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I won't be trying the E-Tip. On this side of the country we won't be lead free in my life time. I did try the Barnes bullets in a few calibers. 30-06, .270 Wby and a wildcat .284 HESAM. All rifles got good hunting accuracy with the .270 Wby being the least accurate at around 1-1/4"-1-1/2". They...

Great shot! I can testify to what a 30-06 can do with the 165gr. BT. I've killed my share of deer with H-4350 behind the 165 gr. BT. Billy

I believe I'll pass on on of those rifles and just let Greg Tannel build one for me. Every rifle He's built for me has been super accurate. Billy

I don't have to worry about the cases getting tight and having to bump the shoulder back. The accuracy is good with zero head space holding the case centered in the chamber. Billy

I use bushing FL dies and adjust them to to the head space on a rifle so the bolt has a very slight drag closing the bolt. I don't use the expander button and pick the size bushing for the neck tension needed to hold the bullet. The die is set up for one rifle only. Brass has a long life. Billy

In the Liberty and the Custom rifles they have on sale? Billy

If you're saving pelts I would use 50 gr BTs. In my .223 the 50gr usually doesn't exit and puts them down right now. Billy

My experience with .257 bullets started with 100 gr BT Speer loaded in a 25-06 at much higher velocity. The deer would drop in their tracks or run a ways with little or no blood trail. All that would be found inside the deer shot under 100 yds would be jacket fragments. With the 117 BT Hornady I...

I wouldn't let the fact that some Weatherbys have freebore sway your decision on a rifle you'd like to have. I've had a few MK IV magnums and all of them shot more accurately using Weatherby ammo than the average rifle. When I worked up a load for Weatherbys I stuck to factory OAL. The factory...

Those are some nice looking working rifles with stories to go with them. "Great pictures" Here's a better picture of my best shooting 30-06. The 30-06 seems to be very popular around here and for good reason. We seem to have a lot of experience here. Billy

Glad this is a false rumor. We don't have too many .257" bullets. I don't have a .257 cal rifle but still miss my Hart barreled 700 25-06. It was nothing more than a pillar bedded BDL with a #2 Hart barrel screwed on. It was a most pleasant rifle to shoot and would group 100gr Solid base bullets...

I've hunted with quite a few great and fun to shoot calibers but haven't found one to fit my needs better than the 30-06. The Steyr doesn't like anything fancy and prefers 53grs. of Rx15 behind a Hornady 150gr. Spire point. It also likes HyperSonic 150gr. Bonded Core-Lokts. The other rifle...

Great hunt with beautiful trophies! Looks like the Accubonds in the 30-06 were the right combo. Billy

If you're thinking about using them go ahead and don't worry too much about when the expansion stops. It's not going any farther than the partition. I've shot quite a few deer with 150 gr .284" partitions and 165 gr .308" partitions with great results. They worked just like other lead tipped...

I started out with the 30-30 and still take it with me from time to time. It has served me well in the southern woods. I have used about every 150gr - 170gr Winchester and Remington sells but I believe my favorite to be 170gr Core-Lokts. Every deer I've shot with these has passed through and...

I only have recovered two .277 bullets from deer. The Speer was a 150gr hot core and the other was a 150gr Core-Lokt Rem factory load. Both bullets were recovered from large bucks shot @ around 80 yds. The Speer bullet weighed only 86grs. @ 58% of its original weight. The Core-Lokt weighted...

I've shot my share of Speer bullets, found them to be accurate and deadly. I haven't dissected any of them or found but one inside of a animal. The rest were full penetration. The Gran Slams were more accurate in some rifles than partitions. Billy

This rifle has a 3 groove Pac-Nor barrel on it. It will shoot 1/4" 5 shot groups with 53gr match bullets and under 1/2" with my 50gr BT PD loads. I found the barrel not to foul as much as some do and easy to clean. I only clean it twice a day shooting PDs. The rabbit was shot @ 506yds. About...

I don't worry too much about gators or the snakes. This time of the year you're going to see cotton mouths or cane break rattlers every time you go into the woods so I wear snake boots. The swamps can be very unforgiving in the dark. You can very easily get turned around looking for a deer and...

I have one 30-06 I load 165gr BTs to 2820 fps that I've shot deer from right under the stand out to 287yds. Most were broad side and dropped in their tracks. Deer shot much under 100yds will have a nasty exit wound. With about everyone making bonded bullets I'm going to try 165gr ABs this season...