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My thought exactly. More set up or shooter than rifle with that.

300 WSM is a great round, I just have to diverge here, so forgive me. I started my elk and deer hunting career in Colorado in the early 90s with a 300 Winchester magnum. Spent 10 years with that great cartridge, did everything I asked it to. Then I read an article by Gary Sitton in a...

Been fortunate to hunt Colorado 30 years for pronghorn, deer and elk. Speaking for the .270 Win, 30-06, 300 Win Mag and 35 Whelen AI, all but the 35 AI have taken a pronghorn, deer and elk with TSX's or TTSX's. 35 AI doesn't have a pronghorn to it's name like the others do, however the .358...

Curious if guys are finding Nosler ammunition in some of the newer 6.5 range of cartridges? Or if there are any cartridges in Nosler ammo that seem to show up more often? I do not want any ammunition, but I'm wondering if they're just playing to the marketplace?

Pragmatically speaking, most monos can be grouped together with respect to terminal performance. The ballistic tip can be grouped with more traditional cup and core bullets. The E tip and ballistic tip are at different parts of the spectrum in terms of design and performance. Both kill...

Tragedy all around, and good advice to secure the rifle while transporting.

What's keeping you from trying RL19 and RL22?

Late to this party, develop a .358 180 TTSX load for the 35 Whelen AI as well as the .358 200 gr Hammer "Power Hammer". The 200 TTSX has been an absolute workhorse in that gun for the past 12 years and the 200/225/250 Original X bullets all accounted for elk/deer before the TTSX, along with a...

Wet the bed maybe, but not the powder. 😀

I should have been thinking more about the type of bullet, as the Hammer isn't the same type of bullet by any means as the Hunting ballistic tip. Again, not the same type of bullet but the 7mm 140 TTSX is in stock at Midway at this minute for $43.99/50 price if you are looking for that type...

JAT, Hammer makes a good line of mono bullets and I haven't seen any in the popular calibers/weights that are not in stock.

270 Win with the 110 TTSX has pronghorn, deer and elk to its name in my house. 👍 I used RL19 to work up a load as I had some on hand and don't use it since I started loading for the 35 Whelen AI as my main gun. 110 TTSX runs 3350 fps in my 22" bbl M70 XTR Sporter. Well below max velocity...

I use the Federal ballistics calculator. Play with the zero range until you get the mid range high point (for instance +3", +4") then zero however high it tells you at 100 yds. Find the low point on the far side of the MPBR that matches the mid range high point and that's your MPBR for a 6" or...

truck driver, I think what you are saying is to "zero" for 3" high at 100 yds with respect to Western hunting? That's how I've done it for 30 years, and it's a highly underused method. This year, having a scope that could dial was a by-product of upgrading from a VX-2 3-9x on the Whelen AI...

Can't help but add $.02 on this. I have lived in Colorado and hunted at elevation for 30 years. Now living in North Carolina and not at "elevation" as of this past October. I live in Western NC and hunting was at 4300' this year. First year with a "dial" scope, so zeroed the VX3HD 3.5-10 at...

Nice work with 8208 XBR. That accuracy is worth a million bucks. I've spent some time over on the Rokslide forum. Different folks there, more interested in shooting animals at long distance vs. hunting them but they have put me on to the Hammer line of copper mono bullets. I picked up a box...

StaBALL 6.5 is dang versatile. Almost Ram Shot Hunter velocity with top speed bar none in some other cartridges like .270 and '06 if you load other rounds like those. From data sources, not experience. Of note, StaBALL 6.5 is listed as slower in burn rate than both IMR and H4350 in the .338...

That they are in a powder rate burn chart must be based on general data posted by bullet manufacturer data such as Speer. Overall, is that what these charts are based upon or is data provided by manufacturers of powder to help rank burn rate? This is a perfect example of why those charts are...

Looking at the updated 2023 powder rate burn chart it stands out to me that Power Pro Varmint is listed as faster than IMR4064. Simply because those are two powders I have used recently. Load development with my 35 Whelen AI this past year with the 200 TTSX shows without a doubt Power Pro...

Lee has good value for me. Their hand held auto prime has done thousands of cases for me, dies are inexpensive, easy to adjust and load good accurate ammo. Then there are shell holders, case trimming equipment, etc. Don't forget factory crimp dies and case lube in a tube. I load on a single...