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I got that kind of runaround from Colt once concerning a handgun I sent back for repair. To make a very long story short they finally admitted they had LOST the damn thing. I wrote the CEO at the time directly and related the whole sorry story. I soon heard from Colt Customer Service and they...

I can assure you it makes a great difference at long range - not so much under 300yds. at least for hunting. Not only do I measure all catridges for my 7mm Ultra Mag but I use a Bersin Device to correct any runout of the loaded round. The result is accuracy that has to be seen to be believed...

Transvaal, if it wouldn't be too much trouble could you send me the subscription address of Magnum magazine? I haven't read one in years but remember that it contained some very interesting articles. Our shooting magazines seem to rehash the same old stuff over and over again and I have just...

Welcome Transvaal! The debate here in the United States takes the form it does because by far the most hunted animal here is deer of one kind or another. Truthfully, just about ANY caliber or catridge can take a deer though every now and then one seems to find a bulletproof one. Elk are not...

I think it is hard to equate yesterday with today. In the black powder era they were not limited to a week to ten days to get the job done nor did they have a small fortune invested in the effort. Though I have gone home empty handed from some of my best hunts, when I do shoot I want to kill...

It happens that I took my last Elk with a .270 and 130 Nosler Partition but I would have prefered more rifle. I was actually hunting Mule Deer and only picked up the Elk tag at the last minute in an over the counter purchase. The Bull was a large 5x5 and the .270 was enough. I agree that the...

I also hunt Wyoming a great deal and it is the one place I have found it very useful to be able too reach way out there. That is where I have found the 7mm Ultra Mag to come in very handy. Recoil with that catridge is not heavy. That does not mean I think everyone is ready to shoot long just...

I confess I don't have much experience with 140gr bullets but I will try and find some data for you.

I like them all, tending to use a 30-06 and .338 Win mag more than others but it really depends on what I am hunting and where I am hunting it. The magnum vs non magnum debate seems rather silly to me. One is NOT a better hunter just because he uses a non magnum catridge or a better hunter...

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I had great results on Mule Deer using a 130 partition in my .270.

Some of the early Ballistic Tips were pretty explosive but most of those problems are long gone. Ballistic Tips work very well for deer when velocity is kept anywhere near reasonable. A 150 in a 7 Mag should be fine. Place it behind the shoulder and you will end up with one very dead deer...

700bdl, I have the exact scope you mention and highly recommend it. You really can't go wrong with a Leupold and the one you mention is one of the best and most versitle. Mine is on a 30-06 that has been hauled all over the country and it has never let me down.

I lost a pretty good Whitetail several years ago at well under 100 yards. As near as I could tell the bullet (165gr from a 30-06) hit a small limb before getting to the animal. I am not sure where he was hit but he was hit pretty hard. I spent most of the day hunting for him but the blood...

There is just no such thing as 100% reliability when any of us pull the trigger. if you shoot enough animals under 100 yards you will eventually mess up. If it hasn't happened yet you probably just haven't shot enough animals. It is not a matter of range - it is a matter of skill and none of...

Factory ammunition is better but very expensive compared to handloads of the same or better quality. Casual shooters don't reload but the rest of us are either rich or are reloaders. As far as I can tell reloading is going well. I don't think I could afford to shoot much at factory prices...

You might look on accuratereloading.com and click on their long range hunting forum. Some of the members of the Pennsylvania 1000yd Benchrest Club hang out there. You can get some real good advice on scopes, mounts, barrels, stocks, etc. In my experience the real trick is dopeing the wind. I...

JD338, my weapon of choice for whitetail is my S&W 629 Classic DX with open sights. In thick cover it is the only way to go. My long range hunting has mostly been in places I hunt out west where the fabled close stalk is just not possible. That does not include all western hunting but where...

I agree with you. the Accubond is probably fine for Elk. I just haven't used it for that purpose - yet. I hear nothing but good things about the bullet though and others report success on Elk with it.

I don't really think "need" has much to do with anything concerning caliber or rifle selection. If need was the criteria we would nave a handful of catridges and rifle types and be done with it. Most magnums don't make sense with a short barrel but a catridge like a 30-06 performs pretty well...