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I’m having fun with this 6.5x68 but mama’s 7x57 is no slouch either. Also, I’d sure like to find a Sauer made Weatherby in 7x64 one of these days. V/R, Joe

Guys, I finally found a friend here in Germany that is able to handload and buy powder/primers. We’ve got to be lead free to hunt on Federal land here and my 9 twist barrel might be a bit quick for the 130 monos so I stumbled upon Barnes’ new 155 LRX and am hoping to give it a go. Can I ask...

My love affair with the 270 Win started awhile back because it shoots flat, recoils little and kills aplenty. if there’s a rifle I’m interested in that cartridge it is never a bad choice. We’ve got a few for the kids and I in pre64 M70 and M721. We just put a new 270 pac-not barrel on a 721...

Call me crazy or foolish or maybe both, but I would go for one that I don’t actually have and haven’t really even messed with yet. Our family has plenty of hang time with the 243 and it’s been great, but the 7-08 sure seems to strike a great balance for a big game cartridge! V/R, Joe

Always sound advice from the good Dr! V/R, Joe

I think you would be hard pressed to find a better all around bullet. Great on-game performance, good bc, and usually fairly easy to work up a load for in my experience. My family uses them in 6mm, 25 cal, 6.5mm, .270 cal, 7mm and, of course, 30 cal without complaints because they’ve always...

Vince, Much obliged! V/R, Joe

Welcome to the forum! For goats and pigs it would seem that 130s should be just about perfect. Any variety should work, but I’ll throw this out there because I didn’t see it mentioned above. You might consider the E-tip. It shoots flat, hits hard (great expansion), drives deep (weight...

A 264 that shoots into a half inch with accubonds is one bad dude! It sure sounds like you have a real gem of a rifle! V/R, Joe

Thank you very much! I’ve been very blessed in life and have a very kind wife who often overlooks my RADD affliction that many of us seem to suffer from on this website. That 7mm wildcat sounds like a really interesting round! V/R, Joe

That’s a beautiful rifle and should be just about perfect for stalking the timber, especially in 6.5x55!

Bruce, There is a really neat hunting culture here. We live on the northern fringe of the Black Forest and I’ve been fortunate enough to hunt down there a couple of times. We were once passing by Oberndorf and I made the wife take the detour so we could go and see it. There are a bunch of gun...

Wow! Look at that set up! V/R, Joe

Thank you, Fotis! I don’t think that we’ll be here for all that long. The kiddos are really starting to miss the States and our family members are getting up in years.

Brass is made by RWS and is plentiful here in Germany, but man is it expensive!

Thank you very much!

The MS rifles really are something else! The amount of hand finishing that went into them to make them perfect is incredible. The 20" barrels on the full length mannlicher stocks seems a bit short to me, but boy do they handle nicely in a blind or in the woods. That 264 Win Mag sounds like...

Doc! Thank you very much! Twenty years went really fast and it seems like things are only accelerating as my kiddos advance through high school. The history behind the 6.5x68 and 8x68 twins is really cool and is the result of stuffing the biggest case they could into an M98 that still...

Guy, I appreciate it! It was good while it lasted, but life is all about change and it was time to be moving on. Much obliged for the reloading link. That Chuck Hawks is a really well-read guy and I always enjoy reading his articles.

Thank you very much! Life is good and the world is our oyster!