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DF: What was your load in the 300? Have you used the TTSX on any animals yet? It sure looks like you have those guns dialed in!

In Oregon in early times, Grizzlies, Wolves, Cougars were hunted down by government trappers because they were not compatible with humans and their livestock. Now with the focus on bringing them back, I can't even go into the field behind my house without a gun in the evenings. A cougar was...

I think tags for those things come as a box of 20 the same as cougar?

Throughout the years I've come up with lots of excuses to buy another gun. I don't know whether my wife ever believed any of my rants, but I ended up with lots of guns! I do have a model 99 Savage 303 with half octagon barrel, plus a model 94 Winchester in 25-35 and lastly a model 97 Winchester...

The Lasik surgery is not for everyone. My son had it done, but when I asked they said I was too old! They will only do the surgery if your eye has the oblong shape like a football as the other way does not work! Good luck, maybe you will be a perfect candidate as was my son!

Well I screwed around a bunch with my 300 wby in 70 classic trying to get it to shoot! After the normal recoil lug routine plus bedding the tang it still shot terrible so I pillar bedded, that also sucked! Finally, out of desperation, I fully glassed the barrel and it shot great. After all this...

I used the 180 BT for elk for the first time because the 300 Win mag was ready to go and my other rifles were not. I shot a raghorn bull and it went straight down! I have killed many more elk since that time with the same load and all have been the same. As for deer, they have all gone straight...

I have 1 sealed 1 pound container and another half full. To give you an example of what used to be: the price sticker on one is $5.49.

buckfever, I live in Elgin, not to far from Pendleton. I'll look t see how much is left, you might as well have it as it has been sitting for years!

80 grains of H-870 is a load I used years ago and it shot well! I lost a lot of respect for it though when I bought a chronograph and found it lost 150 fps from 80 degree weather to 30 degrees. Maybe Ramshot Magnum will be as good? The last loads I went to were with IMR7828 in 175 gr Hornadys...

All you need to do is buy a Weatherby that uses the 378 case and at more than 5 bucks a shot I think you will see the need to reload! Even if you can afford to buy the shells, it's the pride that you made them that makes it worth while. Of all the guns I now own, I think the 22 rimfires are the...

When making brass from another caliber I sometimes turn the outside of the neck. I never do the whole neck, just turn enough to bring down the high spots. If you turn too much it can create a step in the neck junction where you stop, this creates a weak spot the can crack. 340 weatherby from 8mm...

If one can and will use ear protection at all times I think a 338 RUM or 338-378 with a muzzle brake would be fine! I chrono'd a 33-378 for a guy with a muzzle brake and I swear it kicked no more than my 270 winchester. My son unscrewed the brake and took a shot, then said "never again". The...

One thing to think about in the RUM is burning up the barrels and using a bunch of powder. If you want a RUM, I'd go with the 300 or 338 to use that case for pushing a heavy bullet way out there for Elk. Do you realize how much you have to pay for in the 7mm Rum? Lots of powder, a bunch more...

I did one of the new SPS stainless rifles in 300 RUM and went through a bunch of powder trying to get it to shoot (mostly H-1000) and almost gave up on it till I tried 7828 with the 180 AB. It loved this load so away it went with the new owner and 300 weatherby ballistics. Since that time I have...

Ramshot powders are supposed to be ball powders that are not temperature sensitive. Also RL-15 is allegedly not either. I have been able to get the very best from a 300 Savage with RL-15 in both accuracy and velocity. Those are good groups you have though!

I became a "magnum maniac" years ago and killed everything with a magnum of some sort for many years. I killed a bull elk several years ago that won the big bull contest at my workplace and a rifle was the prize. Since I had a bunch of different magnums that all weighed a bunch, I chose a model...

Don't bet on the 338 Ultra kicking more than the 340, the ones I've shot didn't even with more powder and velocity! Maybe my 340 was an exception but it out kicked anything else I ever shot.

I chrono'd a 338/378 wby with 225 grain factory loads that went a touch over 3000 fps in a Mark V. My 340 went 3100 with 225's, maybe that's why it kicked so bad! Used 8mm Rem Mag brass just run through the die and trimmed, no pressure signs at all and great groups. Kicked so bad it was ruining...

Does anyone have any first hand experience with this cartridge on elk? I'm thinking of getting one for my young grand-daughter, but don't want to get her a P.O.S.