The 6.5 is actually my daughters rifle. The 243 was my son's first rifle that he started shooting when he was 5. Both of my kids have shot both rifles. I just want to take one of the rifles and set it up to only hunt in that blind.
I have a home made elevated box blind that my kids and I hunt out of. We bow hunt a lot out of it but when gun season is in we are taking a rifle. Between my brothers kids and mine we took 4 deer out of the blind, 3 of which were by rifle. We learned a lot as it was our first year hunting out of...
I have fallen in love with the 308. I bought a cheap black Friday edition savage axis 2 in 308 and once I started shooting it it was extremely accurate and appeared to have a super fast barrel. I typically get 75-100 fps faster velocities than book velocities out of this rifle which was a...
I have tried Grand in my Tikka 7MM Rem Mag. Grand has gotten my 24 inch barrel to shoot with velocities of a 26 inch barrel and it is has been very accurate in my rifle.
I have loaded for two 7-08's. A savage 110 and browning x bolt. Both rifles shoot great and are easy to load for. Both rifles like H4895, BL-C2, R17. I have gotten 120 gr Nosler ballistic tips with 43gr H4895 to surpass 3000fps and absolutely hammer deer. This year in my son's Browning 7-08 we...
I had to take my son to Academy this afternoon to go ahead and get some new baseball pants and cleats for this spring, the boy is growing like a weed!! Naturally, I slide over to the ammo / hunting section before we leave. Lo and behold I see multiple packs of 100 Winchester large rifle primers...
I have killed two whitetail bucks with a 308 using a 130gr TTSX going about 3150 at the muzzle. Bullet has performed flawlessly and with the energy provided I would think it would do the job on an elk.
My brother and I split an 8 lb jug a few years ago. I have been able to get slightly above average in my 6.5 creedmoor but very average accuracy in everything else I have tried it in. Velocity has been slightly above average in 6.5 creedmoor but very average in everything else. I will not buy...
I have decided to wok on "potential" elk loads for 3 different rifles that I own. My question is what would you elk hunters recommend on obtaining velocities with the bullets / rifle calibers listed below:
I know the more velocity the better but I am trying to learn a lot here and want to leave...