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Montana hunters were behind the awareness curve for what was happening in the late 1990s, and we didn't know (and they didn't tell us) that there was an active transplant operation in effect for the entire intermountain west. Most of us thought the transplant operation was restricted to...

Does the coating ever pull off when glass bedding the action? The bed jobs I've done, using PVA as the release agent, all took a couple firm smacks each to get the action loose. BT

As astigmatism has crept in through the years, I've tried to keep up with it using the adjustible eyepiece of each scope. I wear glasses for driving, but the glasses don't help at all (in fact hurt) when looking through a scope. What do y'all do to get clean-crisp crosshairs? Thanks, BT

Hell yes! I experienced anti-hunters for the first time in the mid-1990s in southwest Montana. Aside from some private land along the bottom land, it was a vast BLM district that was popular for hunting deer & elk. At dusk the night before the season opener, they went into the heart of the...

I've trimmed a few thousand cases spread across a variety of calibers (mostly 223) using my RCBS trimmer.... I always thought it did a really good job... I also use a carbide primer pocket uniformer and inside flash hole uniformer for the 223. BTW - It's amazing how nice the Nosler brass is when...

I guess I should have just said "5-round or less mags are required to be legal to hunt with". Whether plastic or steel, it doesn't matter. By the way, I found a max cartridge OAL of 2.838" will work fine with the Ruger plastic mags. Also... the lightweight plastic mags fit into the gun very...

My brother has the mount. It's been damaged through the years, and will likely need a new cape. We'll see... I hope I can get it and have it restored. If I do, I'll take more pics. 35 Whelen. Yes, my father was proud of that deer. In all the years he hunted, that was the only deer or elk he...

I guess if you can afford a $20k rifle, $5-7/round wouldn't be a barrier to ownership... Incredible tech, but this system was likely meant for use by the special forces. I'm surprised the gummit isn't restricting sales because of how it could be used against our troops. Here in Montana, scopes...

Sorry for the photo (scanned Polaroid taken in the late 1960s), but this is the largest Mule Deer buck I've seen dead or alive here in Montana. Just wish all of the antlers were in the photo. The 5x8 antlers are heavy, high & wide and non-typical. My Dad got the buck from a rough canyon area on...

Boyd's Pepper Laminate. Needed to widen the barrel channel a bit to FF the barrel, and deepen the barrel channel at the receiver to get the receiver to fully seat. Then I glass bedded the recoil lug and first couple inches of the barrel channel. They can add a Pachmayr recoil pad. Wish they...

Yes, I should know soon what the 0.090" jump does to accuracy. It could be fine. I've thought about experimenting with less pointy bullets, but the component shortages that currently exist discourage that option. With an effective range limited to about 300 yards, the Scout will still do well...

Most wolves are taken as an incidental occurance to hunting other species - by deer/elk hunters. Even then, not enough wolves are taken to prevent the continuing decline in ungulate numbers. That's why the non-res permits are coming down in price, bag limits are increasing, and electronic calls...

With the Nosler 165BT, about 2.910". So, loading to an OAL of 2.820" to work with the new magazine would produce a jump of 0.090". I'll shoot the rifle soon with a couple different seating depths to see what happens, but in the end, the rounds will have to fit the magazine... BT

Thanks for your comments guys... I bought the 5-round mag directly from Ruger, and received it about 3 weeks after placing the order. Midway was out of stock, and they didn't accept backorders, which is too bad because the Ruger Scout mags are $10 cheaper from Midway. There's also a full...

It's a really neat little rifle. Mine is pretty accurate - mostly sub/near MOA, but it's not a target rifle. It wasn't supposed to be. With the range effectiveness of the 308 and 16.5" barrel, it's way more than accurate than it needs to be for any sort of hunting that a 308 is suitable for. I...

The 308 Win data included in the Nosler #6 Guide lists the SAAMI max OAL for the 308 Win as 2.810". As the photo below shows, my Scout has been shooting with a cartridge OAL of 2.857". It does quite well with the 165BT. I can't see where the lands are engraving the bullet ogive after extracting...

Thought I'd share a couple of photos I was shown yesterday. The photos were taken last summer near Hamilton Montana - in a back yard. I've lived in this area since 1961. Mule deer were never seen in the valley floor till about 5 years ago. We have a herd of about 100 head of Mule Deer living...

My Rem 700 VS 223 has the slickest action of any bolt rifle I've owned, though it does have at least a couple thousand rounds through it. Check the underside of the rear/top portion of the action where the scope mounting screw holes are located. Stick you finger in the bolt raceway, feeling...

Brownell's had 308 Hornady Match brass last week for $35/50 count. I bought some just cuz I was on their site for some other stuff.... They have some other cals brass in stock... http://www.brownells.com/reloading/bras ... &ksubmit=y

I suspect there's a marketing angle somewhere, and all of them do it to one degree or another... Seems they've always loaded-down the traditional magnums and hot-loaded the new stuff (i.e. WSMs and anything with "AI" in the name). Just look at the number of compressed loads shown in the tables...