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I've found the .270 Win. to be one of the easiest cartridges to find an accurate load for. Paul B.

They don't have the snob appeal of some of the higher priced but really no better barrels. Paul B.

That's kind of difficult. Many people know little about firearms and are scaed to death. I had a neighbor across the street that when her husband died, asked me for a favor. She wanted me to come to the house to her bedroom and remove her late husband's handgun, a Star .40 caliber. There was the...

Nice win. All the custom and semi-custom rifles I have owned, have Douglas barrels. If I decide to do another, it too will use a Douglas barrel. Paul B.

For more years than I care to count I have gone with Winchester brass first, Remington second and federal so far behind they think they're in first place. The last big batch of brass I bought was three hundred something Winchester and two hundred plus rounds of 7x57 brass, That was probably...

I'm sorely tempted. Paul B.

I was all of 11 years old on my first deer hunt on Labor Day weekend 1949. I was on a stand and was hunting with my Great Grandfather's Winchester M94 carbine chambered to the 30-30 which I now own. Day one of the hunt, I'm on a stand and a nice 4 point buck walks past me not even noticing I was...

Nice stag. I wouldn't mind taking one of them if it weren't problem of a tall enough wall. I've only used the Accubond one time; the 165 gr. bullet from a 30-06 on a cow elk. At the hit she went about 30 yards tops and expired. The bullet was not recovered. I was using the 30-06 on that hunt due...

"Their website is rigged to add a shipping insurance charge. They sent me a 5 box order for exact same order ( 10 boxes) instead of the 5 boxes I ordered. To include 2 separate boxes to include DOUBLE shipping and DOUBLE shipping insurances...." Hell! Midway did that to me a few years back when...

When I sit down and give serious thought, I wonder why I used various cartridges rather than stick with the 30-06 I used for so many years with a few sessions with the 30-30. Guess I made the mistake of reading gun rags which led me astray. Just kiddin. I did add a fe guns to the list but...

"The question is why is Hodgdon so low in the velocity department vs what Nosler is listing?" I'm not sure I really have an answer and am tempted just say corporate lawyers. (Seriously need a sarcasm emoji) I don;t have a ,280AI but I do have a .280. I worked up to 2900 FPS with the165 gr...

There is a series of You Tube films called Bygone Safaris. There's at least ten and each is about an hour long. Each has a bunch of clips from various hunts. Most are pretty good but the first one bothered me a bit. They usually show recovery of the game and in the first one there were times...

I haven't shot coyotes in a long time but when I used the .223, it was bulk Winchester 55 gr.Power Points over 25.0 gr. W748 IIRC. Not a top speed load as I recall but very accurate in a Kimber I own. I once tried to old method of testing for accuracy which was fire a ten shot group. The first...

I can drop the tailgate on my truck so it's at a 45 degree angle. Makes it a it easier easing the deer into the bed. That was on my 1979 F150 and 2004 Toyota Taco. No idea whether I can lift a deer int the bed of the 2019 F150 but the tailgate will cooperate. First, I guess what I would have to...

"It has been getting more and more difficult find free/cheap lead lately. It's insanely satisfying shooting a deer/big game with your homecast and handloaded rounds!" I've been goingthrough so serious radiation treatments for cancer and last week got my last session. No fun sitting for 5 hours...

To give you an idea of the difference in velocity I compared the speed from the 18.5" .308 Win. Ruger M77 RSI vs the 22" barrel from a Winchester M70 Youth Ranger. in .308. The load duplicates the now long gone Speer Nitrex ammo with the 165 gr. Grand Slam. I used the 165 gr. Speer Hot Core...

Probably at the unemployment office in Reno Nevada trying to get a job. I didn't get steady work until December 31st, 1969 when I finally got hired onto the Weather Bureau in Winnemucca Nevada. The Meteorologist in charge for the state of Nevada knocked on my door and asked it I would like to...

I've only had one experience with the Nosler partition and it wasn't good A really big bodied Nevada Mule Deer that I shot at about 35 yards. First shot he reacted if it was a heart shot the jump and kick at the belly and reversed direction. Shot number two was for the lungs and the deer...

Before the accident messed me up, one of my favorite things to do was cast up a few Lyman 311291 bullets, lube and size them and load then the old fashioned way with a turn of the century style Lyman 310 Tong Tool. I even have some of the earlier dies and nutcracker handle from before Lyman...

I have three Ruger M77 RSIs, all in .308 Win. I won't go into the hassle I went through to find a usable hunting load butfind one I did. It's 49.0 gr. W760 with the 165 gr. Speer Hot Core and does all of 2550 FPS at the muzzle from the 18.5" barrel. From a 22" barrel velocity is 2610 FPS . The...