WSM v 6.8 Western...

I think that 7mm WSM was probably the star student out of all of the WSM family with the exception of the 300 WSM perhaps. I have a 270WSM, 300 WSM and a wildcatted 257 WSM (not the WSSM). All are very good, but I think the 7MM shines especially if you were to exploit longer free bores with...

Haha. I would happily pay for that weather now! I am over the 95+ days with 90% humidity. The harsh temps will start to subside a little here in VA soon and I can just start to see the afternoon shadows get a little longer in the second half of August.

I do a lot of hunting with my TC Encore in .50 Cal and it is very effective, but I know it's not the same animal as shooting an older percussion cap model. Did you use lead conicals for the hunts?

Yep. Here in the Southeast/Mid-Atlantic, ambush style hunting generally produces the best results. I do a lot of "still" hunting to get to my stand or blind but don't move much thereafter. I like being able to view transitioning environmental features and travel corridors while having a...