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My wife thinks she might like to move to western North Carolina. Does anyone have any idea of what hunting might be like in the western part of North Carolina? I see there is Chattahoochee National Forest in S.C., Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, and Cherokee Tennessee National Forest in...

My Mother-in-law, Josie, pasted away January 24th. She was 95+ years old. Of all of our family members, she was the last of that generation - The Greatest Generation that saw the USA through World War II. They were children during the Great Depression and participations in some way, shape or...

One nice thing about retirement is that you have time for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) projects. My reloading/gun cleaning benches are 45 - 50 years old. The surfaces have been exposed to numerous moves, repurposing as work benches, various oils and chemicals, and peeling due to tape...

From a conceptual standpoint, could a bolt-action rifle (such as a LH Win M70) originally chambered in a WSM such as 270 WSM or 300 WSM be successfully re-barrelled to a 6.5 PRC? The WSM cartridges have a rim diameter of .535" whereas the 6.5 PRC has a rim diameter of .532". Is that too much...

Since I planned to deer hunt in a remote area this year, I decided to purchase a Jet Sled. This decision was based in part on a recommendation by JD338. I was pleasantly surprised by how well it has worked for me. There are a few sizes and color variations of the Jet Sled. See...

I have gained permission to hunt on hundreds of acres of two properties. One of those properties (hundreds of acres) is remote and all woods - with huge amounts of oak trees. Only about three people, including me will hunt it this year. It was not hunted last year. I have been scouting on it...

Here is a photo of the interior. There are gun racks in two corners. There are shelves under each window where hunters can place their binoculars, range finders, and coffee cups. Here is a photo of a window removed and hanging inside above the window opening. There are also coat hooks and...

This is a project I have been working on for a couple of months. It is 6' x 8' mobile hunting blind. We already have a couple of locations picked out to put it. Caleb T. had an old boat trailer given to him for the removal from the someone’s property. He then gave it to me when I said we...

I received this newspaper article from my brother who lives in Florida. This article ran in the 9/24/25 Fort Myers News-Press. And we hunters wonder why it can be difficult to draw a tag and why they cost so much... Why can't the idiots in this world allow the state and federal game...

After I developed a deer and antelope load for my 7mm WSM using the 150 gr. ABLR bullet, I decided I should work up a non-lead load for my 7mm RM. I searched for reloading data for the CX bullets and talked to the Hornady tech rep. (twice). Hornady indicates that 3000 fps is about the top...

I had my annual bladder cancer check-up yesterday at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC. The doctor said, "All clear. No signs of recurrence. Good for another year." That news was worth going through the cystoscopy to get it. I would like to that this opportunity to recognize the good work of...

I had been loading some Hornady 130 gr. ELD-M bullets in my 6.5 CM and was getting significant marks on the bullet from the seating stem. So, I sent some bullets and cases to Forster Products with a request for a custom honed seating stem. When they had finished the work (about one week)...

I have been working on a load for my BLR chambered in 358 Win. I started with the Hornady 200 gr. RN and transitioned to the Hornady 200 gr. SP bullet. I tried a few different powders including Reloder 7, H-4198, H-4895. Below are a couple of interesting targets with the 200 gr. SP, Reloder...

I know that bullets generally come with a slight oil film on them. I never really thought about it much and never took it into consideration. Recently however, I was getting more velocity spread on some 358 Win. reloads than I expected. The next time I went to reload that round I noticed that...

6.5_sWv's post in the "2025 Hunting Season" about taking his father turkey hunting got me thinking about my dad's last couple of hunts. About the next to last hunt was around 2010. We had snow on the ground for the first day of deer season. My brother convinced Dad to go out with us. We had...

I know that this question will have different answers for different rifles and different powders. However, IN GENERAL, which of these two bullets gave you better, or easier to obtain, accuracy?

Oh no! What do I use for my 6.5 Creedmoor? They don't have a 26-caliber decap die. :unsure:

I will turn 74 this month and have been retired for about 8 years. Every day I still wake up between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM without an alarm. Three or four times a year I might sleep until 7:00 AM but there generally are unusual circumstances involved. On days I plan to hunt I will set an alarm...

I have a LH Ruger M77 chambered in 6.5 CM. My main interest in this rifle is for training and short-range target shooting (200 yards). I have already found a hunting load with the 129 gr. ABLR, but that is not what I intend to use the rifle for. I am not familiar with what shooters use for...

Below is a list of 270 caliber bullets I would like to sell. I will accept personal checks. Buyer pays for actual shipping cost. Complete lots only, please. Will sell all 1110 bullets to one buyer for $350.