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Heck of a first bull, congrats!

Sounds like it's really working for ya CMBT, gotta love it when things come together. Stocky's stocks has pretty good prices right now on the ultralights that they have in stock, I may give them a call this week. My rifle is a 700 SPS in 243, currently pillar bedded into an old wooden ADL...

Thanks, I think that helps, it's kind of a drag trying to find an aftermarket stock since in most cases they have to be ordered and you don't know exactly what you are getting til it arrives, and some stocks cost more than the rifle I wan to put it on. Sounds like for the money an alaskan II...

Thanks guys! glad you liked the pics. I've hunted just about every species of big game in new mexico and the ibex are to me the most interesting. The terrain they inhabit is truly formidable wh ich makes for a rewarding experience just getting up there with them. The ibex themselves are...

Thought I would post a couple pics from the ibex hunting this year. My young friend McKenna (9years old) drew an either sex tag for the youth hunt in september, and I was lucky enough to draw a female/immature tag for october. I've taken several female ibex in the past and have knocked several...

Anyone have any experience with the Bell and Carlson ultralight stocks? Thinking about grabbing one for a rem 700 SA. Anyone know if they are "trimmer" than the regular carbelite stocks? I may be weird but I actually like the dimensions on the plastic stocks from remington, just want...

I don't hunt with large groups so mandatory distribution has never been as issue. If I take an animal I tell my hunting partners to take whatever meat they want, so far no one has tried to slide off with a whole elk. Some of the guys I hunt with rely heavily on harvested game to ease the...

Found a 6mm improved at a gunshop today. It's a rebarrelled ruger No 1. Pretty interesting rig. Barrel manufacturer and gunsmith are unknown. I've never loaded for any of the improved chamberings. I have read that bolt actions should have the barrel set back a thread to provide a crush fit...

FOTIS, I hope you are too! Good luck on your hunt! I'm hoping my SIL isn't permanently spoiled on bull huntin'!

Awesome ram, gotta love that feeling, well done sir.

My brother's wife took her first big game animal sunday. She has hunted dove and ducks with him and has been on several hunts including his new zealand red stag but has never had a tag in her pocket. She wanted to try an elk hunt here in new mexico, so I made some recommendations and we got...

Guys who like magnums will disagree with me but all the bullets you mentioned will kill the heck out of a cow elk at responsible shooting distances (responsible shooting distance is subjective, I discourage youth hunters from shooting past 250 yards) Lots of folks who spend less time than we do...

Congrats on the bears, that's some great country down there, glad you guys enjoyed New Mexico!

Rem 700 243 Win with 85 grain sierra hpbt leupold 2.5-8 with cds for female ibex TC encore .50 with 250 grain shockwaves and leupold 2-7 for coues and elk Rem 700 280 Rem with 160 partitions leupold 3-9 for aoudad ruger no.1 30-06 load tbd for lion an extremely sharp stick for javelina

Thanks for the suggestions, Speer shows some starting loads for 165 grainers in 2300 fps neighborhood, might stick with a soft spitzer and slow it down for close range work. Don't want to shred the cat but don't want him thinking about me when he hits the ground either.

A4064 (XMR) has a somewhat shorter kernel length and it meters a little better than IMR 4064. Personally I dislike metering so better is entirely subjective. As with all same name powders from different manufacturers I would not assume that data is interchangeable. I worked up XMR loads for a...

Depends on how much time is involved in "mass loading". Before I aquired an RCBS Chargemaster it was not uncommon for me to only have 15-20 loaded rounds per rifle, partly because I did not have time to sit and hand weigh more than that and partly because I can tinker with loads to no end and...

May have the chance to hunt Mt Lion with an outfitter friend this winter, will be hunting over dogs so long range performance isn't an issue. I have a ruger #1A in 30-06 that has not been seeing much use lately, thinking about scoping it out with a leupold 1-4x20 and working up some 30-30 type...

I've been using the 7-08 as my texas rig for the last couple of years. In 2009 I took three deer and a blackbuck ewe with the 140 partition at ranges from 30 to 140 yards, all pass throughs with a 3/4 to 1" exit wound, even on a severe angle raking shot I made on a management buck at about 40...

I often refer to the mighty pronghorn as a "goat", as did my father and the magnificent rogues gallery of characters he shared a hunting camp with. those were the men I idolized and paid attention to when I was very young. As a young lad I tried to adopt their mannerisms, I ate the bacon they...