Got a top tang safety Ruger in 7 X 57.
It has proven to be finicky on what it likes for ammo but I have taken a couple of deer with it over the years.
It settled in a decent result with 139 grain Hornady but I actually took the deer with 150 grain Ballistic Tips.
I purchased a bunch of 7mm bullets if anybody is interested in a trade. I don’t think I will ever get around to using them all.
150 grain Nosler Solid Base factory blems-2 bags of 100
154 grain Hornady Spire Point- 2 boxes of 100
If interested in any or all, let me know what you have to...
I prepped 29 of the brass this afternoon that still had fired primers in place. I don’t know it the shoulders had been set back prior to these being fired but I saw no indication of brass stretching on these.
Inspecting the others with the shoulders set back there doesn’t appear to be any...
Annealing some brass with Annealeez. I’ve got to believe the Gen 3 model is a bit more convenient than the predecessors with the hose and nozzle affixed to the frame. Easy to make adjustments while in use with the Gen 3 and the gas bottle held in a muffler clamp. Simple is oft times better.
Season opened this morning for cow elk on the homestead.
Going to give the 8 Mag a try this year with 200 grain Nosler Partitions.
Remington 700
Leupold 4.5-14 scope.
Quite a while back I purchased 100 rounds of Federal 30-06 brass from an estate sale.
It had been previously fired, some with the spent primers still in and others that look like they had been sized.
The box was marked 30-06 International and 30-06 Custom.
I was curious to check the specs on...
Grandson got his Blacktail buck this morning with his Savage 6.5 Creedmoor.
He has been ringing steel at 400 yards with Grandpa’s hand loaded 140 grain Accubonds and the practice paid off as he shot this one at that distance.
Always being interested in anything to do with shooting I recently made a couple of purchases of a couple of preowned chronographs.
My Oehler 35P has worked well but wanted to try something different.
The chronograph I have actually used the most is the Caldwell Ballistic Precision which works...
UPS showed up this morning with the latest order from the Pro Shop.
Both Grandsons and I are shooting 6.5 Creedmoor rifles so a couple of bags of brass will come in handy.
Some 6mm Ballistic Tips will go to making ammo for the 243 coyote gun.
Ordered some 150 grain Ballistic Tips to use in a...
Went up on the ridge to pull a couple of cards out of the game cameras. I sat up there until dark, hoping to see something move but the bear showed up after I left.
I‘m glad the bear didn’t decide to eat my camera.
I put together a starting load with 120 Grain Nosler E-tips and was hopeful they would work well. Unfortunately it didn’t end up good at all.
I adjusted the trigger pull down to 3.5 lbs from the 4.5 lbs set at the factory.
One thing I’ve noticed is this gun wants to creep to the right when I...
Playing with the scope.
Shaky video trying to hold the gun and operate the buttons on top of the scope.
Focus is pretty sensitive but does okay when dialed in.
Actually records video in 4K.
I’m not sure how well it would hold up in some of the nasty weather we have around here.