Recent content by jtoews80

Guess I mentioned that in 08, lol. A friend of mine hosted last year for some family from the Maritimes and they had a good time, but didn’t shoot anything big.

Hello all, Just an fyi for anyone that doesn’t know. The province of Alberta allows nonresident hunters from out of province or country to hunt with a resident with a hunter host permit instead of an outfitter or guide. This has some conditions and rules attached obviously and requires a $40...

Finally back loading. After many years of my reloading gear being locked in a job box, seldom used. Typically, brass and projectiles were tossed inside whenever I thought I’d have time to work with a particular rifle and bought components, but without organizing I never really got around to it...

Nov 13/17 NE Alberta Whitetail. Been awhile, hope you are all well and had a great 2017 hunt.

The neck turning is a bit of a nuisance, but I was surprised in the past how much some factory brass varied on neck thickness anyway. I have seen 308 win cases where the cutter barely took any metal off on side of the neck and yet took a thou off the other side.

Up here in Canada, we're having a hard time getting brass for the 338 RUM. I'm wondering if there would be any adverse effects from necking up 300 RUM and pushing the shoulder back that .02" or whatever it is?? I realize that it'll be stamped wrong with the challenges that poses, but I really...

I've got a couple friends within a mile of there, but that's a pea field, so I am not sure they'll range very far from it. They do tend to scatter and show up where least expected during the rut. Time will tell, somebody might get a dandy trophy this year or a great story about one that got...

Seen this trio this morning at work. Now I need to get a map and start asking permission to hunt that area. Sorry for the poor pics, phone is only so good, but those bucks were huge.

So far, I've resized my brass which is actually 25-06 brass and tumbled it to knock the sizing wax off. I loaded up 5 with 51.0 grns of 7828 and 130 grain Accubond and fired them offhand off my deck, so far no proper bench, chrony etc. it's -29 today and -30, -31 the next two days and I go back...

I haven't been online in quite a long while. Haven't really had much to talk about because life still seems ridiculously busy. However, a long awaited rifle finally made its way to me That is a Cooper Custom classic in 6.5-06 with a New Zealand Walnut stock that I bought the blank...

I didn't have time to set cameras this year, but this guy visited me at work today while I was loading my truck. Pics from an iPhone without any zooming. I got within 30-35 yards dressed in fire retardant coveralls with reflective stripes, furthest thing from camo. He did start following me when...

Call Clay at Prophet River Firearms in Lloydminster, Alberta and ask what he has for New Zealand Walnut stock blanks. He is an importer and also sells some of the most beautiful walnut around the area. Since its just a block of walnut, there shouldn't be any issues shipping it. I just bought...

Very nice Sako Fotis, in the 75 action no less. 3300 FPS with a .531 or higher BC ought to make elk in a couple zip codes nervous. I personally favor the 264 over the 7mm Rem mag, but have enjoyed the "Thunder" factor of the STW and would like to play with the RUM chambering too. I don't see a...

It took $235 for a skilled smith to make it shoot, Not including the AI chamber. I think the plain SPS varmint in alot better option if weight isn't an issue.

I meant haf it tuned, its about 2lbs and has alot less travel now.