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This Barred Owl won't move from his spot tonight.

Hypothetically, of course... Let's say you had an accurate rifle and you cut 1 inch off the bbl. And then let's say that rifle no longer consistently grouped any of the loads it used to. Any of them. Can any of the previous data help you sort out where you are or give direction? Must you...

Howie - I thought of you today. I spent my afternoon at the NWTF expo/convention in Nashville. Not once did I pick up a crystal or slate! I know I'm good... -B

I have 2 7mmRMs and 1 WSM. Both of my RMs are more accurate at the max loads with just about every powder/bullet combo I have tried. But I get pressure w/ 160s once I reach 3100 and I don't shoot 175s. . I now shoot both a tad under 3000. But my 7mmWSM is another beast all together. I...

This past November I was in northern Oklahoma hunting deer. Before first light I was hearing an awful scream and dozens of turkeys going crazy with all kinds of gobbles, yelps, and such. I opened up an app called Merlin hoping to catch the sound so it could ID the scream. The next scream...

My wife and I have a saying that is uttered at least twice a week when we compare our days, "You just never know what the day will bring..." Well, today I was fortunate enough to have lunch w/ a Biologist. I have known him on the periphery of life, but no longer. I knew he was an Ecologist or...

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Thanks so much... B

I could never get 4350 or 4831 to consistently work. H1000 and 7828ssc worked very well with 160's and 175's in both my Tikka and 700. If I couldn't get Alliant powders, I would certainly feel good switching my set up over to 7828ssc. -B

Thanks for the suggestion of attaching the tine to mount. When cleaning him up I found he actually had 4 tines broken off. Christmas gave me time to finish him off...

I've just started shooting a new to me 7mmWSM. I had a small bit of RL-23 left around this fall so I loaded 10 rounds of 160g Accubonds for this deer season at 68.0g. It shot very well, but the speed scared me - 3150 ft/sec. More on that here...

More context: I took the red pad off and ground down a Pachmayr 215. I put in a new trigger spring from Ernie the Gunsmith. I reloaded 10 rounds with 66g of RL-23 w/ 160g Accubonds. I figured this would be a generic, published, easy load that might work well. I can't remember if I used...

Like Dan, I acquired a 7mmWSM this year. I haven't dialed it in, but 160g AB were going over 3100 and functionally accurate. The accuracy was adequate, but the terminal performance was amazing. Great morning in the woods... -B

More on this story here: https://forum.nosler.com/threads/todays-deer-was-full-of-surprises.46410/#post-505880 -B

This deer has much character, so much so it is probably worth a short story and a few pics. After a couple of hours sitting on a perfect morning and seeing zero, he snuck right by me upwind. But with the strong wind keeping my scent away he was none the wiser. After a rather poor shot...

Context: Last weekend was the opening of muzzy season. I had found a good rub line in a part of our lease where nobody had been. Opening day I set up properly based on the morning's wind and chose to sit on the ground in the hardwood due to leaves and field of view. Around 8:30AM comes a...

3MPB, a decade or so ago I was where you are currently. All the above is great, and read all you can. I would add that what assisted me the most was going to a good archery shop. We had one in the next county over and the manager of the shop let me shoot numerous offerings, fitted me, gave me...

I had a first while bow hunting last Sunday. As the sun was about to come up I had a Great Horned Owl fly right by me in the tree. He never made a sound coming, going, or taking flaps. This really freaked me out b/c it didn't make sense or register with my small brain. I was astonished as he...

I have a pair of the custom molded 31db. Some days I wear them, some days I use foam or silicone. I need to re-boil them and shape them again to my ear. It took me a few times of boiling/shaping to get one ear fit just right the last time. If I lost these, I would certainly order myself...

bob_d: Listen to every other person on here first, and to anyone who might chime in on what I offer here - but I think it might be the temp of your barrel interacting with these loads. I would suggest waiting 5 minutes or more between shot and check your groups. I had something similar with a...