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IMR4350 gives me the best accuracy in my Browning .300 Win. Mag. This is with 165 and 180 grain bullets.

My bass fishing has become a lot like my deer hunting. I mainly go after the big ones now and often stalk them. I have found that a really large bass can stake out a core area of the body of water and defend it just like a big old buck. This can be either close to the bank or out in deeper...

I haven't had the opportunities to fish a lot this year but I've done OK anyway. Early this spring I caught a 6 pounder. Then I went in May determined to catch a good mess of bluegills and perhaps a bass or two. I caught a few bream then I hooked into a good bass using a wacky worm on 8 lb...

Muldoon best of luck with your prostrate. I know there better ways to have fun than radiation treatments. Used to, I was a real gun nut that shot all my rifles regularly. And during hunting season all of them saw some use. Including a caplock Renegade I bought in 1976. But age and joint problems...

You got a good deal. I have a LH T3 light stainless synthetic .308 with a Zeiss 3X9. I bought the rifle in 2007 and when I carry a centerfire I carry this one.

When I was in high school in the mid to late 60's, and being lefthanded also, I literally lusted for a Model 700 BDL LH in 7mm Rem. Mag. It was a relatively new development and I vowed to get one. It shot into the .750" range. A few years ago I took it out of the safe and worked on the rifle...

Lot's of good advice here. I had one decades ago and shot it over 2500 rounds, I had 25 empty bullet boxes, the total does not include the early factory rounds shot for brass. I'm repeating others but some things are worth mentioning. Get that chamber brush! You can also get a brush used for...

Since I retired my disposable income has dwindled considerably. So much so that I doubt I'll ever make the trip west again. I would have liked to take one more elk. I'm giving serious consideration to letting that .300 Win. resting in the gun safe go to someone who will use it. The public land...

5/4/2018 I got there a little late, about 7:15 am. I loaded my rifle at the truck, listening all the while. Nothing. I was hunting from a pop up blind less than 100 yards from a powerline, this is one of my tried and true locations for both turkeys and deer. I chose to use only one hen decoy...

Me and "little sureshot" took this gobbler this morning. He had short spurs but an 11 inch beard. I built "little sureshot" for hunting turkeys and general shooting 15 years ago. She has a Rice Premium B profile .40 caliber rifled barrel, LH Large Siler Flintlock, Davis set triggers, Iron...

I've been using Unique for my light loads with a 240 grain ranier HP bullet for a long time. I load this in a .44 mag case. The next step up is 2400, if memory serves me the starting point is around 17 grains with a jacketed 240 grain bullet. That's a good load to begin getting used to heavier...

I wouldn't want a disc that held 6 or 8 dies or more. 4 is enough. That's just the right amount to load a single pistol caliber without confusion or double clutching the ram to find the next die. A number of years ago I bought a Lee classic turret press to load pistol calibers. I use the Lee...

A large part of my problem with the M&P was the terrible, gritty trigger. I chose to retain the factory trigger (for the time being at least) and do some fine polishing on the striker block and other bearing surfaces. The results were not stellar so I've done it over several times, now it's...

Minute of bad guy is all you need. But I'm one of those who are obsessed with shooting those tiny little itty-bitty bragging groups. With every thing I shoot. As for scoring vital hits on a man size target I'm pretty fast with a 9mm, and with a single action, including double taps. But I'm just...

This is an old post I know, but I'm reviving it to update my process. I have changed things a little. I now do most of my cleaning outside the back door using pure cold water, by putting a toothpick in the touchhole and squirting water down the bore, then swabbing with wet patches. I do this...

Sometime back a friend asked me if I would shoot a turkey in the head with my .40 flintlock. I said "No. It's too small a target, too hard to get one to come in and they won't hold still." But I couldn't stop thinking about it so I printed off a turkey head target. I tested a couple of heavier...

Back then we called dogs like yours simply "Liver Pointers", the ones with lighter markings were called "Lemon Pointers", until recently I'd never heard them called by the breed name. And I can't remember what it was. These were the preferred bird dogs down here. The short hair was cooler on the...

That photo does my heart good to see it. Reminds me of old friends long gone.

I started with a colt, then added a Ruger Bearcat, then a couple of Ruger standard autos. This was in the late 60's and 70's. Now my go to .22 is my stainless convertible Ruger single six with 6" barrel. Does anything I need out of a .22 revolver. I bought it to closely match my Ruger...

I would have to say the .300 Winchester Magnum. I wanted one for years but had no need for it, then I started going elk hunting so I bought one. Original intent was to just use it for the west but it fit so good and I shot it so good, that it became my full time rifle for nearly 15 years. I...