Recent content by orchemo

was going to buy one in 280AI last summer, but the seller's son stepped up and asked for the rifle from his dad. My loss. The 6.5 CM shoots so well, itt will do everything I want from it.

I picked up a Kimber Hunter in 6.5 CM a couple years ago. Previous owner had shortened the barrel to 18 inches. I use it when doing short backpacking trips in cascades after Aug 1st as black bear season is open and you never know what is eating the huckleberries. Loaded 130 gr Accubonds...

I started using it about 6 months ago. I have found it very accurate if I put good numbers in (water case capacity, coal, etc) I have been shortening barrels for hunting with a suppressor and I find GRT very useful. Example being, I have a M-48 in 280 AI that I had cut to 20 inch for hunting...

What is easiest or best way to cut a bullet length wise?

I had a tikka 6.5 CM barrel chambered to 6.5-284 with a long throat, put it on a Sako 85 and what a fun rifle to shoot.

Pair of 280AI - Nosler cut to 20" (160AB) and a Kimber Ascent (140 AB). For the past few years, these have done it all

Plan is to hunt along the ID/MT border out of Superior. If anyone has other suggestions, glad to listen. Here is the receipe Inhave used for bear sausage. I think it came from a VT bear hunting magazine or something.

Cooked up some blackstrap, carved up a couple small roast, but mainly grind into an Italian sausage for breakfast and use in recipes that call for ground beef. Found a nice recipe that I will post here this week. Still working on last years bear, so will give bunch to some hunting...

Nice bear this spring in OR. Bear was grazing a creek bottom in some tall grass. Spotted him the continued down a trail for another 50 yds to get a shot. Shot was about 75 yds with bear quartering away, but looking back over his shoulder my way. I had dropped my pack which made a little...

Don't known why I am drawn to the BLR, but can never stop thinking I need one. There was a take down 358 BLR for sale locally a few years ago, I looked at the ad several times, but just never followed through. What a wrong decision that was. There is another pistol gripped take down 308...

I had my gunsmith spin a 6.5 CM barrel onto a Sako long action and re chamber to a 6.5-284 Norma set to accept OAL up to 3.228 inches. Most of the loading data has tested OAL at 2.98 inches. I have been seating to 3.15 for AB 140grs and 3.17 for Barnes 127 LRX. I am finding that my...

I had a Sako model 85 in 270 Win in the back of the safe Buddy had a Tikka barrel, stainless, fluted in 6.5 CM . Took them to my local gunsmith and had the 6.5 CM re-chambered to a 6.5-284 Norma with a long throat and cut and thread to 20 inches. The tikka barrel threads are the same a...

Cooked a batch of lasagna Sunday with bear sausage. Doesn't get any better

EXO packs. Carry meat very well between the frame and the bag.

JD. I have one that I don't use and selling it locally. If you might be interested in a very lightly used one (probably 50 - 223 cases trimmed), shoot me a PM Eric