Recent content by Ralt71

That will look great! I can't wait to see how it turns out. I love a nice 1911!

Looks awesome, what do you have in mind for grips on your ol girl?

I struggle with both sides of this fence as well. I have heard stories of people with small calibers, right placement, animal DRT.. I have had so many examples in real life of people hunting will smaller calibers, great shot, animal ran. I think the bullet type is a huge factor in this and I...

I have a few sets and prefer Talley over most offerings. They machine cut them together so you don't have to lap them (actually you void the warranty if you do) they have some direct bolt options which I seek out, so no rail and introduction for more possible problem contact points. They hold...

If you are after a more tame shot, drop to a 150 (partition or accubond) and try the faster powders. @jimbires got me into using this H4895 for reduced loads and I know it will work well here. I would go straight to that and start working on building a load there. I suspect your recoil would...

These are great little pistols! I have an XDs in 45 I CC and my wife was an XDs in 9mm she CC. Great shooters! I had mine Cerakote’d a couple years back either an American flag design on it. It’s reliable and shoots straight.

The trials and tribulations of the tax we pay for decisions we make when we are bullet proof and immortal can be heavy. At the end of the day, father time makes sure we all pay the piper. We are too smart to listen in our youth, too bullet proof to yield, and too proud to change course...

You are having better luck with the M's than anyone I know haha. Even the X's seem on the soft side to me. I stopped hunting with the ELD-X a few years back. Was running them in my X bolt - 6.5 PRC in a 24" barrel. They expand with vigor for sure.

I bought my kids a 3D printer for Christmas two years ago. My wife took over it and makes all kinds of things for around the house. She has made a handful of helpful reloading things for me. It really is pretty cool! My trays are all ones she has made me, I have some die tools and primer...

That palmation is super common in the parts of Canada I go to for work. It looks pretty cool to me.

I seen an Albino buck while hunting. It wasn't completely random as there was a lot of talk he was in the area (he stuck out like a sore thumb hahaha). He walked in on me and was within 50 yard. I felt like some great Indian Chief was looming in the air and years of bad jew jew would be upon...

I honestly can't recall if we or he ever lost any. I agree, I've had to track deer shot with 7 mag, 300 win, and so on. They typically aren't long tracks though. What bullet did you use on that mule deer with the two fist sized exit hole? Edit, I see you put ELD-M

What's on the end of the barrel of this rifle? A 200+ grain .308 bullet should not move that much in 100 yard with only 5mph wind. Your speeds seem really fast for a 30-06 with this size bullet in it as well.

Only on whitetail, my experience is from a few years bake taking my buddies 15 year old son while he took his younger daughter. Chase hunted with a .223 for four years. We did a lot of tracking, every one of them! Then for his 16th birthday, he got "upgraded" to a 243.. haha

.223 is fantastic from a mild manner stand point, but shot placement is so important with those. That caliber is not very forgiving and most new, young hunters need all the forgiveness they can get haha. PA outlawed them for whitetail some years back, then brought it back.. then tried to...