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It’s been a revolver kind of month. I keep happening into deals on big bore revolvers I can’t pass up. Two X frames and a custom Ruger super redhawk. The first was the 6.5” 500 S&W. I’ve always thought this to be the most practical of the 500s. Long enough to get decent performance and...

I wanted a little more magnification than the 2.5-10 nightforce so I changed scopes to a vortex razor LHT 4-22x50. I have been extremely impressed by the vortex LHT 3-15s and this being a FFP optic seemed perfect for my Seekins element 7 PRC. I’ve been so busy shooting pistol comps the last...

I figured this pistol deserved a post of its own. I happened on the stealth arms website after getting into a YouTube hole watching 2011 videos. Everything online has been very favorable and kept talking about the gun builder feature on the stealth arms website. Stealth Arms This lead to...

After i started shooting steel challenge I wanted to step up in capacity and add optics to my competition guns. Being a 1911 fan the double stack 1911 or 2011s seemed the perfect fit. The Springfield 4.25” prodigy was the gateway drug to 2011 style pistols. As an entry level double stack...

Now that I finally have my weekends free I find myself able to do some of the shooting competitions that I have been wanting to for years. I signed up and shot my first steel challenge today. It was a blast. The only handgun I had enough magazines to shoot a full match and a decent...

Clean water on these longer hunting trips is always a concern. A lot of the commercial water treatment pellets don’t taste great. I found some DIY plans to make a Berkey style water filter out of 5 gallon buckets. Filters I got on Amazon for 53 dollars for 4 filters. The buckets and lids...

Got everything loaded up for 20 days out moose hunting. Just about everything is on the menu caribou, bears of any color, wolves, small game and moose. I have a 10 hour drive and then another 3 hours in the SXS to where we will be hunting. Hopefully I’ll have some great pictures for...

A buddy of mine has a weatherby mk v weathermark bronze in 340 weatherby than I’m seriously considering snatching up. I’ve been thinking I needed a magnum medium bore with longer legs than my 21” barreled 338 win. I used to have a 338 rum that was an absolute hammer. I have a bunch of 338...

I’ve been looking at the BRX1 rifle from berretta. It’s. Looks very similar to the blazer r8 but at a much more reasonable price. I’m thinking about picking one up in 300 win mag. Anyone tried one? Anyone have any opinions on it?

Had a difficult moose hunt this year. It has been a very wet fall. Trail conditions have been pretty poor. I took a week off for a long trek in to a spot I’ve been hunting for years. It’s a long trip back on SXS, almost 20 miles to the area we set camp. There is a particularly nasty...

I’m struggling to find an optic for my 416 ruger. I’m looking for a low power variable with 1-2x on the low end and 6-8 on the top end. There are a few options in this range not too I’m not that impressed with the available reticles. Many have complicated Christmas tree tactical...

I had been planning on picking one of these up since I got rid of my 16” 308. I picked up a nightforce 2.5-10x32 expressly for the purpose several months ago. Killing time at the local sportsmans the temptation was too great. Took it to the range today and was impressed with the handling...

I picked up one of my bucket list rifles today. It is a Desert Tech SRS A1 with 26” 338 lapua barrel. It’s going to replace my Christensen MPR 338Lm. With the only 1” less barrel length at 39” the SRS IS MUCH shorter than my Christensen that was 50” long without the suppressor and 57”...

I picked up a ruger 77 in 416 ruger the other day. It cans in the hogue stock. The guy I got it from had taken it to Africa and used it a fair bit here in. Ak but just didn’t have need of anything this big any more. I found a takeoff ruger guide laminated stock on eBay that turned up to be...

I traded a 629 for a NIB Chiappa wildlands in 45/70. I’ve always wanted a win 1886 clone so I couldn’t pass it up. I am pretty impressed with the fit and finish of this rifle. I would have liked it to have a more slender forend, but it’s pretty comfortable. I grabbed a couple of boxes...

A buddy of had to have this rifle that I had built a few years ago. Sadly he was unable to find re26 so he never even put a scope on it the last two years. His needs had changed so he asked if I wanted it back. He needed a short barreled 308 for hogs and deer so we swapped barreled actions...

I have been going back and forth on what glass to put on my fast twist 25/06. I had been kicking around a couple different options. A 2.5-10x42 NXS or a vortex razor Hd LHT were on the short list. In the interim I had a trijicon 3-9x40 on it. The trijicon is an excellent scope and I loved...

We had a few days left before my buddy laves state so we ran up towards Denali for a quick bear hunt at a place I regularly see bears at. We got up there about 4pm and ran up to a nice high looking point to set up camp. I was putting in the 4th corner tent stake when I saw a black bear...

I just got back from a successful moose hunt. I lucked into a nice spike bull on opening evening. The weeks of rain left the trail conditions in very poor shape. It took us several hours to get out to where we were hunting. A lot of getting stuck and winching out of mud holes. We finally...

I took my recently rebarreled NULA 24 in 25/06 to the range today. I loaded up some 115gr nosler ballistic tips and 125gr hammer hunters. I started with 55.5gr of retumbo with the 115gr noslers. 55.5gr got me 2940fps and 56gr got me 2970fps. I was getting slight ejector marks on the...