Recent content by thatguySHM

Taken from the product page at Midway for the 338 250gr Grand Slam bullet. "Speer Grand Slam Bullets were developed to give hunters a tough, dependable bullet that would provide better integrity and retained weight retention over similar bullets. Since first being introduced in the 1970's the...

Finally stopped fixating on finding a use for the Ruger, switching to savage after looking in the safe. I have an 18" 6.8 SPC sitting in a Magpul hunter. That sucker is over 50 oz, which is why I'm not big on carrying it but it's so fun at the range. I also have a 308 18" barrel for that set up...

I've looked into it and honestly helping a buddy pull a deer out after a 450 BM shot was what made me think about it. They are the same basically, just one was designed from the ground up for 38k psi and the raptor is designed for 62k psi. Not saying I would run it that hot, because my exact...

While hunting season is here, I have some time to slow down and think about next year's build while sitting in the woods. I have a Ruger American short action that I don't use much right now, with a standard 473 bolt face. I have field rifles set up left and right, only a M88 in 308 for a...

I was browsing the clearance section at Midway and saw a new arrival in the seconds clearance section and was wondering what you all thought. If looks like Hornady took all the ELD line of bullets and stuffed a flat point tip instead of their standard heat shield tip. I'm a bit interested...

That's my elk load and my data follows yours. I found one hole accuracy at 200 yards with frozen ammo at 59gr, had a CDS made up for it around 2850, same data as you, and verified to 500 with rapid multiple distance targets set up. One year, I didn't have a chance to resight after getting home...

Great shooting!! Congrats. Can't ask for more than that. I have the same exact set up except for tube diameter myself. I shoot the little brother 338 Fed in Ruger Hawkeye. I had about the same distance shot, bullet recovery offside ham as well going through about 25" of buck with a 180...

More than likely will save them for when I can't get any other less expensive option to work. When I started hunting with hammers, they weren't that much more expensive then Barnes. Now? They may as well partner up with Gunwerks for the high end crowd.

Do you shoot any other larger calibers subMOA? Shooting the harder hitters is a different technique than shooting small stuff. I can't ever remember feeling the recoil on a hunt, but I have a few rifles that like to punish you with extended range times. I like to bring a soft shooting rifle...

Depends on who's doing the pulling honestly. Both 7mm pulls from American Reloading. I forgot I had the red tip ones, but I'll never forget those 175 ABLR pulls. They are the thing of nightmares, only good for fire forming with how deformed the bullet is. Hopefully you get the good and not the...

I shoot a savage ultralight in 280 AI. It does great with staball 6.5 and the 145 LRX. Only other bullet I've shot in it is the 168 classic hunter, which shot well but slow, it was just to practice with. My load ended up being 57gr with the LRX for 2970. It's not the fastest, but I plan on...

Bringing it back and adding my 280 AI ultralight. I bought a blem stock for 299 knowing it would need a touch of work to finish. It mainly had epoxy that had to get scratched off, but there was one crack near the butt stock. Got the verification that it was good to go, so I slapped a little bit...

Used this set up for a moose years ago. I believe it was IMR4831 that we used under the 200 Accubond, stayed under the hide of a decent cow moose at a touch over 200 yards. Good expansion and dead moose. I prefer the 180 AB now for large animals and generally a 150-165gr monos for deer. I...

Two deer and a turkey this year. Deer were shot at 255 and 310 yards with my 7mm RM and a 143 hammer. Turkey was my first crossbow kill.

I hit 3200 and change with the 150gr Partitions and Staball but it just wouldn't group for me. I have never gotten the 150gr Partitions to group to be honest, in 30-06 or 308. I couldn't find any 150gr lead free bullets when I was trying it out, just decided to stick with 180gr Accubonds.