Recent content by KevinNC

Shot this funky hartebeest in Namibia in 2024.

You can run 220s with the 300 Win Mags 1-10" twist. I'm making an observation not an argument. I guess what I mean is if you have a good 300 Win Mag today, there is no appreciable difference worth "Upgrading" to. If you gave me a new Proof Research 300 PRC I would gladly take it!

Since the Reloader series of powders are now unavailable to the public, what if the benefit of the 300 PRC over the 300 Win Mag? Velocities are the same with available powders and at lower charge weights. Modern cartridge design, blah blah blah.

They have been readily available for years.

No bullet is so accurate that it makes up for poor terminal performance if not placed perfectly.

My go to bullet in my 300 Win Mag is the 180 grain Barnes, I've just never tried them in my Whelen. I have a CO elk hunt coming up but will carry the 300 since the area is open ranchland. I'd like to try the 225 TSX on a Nilgai some time. As you can see, I like to keep my rifles similar. The...

I take a more traditional approach with 55 grs. of RE15, standard LR primers and a 250 grain Northfork semi spritzer at 2500 fps with single digit SDs. Hasn't let me down on 2 safaris and 8 animals.

H110 if you are looking for full power loads.

Thanks everyone. Looks like I can purchase it online a month or so beforehand and get it out of the way so I am not sweating arriving in CO the day before the hunt in time to buy it.

I'm hunting CO this Fall as a non-resident and the rules around requiring a hunter safety card are a bit unclear to me. I know I need to present a legible hunter safety card when I buy my license but what is not clear is what other states programs they will accept. The website says "may"...

X bolts are not an easy action to rebarrel. A lot of smiths won't even do them. I'd find a donor Rem 700, Model 70, Tikka or Bergara rather than mess with an Xbolts glued in metric threads and potential to ruin the action.

You can always take a rifle you already own, or any one you fancy used in the standard long action '06 case head and re barrel it. Mine is a 35 Whelen I sold to a guy years ago and bought back from him as a 280AI.

Largest was an Eland that was well over 1000 lbs. One of the more mangled bullets was a head on shot on a huge blue wildebeest that took out the dip in the spine before eventually stopping in the rear ham. Others were from Oryx, warthog and zebra.

A bullet that I have not seen mentioned in .358 that is absolutely fantastic is the Northfork 250 grain SS. These are the ones I have recovered from 2 safaris. Internally very similar to the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw but with the pressure relief rings. Tend to be very accurate too.

Years ago a friend and I did a test of our 600 yard line ammo for Service Rifle completion by sorting rounds that were under .003 and those over , some as bad as .006. Shooting off sandbags at dawn to avoid any wind we found sorting by runout to be an exercise in futility. No difference on target.