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I received an email from Brownells yesterday stating they have Reloder 17 in stock, $65.99 per lb. They only have it in single pound containers, nothing larger. Ron

This morning was the opening day of Missouri's Alternative portion of our deer season. Alternative means black powder weapons, handguns, archery, atlatls, and air guns can be used. No centerfire rifles or shotguns are allowed I had never handgun hunted before but I have owned a Ruger Redhawk...

This is similar to AzDak42's thread but I didn't want to hijack his. A few days ago I took some 30-06 ammo to the range to test it for our upcoming deer season. The components were once fired Remington brass, Federal 210 primers (not match), 150 gr Hornady SSTs, over 60 gr of Reloder 17...

I have an egg shoot coming up this Saturday. Normally, I devote some time to testing loads and rifles but work and weather interfered so that I was running out of time. After work I took a couple of rifles and some loads I came up with to see what shot best and that is gonna be what I use...

Yesterday, several deputies from my agency went to Black Rain Ordnance in Neosho, Missouri, for a Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. In the last year and a half we have bought upwards of 50 Black Rain AR's for duty and SERT as well as four of their 308 bolt guns for the snipers. One of the...

Yesterday some friends/family and I made a trip to Bass Pro to look around. Among the used guns, I found three Sauer 202's. They were chambered in 270 Win, 30-06, and 6.5x55. The 270 and 30-06 were synthetics and the 6.5 is wood. I have a 202 synthetic 25-06 and recently gifted a wooden stocked...

I don't have a single shot of any sort in my rifle collection. I've always thought I wanted one but ended up with repeaters one some sort. I have tried three different ones in the past 3-4 years and none have worked out. They would all shoot minute of deer but that is being wishful. My local...

I was in a gunshop today perusing their assortment of partial and "used" boxes of reloading bullets. I found this sealed box of 60 gr. Solid Base bullets. I haven't used any Solid Bases before on game but most I've seen have been larger diameter/ weight. Could someone tell me if these are...

Yesterday, this guy brought two girlfriends to visit us. They were about 50-60 yards from the house and stayed for 30-45 minutes. 20 days until the season opens. Ron

I received an email from Nosler the other day promoting new items for 2025. It consisted of new calibers in brass and ammunition offerings, but no bullets. Does anyone know if this is the entire new product lineup for this year or was this a few selected items? Ron

This is the rifle my wife got me for Christmas. It was a complete surprise. I had seen it in a gunshop, mentioned it in passing, and a few days later she stopped on her way home from work and bought it. Today I got around to installing a scope. I chose a Leupold VX-III, 3,5-10x40 I already had...

My 17 year old grandson decided he wanted to try deer hunting this fall. He completed the hunter safety course on his own and went to the range with family members to test several rifles to see which one he liked best. He chose my Tikka T3x in 6 5 PRC. I loaded some Sierra 130 TMKS (not...

I stopped at my LGS on the way to work this morning. I don't get to stop as often as I used to so I do occasionally to see what's new. I immediately saw a Remington 7600 on the shelf and the tag said it was a 270. It was in really good shape so I filled out the paperwork and picked it up after...

I didn't want to hijack JD's thread on the 308s so I started this one. I loaded some 6.5 Creedmoors using the seconds I got from SPS. As with the 308s, I weighed a handful and found one that was under weight at 139.9 and the rest were over weight at 140. 5, .6, and .7. These are seconds so I...

I had a Vortex Ranger 1300 rangefinder that I bought new and had used for many years in all conditions. It was a great unit and I was extremely happy with it. However, when I was putting my gear together and checking it over in preparation for our early antlerless season, I discovered the...

This past weekend I picked up two rifles, one sorta planned, the other not at all. On Friday, I was off for hunting and after I killed my doe and took it to the processors, my oldest stepson and I stopped at a gunshop to look around. I found as Savage Hog Hunter .308 and ended up buying it. I...

I stopped at the Sierra outlet store yesterday and they had some of these on the availability list. First time I've seen them in a very long time. So, if anyone has been looking for some, check with your favorite distributors/ store because they should be appearing sometime soon. Ron

Saturday morning I went to the range to verify some zeroes for a competition I'm in this coming weekend. My 17 year old grandson went with me. He's had a little experience several years ago shooting a 22 rifle but some family issues interfered and he didn't stay with it. The previous night he'd...

Last Monday my wife and I took a road trip to Scheels. We weren't looking for anything, just getting out of the house. I always head for the guns and she joins me there later. On this occasion I found a Browning Hells Canyon in 6.5 Creedmoor topped with a Leupold Freedom 4-12x40. The scope...

My wife and I went to Scheels this past Monday. In the Cafe there they had made a memorial honoring those who died in the service of our country and those who are MIA. Scheels is my first choice of sporting goods retailers and gestures like this only solidifies that. No attempt to sell...