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I don't hypothetically bug out to the middle of nowhere, but I live in the middle of nowhere year round and hunt hard in the mountains for several weeks to a couple of months every year. The rifle gets drug through the mountains, in and out of aircraft, rafts, boats, ATVs, pickups and sloshed...

The current market is simply ludicrous.

Once I find a good load, I tend to put it into production and make 200 or so. You never know when a bullet will get cancelled or a powder changed. I keep a good quantity in 300WSM, 270WIN and 6.5CM since I hunt with them the most year after year and are proven performers. I load a fair bit of...

Thanks for posting that! Going by my measurements, it looks like I've lost about 55 thousandths of throat. Yeah, with a 2.875 mag length, I'd never hit lands with any spitzer bullet I'm aware of. That clears it up!

I've been using my .300WSM as a primary hunting rifle for a number of years and it has seen a number of rounds- rough guess is 1k or so. In doing load development for the E-Tip, I measured the distance to the lands for the first time in well over a decade and came up with a OAL to lands of...

I did some deer control work with the old 125gr Silvertip load in the 30-06. That thing turned deer off like a bolt of lightning. Never got an exit would and never had one go anywhere but straight to the ground on its nose. It did wreck a carcass throughly.

Yeah, my son is the same. He couldn't care less...his Tikka is just a tool just like the chainsaw, the socket set or the framing hammer. His car is the same way...just transportation from A to B. As a dedicated gun and vehicle guy, I feel like I haven't given him an appreciation for the finer...

I'm all for a better mousetrap, but this seems pretty redundant. So here's the 500 yard figures for the Browning 175gr load. 2135 FPS. 1771ft/lbs -40" drop Ditto for the 165gr LRAB load 2251 FPS. 1856ft/lbs. -36" drop Here's my handloads at 500yds for the 270WIN with a 145 ELDX...

It'll do just fine. It works on Alaskan moose, so a smaller Eastern moose would be no different. My son's moose load is a 145 ELDX over a stiff charge of IMR4955 for 2950fps.

I just looked up the MSRP....$1450! Yikes.

Interesting. I had a Browning Acera years ago. It was pretty slick, this looks somewhat similar. The weak point of a straight pull is weak primary extraction, I'm interested to see how they handle that.

It's weird, I've seen some mediocre pieces go for ridiculous prices. I've also seen good deals on some great guns go untouched. Weird time.

The rifle model when I bought it was called the Custom Sporter... I believe today it's just listed as the Custom. The stock is available from Nosler, and I suspect MPI as well. On MPI's website, it looks like their Mountain style with an added comb height cheekpiece- not the higher rollover or...

BAT also is in Oregon and does a lot of machine work in pressure barrels to the gun industry...so I'm sure they already had a contractual relationship. On other note- while the Liberty stock is a Bell and Carlson product. I'm pretty convinced the Custom Sporter stock is a MPI. It feels quite a...

Yeah, the Howa 1500 action is very similar. Although the Nosler folks haven't said- I think it's a BAT action, derived from the M1500, which is derived from a Sako (L61). I did try a Weatherby Vanguard in my M48 stock and it seemed to fit without going through the full bedding process. It's...

Our local Sportsman's was pretty good. Cabela and Bass Pro are a long way away down in Anchorage along with 2 SWs. That'll be awkward...that's a lot of real estate for selling sporting goods. Bass Pro bought Cabela's for their bank so they can make money financing their customer's junk. Sear's...

There are a lot of good binos in that price range. Don't overlook the Vortex Viper HD, which can be frequently found under $500..

I'm more of a hunter, so likely 500-1000 rounds last year between everything- practice, field, rifle, pistol, shotgun, .22... but it was sort of a weird off-year. However, I have spent quite a lot of time helping a buddy start loading and we've done a couple thousand rounds getting him up to...

Short, stiff barrels will typically outshoot a long, light contour barrel all day long. I've had a couple of rifles with a shorter, heavier barrels that shot excellent...particularly on longer strings of fire. It takes more to heat them up and it takes more to make them crawl compared to the...

Nicely done! Of course, anything you'd shoot with a .416 is going to be considerably bigger than 0.844! My Rigby wouldn't hold 2" at 100....and that was plenty for it's intended purpose!