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Its the breaks of the Salmon River, doesnt get much rougher. The hike in isnt terrible but the hike out with a 100lb pack (a boned out front and rear quarter plus a backstrap) is rough on his 54yo dad. My body is still sore. I just did the same thing alone 5 days earlier with my bull. He didnt...

One shot one kill too. We were watching 3 other bulls, 3 points to 5 points, at around 530yds. The 5 point went behind a tree before we could get a shot and my son just happen to spot this bull and another one walk over the hill 200yds from us. I think he shot the smaller of the 2 but it was...

Here is a picture of him with the horns.

Thanks Dan. My 12yo shot his first elk 2 nights ago also. It was a 4x4 bull.

And it would take another trip packing meat Jim, his body was huge. As it was I didn't get home until the next night at 12:15am. 26,200 steps and 50 dirt bike miles getting camp and meat out. 😂

I shot this small 6x6 on Friday night. I got up to my spot a bit late and this bull was out with about 25 cows. I scanned around and saw one other cow a bit further down the hill but nothing else when I made my crawl to get into shooting position. After the shot I looked down the hill where my...

My buddy shot a doe whitetail in northern Idaho with a 260BT from a 375JRS (375-8mm Rem mag). It quite literally blew hair everywhere. Pretty impressive to say the least.

You measure the OD of the neck prior to seating a bullet and after seating the bullet to get neck tension. The known load was with different brass. I've never seen a known load with one brass at X capacity perform the same as another brass at Y capacity. It might get you close but that is it...

You didnt ask me but I typically try to run .003 tension in hunting magnums. Any less and you could see bullet movement in rounds that sit in the mag box.

It was a known load in Norma brass not Lapua brass and he figured out his loaded rounds were too tight in the chamber. If you read the whole ordeal he couldnt find any load that shot under 1.5". The original question was had anyone seen a accuracy improvement by turning necks, there you go. I've...

I use a Forrester neck turner that is basically a converted case trimmer. I use a drill to drive it so I can do 100 cases in no time.

That is kind of the point of the thread Tackdriver had on his 300wm. The clearance on his brass caused accuracy issues that thinner necks fixed. That is far from the norm but it can be a problem.

I turn necks most of the time. For the most part you only have to do it once and it improves the neck tension consistency. That adds to accuracy. Its hard to get big calibers really consistent without it IMO. If your looking for max accuracy and consistency its a no brainer.

I turn necks on most everything. I like consistency and I started doing it back before the bushing dies were available to lower neck tension.

Your welcome. Sometime things so simple are amazingly frustrating. IMO that is a Lapua issue. Their clearances are too tight even for SAMMI spec chambers.

OK but if you were to draw, which bull would it be? and do they not have landowner tags in WA? In ID the landowners aren't supposed to sell the tags but it happens all the time. It's more like I'll donate to your checking account and your now my good friend that gives me a tag. :) .

I have messed with hundreds of customs barrel and every once in a while you'll get a barrel that defies all logic. I have seen several run 150-200fps faster than they should with normal pressure. In this case it was a pressure issue though.

Looks like most of the problems are solved, good job.

I'm ready too. I have 2 bull tags in Idaho, plus I put my kids and myself in for a extra elk tag in the second drawing. I also have a cow tag in WY and my oldest kid has a bull tag. My kids have bull tags here as well. 6 elk tags between us at the moment.

The case necks typically spring back several thou upon firing so your chamber is probably around .340+". Sammi is .340 BTW. I would definitely say your clearance is too tight.