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Aaah, the upgraded 721, made to compete more directly with Model 70's. A friend has it's twin, and it shoots just as well. I think Remington put a little more care and effort on these. EE2

If you built it and sighted it in for him, he does have Grandpa's vision for an excuse. Just sayin'. I'm looking forward to helping my grandsons soon. I'll endeavor to eliminate excuses based on Grandpa!

Congratulations on the deer, the bonding, the memories made! That deer looks to be in fine shape and large-bodied as well. Should be fine eating! EE2

The good days are made that way by the bad and not-so-good! We tend to post here about all the successes, thanks for helping us remember. As said, they will all be good memories someday. I remember stuck in the mud, stuck in the snow, ammo left behind, flat tires, cold feet, etc., etc. Maybe get...

One of my old mentors had an L57 Forester in .308. He was a great hunter but somewhat gullible. The salesman told him it had special rifling that twisted more toward the muzzle, resulting in the bullet accelerating when it left the bore! My friend, confidence boosted, flattened everything he...

He calls his recent equipment purchases "retail therapy". Anything that improves quality of life for an outdoors person I'm all for. Anyway, he raves about that GRS Bifrost stock a bunch. It is very adaptable and easily adjusted, has a canted pistol grip and other features.(It is also not...

Thanks for all the kind comments. We've tried a bunch of outdoor chair setups, some even electric powered. Nothing compares to this Action Chair (brand name). It is impressive. Wish he had it ten years ago when I was pushing uphill through the mud. The rifle is on a Savage action, stock a GRS...

CL - thanks! Talked to him tonight. The chair performed really well for him. They tied the buck to the back of the seat upright, nose pointing back. Dragged it uphill and down with no strain. This was the first real use in hunting conditions. He's been carrying it in the back of his truck...

Just this Thanksgiving morning, my son and his lifelong hunting buddy got it done again! I taught these two some of what they know, and have helped them with their rifles and riflery since they were kids. Proud? Oh, yeah!

Congrats on wife and rifle, in that order! EE2

I've also been playing with a Teslong. It is fun and educational, and so far useful in showing me carbon and copper buildup, crown, and chamber/neck/throat. All I have read is the caution to not over-react at some of the things that show up! They say the true measure of condition is how well it...

I got 200 from SPS 3 years ago. Same grey tips. Came in bags of 50, with a paper glued-on label identifying them. Mine shoot okay. EE2

Going to try a primer switch. Since I touch lands at 3.300", 20 thousandths off would put me at 3.280", correct? I'll put together a set of those and see if things change materially. Shoot 3 or 5 rounds? If my math is right, I am 100 thousandths off right now! EE2

bmoore, I agree on the long haul. During the majority of my hunting experience I used a rifle successfully that didn't shoot quite as well or consistently as this one does already. I will try a depth change one at a time and see what happens. Thanks.

Did some load development with these, WW brass, CCI250 primers. 3.20" COAL as in Nosler data. Worked my way up with IMR4350, velocity wasn't there. Went to IMR 7828ssc, and narrowed in around 54.1 grains. That is in the middle of a node, loads up to 54.65 had only slightly more velocity, the...

jimbres, I agree. I think when I started with some 1x fired brass from commercial sources, some must have been fired in overlength chambers/actions and stretched too much. Then I overworked them sizing back to 'normal'. A few of those had early separations after I only loaded them a couple...

That's what I have quite a few of. Loading for an Encore and resized a few thou too short. Like about .005" shorter than I want. Some of these were bought 1X fired from others. Trying to preserve case life, I was thinking about annealing, then running a .284 expander down and back through the...

I'm certain from your posts you know what to do. Very interested in the outcome, and I'll try to avoid chiming in with my ramblings now! EE2

I personally don't use a lead sled or a support that has a semi-rigid cup at the rear at all anymore. I could shoot bug holes with my .223, but anything that recoiled significantly wasn't consistent for groups. The real issue was shooting to the same point of aim as the sled when I then shot...

Are the scope bases and rings appropriate and torqued up properly? I've had movement that was barely detectable there before. I didn't see that possibility mentioned yet. EE2