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Yes. It was a great hunt up north in the Brooks Range. Quite a bit different than hunting the big coastal brown bear. It's entirely possible to hunt for a week and not see a grizzly. The other hunter in camp was on his third grizzly hunt and hadn't taken a shot! He got a fine grizzly on our...

I do like it. We had only two pounds at the shop and I wasn't able to try as many different cartridges and bullets with it as I wanted, but all of my results were good... So, when I could, I bought 8 pounds of it for myself. My 25-06 has been very happy ever since, moving a 100 gr Barnes TTSX at...

Consider Ramshot Grand. It's fairly new on the scene but works well and is generally available. Retumbo works well with the heavier bullets though.

It's working out great for us. Mama and I have been spending a lot more time together and we're enjoying life a lot. Regards, Guy

I did take a certain amount of pleasure out of shooting the big ol' beast so much better than the guys 'n gals in the other shooting lanes were shooting their various 9mm semi-autos. But I think I avoided grinning too much! The RSO's have started coming over to see what the heck I brought to...

https://guyminer.substack.com/p/shooting-the-old-canadian Thought you guys might like this. Shot my grandfather's old WWI vintage S&W revolver. Wow! It's accurate. It was originally a 455 Webley - I think it went to war with the Canadians then was sold surplus in the USA after being converted...

Another big one was years ago when Varget was fairly new and 308 shooters, like me, were flocking to it. Sierra and Hodgdon had two entirely different ideas of what a max charge weight was for the 308 with a classic 168 grain target bullet... Several grains apart. Me being a bit of a velocity...

Careful with the Buffalo Bore stuff - they offer their ammo from mild to "Oh good grief that's powerful" levels. :) I've got some of their 38 ammo that is just peachy - and some of their 180 grain 357 ammo that does it's best imitation of a 44 magnum in recoil... :) Guy

There's a train of thought in recent years that since a snub is unlikely to produce much velocity, therefore unlikely to produce much bullet expansion... To choose standard velocity 38 Special wadcutter ammo instead! Reasons being: 1. It's accurate 2. It produces low recoil - so staying on...

Titegroup certainly does work well. I've had great results with it in 38, 45 ACP, 45 Colt and even mild 44 magnum loads. Not sure I used it with any 44 Special.. Maybe?

That's a long way! Good shooting. Guy

Well, Hodgdon doesn't list loads for Alliant powders. Bullseye just isn't there. Hodgdon doesn't have a business agreement with Alliant. However here are the lighter loads they show for a 45 ACP and a 200 gr LSWC bullet: *My old RCBS Cast Bullet Manual shows a minimum load of 4.2 grains of...

Thanks for the info on that load - I knew it was available - but I don't have any N310 on hand. Perhaps I shall get some! :)

Nothing wrong with all copper bullets. I've had great results from them, including Barnes and Hornady afield. I've loaded and shot some of the Nosler E-Tip all copper but haven't used them on game yet. The all copper bullets tend to work very well on game. That said, good lead-core bullets work...

What a great rifle and cartridge! Enjoy. :) Guy

Re target loads, I've got a few hundred of the 200 grain LSWC cast bullets on hand AND I think 2,000 or so Nosler 185 grain JHP bullets which are wonderfully accurate. Maybe 3,000? Couple those with some Titegroup I think and I'll have a mild shooting, accurate target load. BTW ol Roy Yeager...

This is the model of Ronin that comes with easy to detach rear sight, leaving a spot perfectly machined for a sight base. Springfield uses the "Agency Optical System" which is a series of different mounting plates for various dot-type sights. One advantage is that the sight base includes an...

Today I got out to the range with the Springfield again. I'm getting better with this green-dot Holosun. The 45's are printing well from 3-25 yards. I swapped to a handload I used as long as 40 years ago 200 grain cast LSWC bullets over 5.0 grains of W231 for about 800 fps. Yes, I missed one at...

Good old dogs... Glad you got out for a nice hike with them. Guy

It's an incredible sport! Love watching it every time the winter Olympics come along. Washington state had a pretty strong and active biathlon program. I could never manage to get the time from work to start competing. I wouldn't have been at anywhere near Olympic level but I was a decent...