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**This may not be the correct topic spot, feel free to move or trash** Here are a couple of cartridge photos. They are all from rifles I now own or only recently got rid of. They are what I'd call cartridge families of one type or another. One is a group of SM cartridges and one a grouping of...

Moderators, if this product has already been reviewed here, feel free to dump this one. Leupold's new VX-R series seems to be a follow-on to an earlier series they marketed here in the states that was built to European specs, their European 30mm series. I happen to have two of those scopes, one...

Although I do not have a lot of experience with the 9.3x62, I found myself having an uncontrollable urge to get one, even already owning two Whelens. They are very close, but still a good bit different. The 9.3x62 was designed (of course) to be a poor man's .375 H&H and it has always had loads...

Both the .280 and '06 are very fine cartridges. I've owned multiple examples of both and have used multiple rifles in both to harvest with. I no longer own a .280, but that's not due to it's being a poor choice. I happen to own a 7mmSAUM that will do everything a .280 can do, and more, in a...

Interesting thread here. I'll say, right off, I disagree with most(?) who have answered thus far. If you want a quality, economical rifle, they DO exist. If you also want a quality piece of glass to top it with at a decent price, they exist also. (but NOT in any package deal out there!) The idea...

I've never weighed it, but the Ti I own in .270 is rated for 5.5 pounds with a 22" barrel.

Especially for old, fat farts like me! :shock:

I hunted Indiana for the 1st time in '10. You'd think a fella that owned 50 something big game rifles would have one that was legal in Indiana, but I didn't and borrowed a Buddy's .44mag carbine. Worked out all right as we smacked two decent bucks on morning #2. Jason (on left) shot a nice 8 pnt...

Thanks for the comments. It's also become apparent to me now, at my age, that I way prefer the dirty hands (gutting) to the sore back from dragging. :mrgreen:

Here are my two sons-in-law and their best deer from 2011. I may have out-bucked them, but they out-antlered me this past season :mrgreen: . Both are Tennessee deer, one a 9 pnt that would go 135-140" and the other an 11 pnt that's right around 150". Best part was I didn't have to do any...

My Rem 700Ti in .270 Win is my lightest rifle/scope combo by far, even with a heavy-ish Conquest on top. Whenever I pull it out of the cabinet, along with a bunch of others to wipe down, it still surprises me each and every time. Have a couple of nice Featherweights and some other lightweights...

Very good looking set-up there! I have a SS Hawkeye in .338 Fed and also wanted to replace the "tupperware" stock on mine. I had a Buddy trade me a Ruger S/A walnut stock for an 8 pnt rack I had laying around and fittted it to the Hawkeye. The wood is nowhere as nice as yours, but I also enjoy...

If it will give you more trigger time with your chosen rifle, I'd say go for the cheapies for some/most of your practice sessions. I have no problem shooting less costly bullets for paper and higher quality for when the bullet meets the fur times. I normally do not even bother readjusting the...

Used the same bullet on Georgia hog this past January. No bullet recovered there. I was anticipating some size "XL" hogs at distances up to 275 yards or so and had the 200gr TSX loads in my BLR/.325. The actual size was closer to a "S", the size I like to refer to as a ham sammich...lol. It...

A couple of (useless) comments. I met Bob Hart back in '09 on a Maine bear hunt (no I did NOT score!). He is a great fella and we made tentative plans to hunt again in Texas for hogs. Nope, never worked out. But, I can sit back and remember a couple of very enjoyable evenings talking to a rifle...

The very first lever rifle (and Marlin) I ever owned was a 336ER bought NIB in '85. They have continued to grow in value over the years and a couple of years ago I decided to semi-retire it and got a Marlin .375 (look pretty much exactly the same). Well, that led to a 2nd .375 in January and...

Congrats on getting selected for a coveted Maine moose tag! Some Maine residents have waited 20+ years to get selected. I've traveled to Maine to hunt many times in the past and will be there a month prior to your hunt for a bear hunt. I am all up on most all suggestions thus far, among them...

On the same hunt, my Buddy killed a sow of ~ 300 pounds. And on last year's trip another Buddy killed this one. All free-ranging Georgia swamp hogs. Maybe you'd like to join us on a hunt Scotty!

Thanks to all for the warm welcome! Not sure just how much I'll be able to add, but will enjoy reading and learning, I'm sure. Someone asked for a picture of the hog, so here ya go. Thanks, Ed

These are a couple of Speer 270gr JFN Gold Dots (now called Deep Curl, I believe). Taken out of a very large boar (400+). Bullet #1 from against the vertebra, rt side of neck and #2 taken from the rt shoulder. Both found when the boar was caped. The shoulder shot/bullet never even bled as it did...