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Awesome hunt & story! It's such a great feeling being able to get a target buck after trying for a long time, but with your grandfather's rifle? Man that's awesome. I inherited my dad's favorite rifle a few years ago, a custom Rem 700 in 270. I was able to kill a great buck with it shortly after...

RCBS has been great for me as well. I inherited a single stage RCBS press that was missing a small part. One email and they sent me a replacement with a couple extras free of charge.

Never had an issue with blems or overruns. Its all I try to buy when it comes to Nosler bullets. It's interesting to see some of the variances like different color tips or cannelures. A batch of 6.5mm 142gr ABLR's I got recently has green tips.

I've hunted hogs on and off for 30 years and killed them from stands, blinds and spot and stalk and never really felt afraid of them or had them come at me. Like others have said, they have an excellent nose and when they smell you, take off in the opposite direction. I've hunted them over...

I haven't played around much yet with mine but recently bought a Browning X Bolt 2 SPR in 7mm PRC. It's the suppressor ready version with 20" barrel threaded 5/8x24. I hastily threw together two loads with Hornady brass and Staball HD with the 154gr Interbond and 168gr ABLR for its first range...

The 308 class of cartridges and brethren, like the 7mm-08, are too powerful for the Contender and are Encore only. If you want a 7mm, the 7-30 Waters or one of the many wildcats like the JDJ cartridges will be your best bet. Like posted above, as long as your frame is registered/made as a...

Nice, I was waiting for someone to put one of these in the jugs. Is this different from the original solid base?

I've never seen a deer NOT react to a shot that connected and that's included lead flat points, that don't expand whatsoever, all the way to Berger bullets that expand violently. Obviously I didn't walk in your shoes or see what you saw, but I've never personally had an Accubond fail to do...

I definitely would not classify Accubonds as hard bullets. They expand readily and down to some low velocities, same with Partitions. Most copper bullets are harder and require more velocity to really expand, though there are some exceptions. The regular TSX is a very tough bullet and unless you...

You can't go wrong with either. Do you a need a premium bullet for deer? No, but that little bit extra insurance always feels good and the extra price you pay is a fraction of what you spend on other hunting equipment. I've never used 180gr bullets out of my 30-06 but I mostly hunt whitetails...

I finally chronographed this load and it averaged 1560 fps, a bit faster than I thought. Shoots very well though! I'll keep using them.

That looks amazing! How exactly did you cook the loin? A place I used to hunt had quite the hogs population. We ate them all, ranging in size from 40 lbs to 225 lbs, including big boars and quite frankly they all tasted the same. Absolutely delicious.

The 257 Roberts is one of my absolute favorites! I shot my first deer and hogs with a Rem 700 Classic in that caliber and still have the rifle. My dad loaded 100gr BT's for me back then. I also bought a 15" Encore pistol barrel in 257 Roberts and have killed deer with it using the 110gr Accubond...

I scoured the internet & now have plenty of 270 & 7mm Interbonds but can't find the 30 cal ones. I've been using Accubonds as their replacement. Ive also used Swift Sciroccos & Speer Impacts and have been happy so far with what little I've used them.

The 270gr Gold Dot/Deep Curl was designed for rifle loads. It has done really well on deer & hogs. I'm sure the 300gr XTP is great too.

Sucks to hear about your issues and so many others with Leopold problems. I have more scopes of theirs than any other and I've never had an issue. I recently just bought a Zeiss V4, my first Zeiss. Looking forward to shooting with it.

Mind you it's been a while, but I've had good phone conversations with Lyman, RCBS and Hornady over the years. I've also got some quick email replies from Hornady and Berger.

Looks good! I have a couple pounds of N565 I want to try in my 6.5 PRC. What was your barrel length?

3186 is smoking, I'd definitely back that down. I've noticed VV's load data is on the more cautious side. Different lot numbers, different component combos, test barrel vs a factory gun, how chambers were cut and a host of other variances can change load data quite a bit.

I was loading some 7mm PRC with Staball HD and Federal 215's and noticed the purple coating on the inside of the primers. The coating is extremely inconsistent and I have never noticed this in other primers. They seem to shoot just fine and go bang everytime. I didn't know if this inconsistent...