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OK, the other thread on here talking about the Ultimate Long Range Predator Chambering got me to thinking. I really prefer a nice light bolt action carbine, let's say with a 20" Barrel MAX and a Short Action. When I modified my wife's Remington 700 20" SPS Stainless Synthetic .308 I absolutely...

I have had certain ball powders do really weird things in the .223. Worked up a load in 80 degree temps with W-748. When I was out shooting Prairie Dogs a couple weeks later I had to keep my ammo in a cooler otherwise I was blowing primers. Did a little test when I returned home. I put 10...

Does anyone use Retumbo in the .25-06? On another forum I had a guy recommend Retumbo for the .25-06 with 110 to 115gr. Bullets. Larry

Yeah but I shoot all Nosler Bullets. Where does that leave me?

DrMike it never made sense to me either. I wish I still had the article I read it in. If I remember right the author was trying to say that the shape of the boat tail would push the melting copper out into the rifling. Like I said that was a long time ago and I guess I load way more boat tail...

To add something to the mix I have a question instead of a comment. I have often heard that boat tail bullets produce more copper fouling than do flat base bullets. If I remember correctly the theory was that the burning gases are pushed outward away from the base of the bullet as it travels...

I would think all things being equal it would come down to case capacity vs bore capacity. With that said I would have to say that the .300 WSM should loose less velocity per inch of barrel than either the .270 WSM or 7mm WSM. I fully understand about the allure of a 20" Barreled Bolt Action...

Congrats to your son. Nice first buck. Larry

After reading your post I think you are in need of one of the lightweight rifles offered these days. Remington Model 7, Ruger Ultra Light etc. Personally I'd have it chambered for either the .308 Winchester or one of it's offspring (take your pick). The .243 will naturally produce the least...

Yep had a regular Glock 21 .45 ACP and then got a wild hair that I needed a 1911 I traded my Glock 21 for a Kimber BP TEN II .45 ACP 1911. Man that was a huge mistake. After running the Glock for several years and NEVER having a malfunction, with the Kimber I got really good at clearing...

Very nice looking country indeed. Heck if this ole country boy got that far up in a tree I'd get a nose bleed or worse. Larry

Very nice. I have a pickup box trailer that I have been going to convert into a hunting blind, but I just never seem to get started. Generally when I go hunting I have one or two others with me (usually one of my daughters and or grandkids). The size of the pickup box trailer will give us a...

I have had 3 new Remington's in the past 4 or 5 years or so. I really do not care for their metal finish on the SPS versions, it seemed if I would look at it crosseyed it'd rust whether I touched it or not. Yep had the extractor break on one but then I had a new Remington XP-100 .223 back in the...

A simple set screw can take some of the creep out. With the hammer cocked and the safety ON pull the trigger. Take note of how much the trigger moves before the tail of the trigger contacts the safety. All of this movement can be removed with a simple set screw. Go to...

First of all you have received a lot of really good advice. When my daughters first started hunting I started them out with a .223 handloaded with either 64gr. Winchester Power Points or 70gr. Speer Semi Spitzers. However by the time my grandkids were old enough to hunt I was older and...

You go girl CONGRATS on a job well done (I guess I should have said jobs well done). CONGRATS to dad also for obviously teaching her right. There is nothing quite like hunting with your children or grandchildren. An older gentleman that owned a country gas station / gun shop had a favorite...

Thanks for the info DrMike. Yes it is a neat Rifle. I mounted up a Swarvoski V6 3x18x50mm Riflescope on it for my buddy. Larry

A really good friend of mine has a Remington Model 660 6mm Remington. I just mounted up a new Scope for him and cleaned the rifle. He was having accuracy issues and I think I found the problem, a loose scope mount. At any rate he wants me to load him up some ammo for it. He has brought me...

I have been loading 25.5grs. H-4895 behind a 55gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip in LC Brass with Remington 7 1/2 or CCI-400 Primers seated to a COL of 2.252" for years. This is become my go to load for any new .223. I have yet to find a .223 that will not shoot this load sub MOA. I have chronographed...

Thanks guys. Larry