"You heard" is a dangerous thing to repeat and it plays right into the hands of the anti-gunners. Nothing more they love than to find these type comments on the internet. They then show those kind of statements to anyone who will listen, and blather that even "sportsman" and other shooters are...
Wow DrMike . . . Those are some great looking bucks! The whitetail buck is enormous and I was thinking it looks like a Canadian whitetail. Then I saw your location and it all made sense. You are very fortunate to live in such beautiful country that produces great bucks!
I couldn't help but...
beretzs, IMO,a 7mm WSM is an outstanding cartridge for your son. Has he hunted with one yet? If so, what has he bagged wit it? Do you load your own for the 7mm WSM?
You guys have me itching to break out the 160 fail Safes and see what I can down with them.
In the past, I read a few negative comments about the older ones, that I will refer to as "first generation," and understand Winchester went back to the drawing board.
Having also read good reviews from...
It sounds like RL22 is the powder to start with and 2900 to 3000 is right in the neighborhood of where I like to be anyway. Big-7 velocities are part of the reason I have shot one for thirty-years.
One quick question . . . it seems to me the 7mm rem mag begins to really shine when using a 160...
I own seven or eight boxes of the 7mm 160 grain Fail Safe bullets of the original design, but have never loaded up any.
I have been shooting Grand Slams, Mag Tips and CoreLokt for many years with great success. However, I am curious how they might perform in my 7mm Rem Mag at high velocity on elk.