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I'm contemplating a new deer rifle. Since I've mostly archery hunted deer in TN. Would there be substantial cons to using a .223 with an appropriate big game bullet for deer? Years ago, such bullets were hard to find and I gave up on the .223 for deer after one significant failure involving a...

In a long hunting career, I've lost one deer. That occurred some 25 years ago. I'm hoping I don't make it number 2. I'd been bowhunting and had a nice little basket buck coming in to my stand pretty regularly. He popped out tonight feeding in the small field and I watched him for ten long...

I'm back in E. Tennessee for a while and I'm thinking hard about a new white-tailed deer rifle. I've given passing thought to the 7-08, and a serious look at another 6.5CM and even played around with the idea of a micro-action in 6ARC. In my area, the ranges tend to be close and the deer tend to...

I picked up one of the new P-35s from Springfield. I've got a long association with the Hi Power, it's one of my favorite handguns. The new Springfield is very nice...

Since I've got a new .300WM on order, I'm trying to plan some new loads. I've long been happy with the 300WSM firing the 180AB and I'm thinking the 300WM might be fantastic with the 200gr bullets like the AB and PT (provided I can source some). I've got a good selection of powders like Hybrid...

I've located a new M21 rifle, chambered in 28 Nosler. While the paper ballistics look pretty impressive, I've got very little experience with 7mms in general and none with the 28NOS. Does anyone have any first hand experience? This will be my first foray into the 28 and, given the state of...

I'm working on a decent deal on a Ruger Guide Gun in .375 Ruger. I've had a couple of the Alaskans and like the overall package, but I'm not crazy about the laminated stock of the guide guns and the Hogue overmold of the Alaskan is kinda clunky. What's out there worth looking at for...

I took a relatively large black bear with the 300WSM/180AB this spring. The range was 105 yards with the bear quartering away. The first shot impacted behind the last rib, transversed the chest cavity and exited just behind the offside shoulder. The bear spun and took off running. A second...

I saw a brief Facebook blip about a Nosler Model 21. The rifle described was a .375 H&H. A cursory Google search turned up a listing for a Model 21 in 28 Nosler at RGS Distributors. No photo or price. It looks like Nosler may be giving us a new rifle this year. I'm very curious, especially...

We hit Kachemak Bay for spring bear this year. The weather has been pretty cold and spring was pretty late so the bears weren't as active as last year (which I had to sit out due to work). The hunt plan was pretty simple, glass a large tidal flat and spot and stalk a bear as it popped out of...

I took my Nosler 300WSM out to sight things in for an upcoming bear hunt with some handholds. 180gr ABs over 64gr of Hybrid 100V. I've been concerned that I'm seeing some throat erosion since the rifle has been the "go-to" for the last 15 years and has had quite a few rounds down the tube. My...

I'm looking very favorably toward one of the Tikka T3x Arctic rifles patterned after the Canadian Rangers' C19s. I'm a sucker for dual diopter iron sights on a carbine and I may take the plunge. The rifle is available in .308Win and 6.5CM... I load, shoot, and really like both cartridges for...

I've been using my .300WSM as a primary hunting rifle for a number of years and it has seen a number of rounds- rough guess is 1k or so. In doing load development for the E-Tip, I measured the distance to the lands for the first time in well over a decade and came up with a OAL to lands of...

I've ordered up 100 of the .30 cal 180gr E-Tip bullets to try in my .300WSM. It'll be my first real foray into load development with monumental bullets, any tips regarding seating depth, etc. compared to loading BT or AB bullets? I know the ABs like a long jump for best accuracy. Components...

Does anyone have a replica load for the now-defunct "FBI Load" that was pretty much standard in the 70s and 80s? I've got a friend looking to resupply his dwindling stock of this load that shoots point of aim in his fixed sight revolvers. Experiments with modern defensive loads just don't...

I managed to fill my tag on Saturday for a winter caribou hunt. We hunted a high mountain pass about 100 miles from Fairbanks and the 40 Mile Herd was there in force. Once the sun came up, we were surrounded by caribou in the thousands for more than an hour. The shooting started and the herds...

I drew an archery cow moose tag this year for the Fairbanks Management Area. I hadn't taken a big game animal with a bow although I've had one for the last few years I only had shot grouse with it. On the fourth day of hunting, I got within range of a couple of middling sized cows and let fly...