Recent content by jtoews80

Here is a pic taken facing North at 1:15 AM 367 miles north of the 49th parallel. The camera caught more light then the naked eye, so it isn’t quite as bright as the picture but it wasn’t fully dark until 12-12-15AM and the picture is literally the middle of the night.

If I stick to the local range I’m capped at 300m or 330 yds, once the pastures are empty, I have access to 800 yds, but that’s always in winter.

To my understanding and experience, subzero temperatures will affect and decrease velocity with most loads to some degree. Particularly if you’re using a temp sensitive powder. However, what happens if your powder is at a conventional temp of something like 65-70F( 15-20C), but your bullet is...

That is definitely out of my realm, but incredible accuracy for a handgun platform. Very cool, especially with a .308.

Just curious which states are the most firearms and business friendly?? I’ve been a lifelong shooting enthusiast and self employed most of my life. I currently work in the oil and gas industry in Canada, but much has changed here. I don’t think a wholesale relocation is possible or advisable...

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...