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I have a jug of 2520. Where do I find the lot number on it?

For a regular hunter and not a guide he seemed to have way more than his fair share of goat ropes with them. To the point that those who knew him called him Brown Bear. I never saw him act like he was very excited when dealing with a bear but let him get a fish on the line and he went nuts:LOL:

As you can tell by my handle I am a fan of the 35 Whelen in a mauser action. One winter around the mid 70's my father loaded up a 50cal ammo box of Whelen ammo. All of it was max load of 3031 with a Hornaday 250 grain spire point. That was about all he and I used to hunt with for the next 40...

If you are new to shooting pistols do not expect too much early on. You will get better with practice, a lot of practice. A 44magis a tough way to start with their recoil. I would get some 44 special brass and reload light loads. Your shooting will improve much faster if you are not fighting a...

When I first started shooting pistol silhouette I used a blackhawk 7.5 but it just did not fit my hand very well. Switched to a model 29 but it only lasted two years. They just did not hold up to lots of full house loads. Last 44 was a DanWesson 10 inch. Now that held up but it was as big as 500...

Lately I have started shooting 44 special loads through my M-29 for a fun load. I have found full tilt 44 mag loads to be not much fun in a 4 inch M29 but it makes a good carry gun out in the woods. If I think there is a chance I might need a lot of pistol power I carry my 500 with 380 grain...

I know and follow the start low and work up rule but have a question with the 6.5 creed. Both Hornaday and Lyman show 40.0 of H4350 as a max load with 147s but Hodgen online is showing 42+ as max. Seems like a pretty large spread and am wondering why?

Great story about what must have been a man worth knowing.

Most times I have been there I have seen Elk. Every time there has been lots of deer and turkeys. Always nice to see wild game in other parts of the world. It is beautiful country but it does seem to rain just a bit.

Elkton. Valley just a couple miles out of town.

I may have posted this before but Phil carried Big Nan while guiding this year. Gun Digest has asked him to do an article on it for next years book. We thought it would mean more if he actually carried it. Turns out he even had to use it as a stopper but I will let him tell the story. I love...

I have never hunted Elk but I have always thought they were good looking animals. I have a good buddy that owns around 500 acres in an Oregon valley. He does not hunt and will not let anyone hunt on his land. The elk there will let you drive up to them within 50 yards and not be spooked at all.

One thing I have always done when hunting around salt water is to hose it down with fresh water at the end of every day. Does not help to clean and oil them if you don't get all the salt off of them first.

This is the Whelen my father built for me 40 plus years ago. FN 98 action, Douglas premium barrel, Timeny trigger and a Fagen stock. After all the hunts it has been on I am surprised at how well it has held up.

Gerry thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I will have to check my local gun shops and see if they have CFE233

I have 3031, 2520, H BLC-2, Varget, H322 and H335. I can get CFE223 but have no load data for it. I avoid Facebook like STD

I would love to use some H4895 but it can not be found at this time. I think I have the same problem with RL15. I keep hearing good things about CFE 223 but I have not heard from anyone using it just rumors. I just got a Garmin and will have to try some different powders and see what I see.

40 plus years ago my dad loaded up 1000 with 49 grains of 3031 and 250 grain Hornaday spire points. That is what I have pretty much used in my Whelen ever since. At this point they are about all gone and I need to do some reloading. With all the new powders out now I am wondering if any of you...

I recently started using H4895 to build reduced recoil loads and it has worked very well. And don't you know it now I can not find more of the powder.

At age 12 my father got me a model 600 350 mag. With full house 250 grain loads that thing would kick the snot out of you. I developed a flinch that took years to over come. So now with new or young shooters I make sure to have them shoot something that does not bother them at all. I have some...