Search results

  1. TNBillyEarl

    Hunting over my front yard tonight...

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

    Finding the load in a troubling rifle...

    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...
  3. TNBillyEarl

    Had lunch w/ a Biologist today...

    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...
  4. TNBillyEarl

    Retumbo and Alliant in stock at Powder Valley...

    https://www.powdervalley.com/product/hodgdon-retumbo/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=Weekly&utm_campaign=Weekly%20Deals -B
  5. TNBillyEarl

    Keeping up w/ @nydan; also loving the 7mmWSM...

    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
  6. TNBillyEarl

    today's deer was full of surprises...

    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...
  7. TNBillyEarl

    three lessons learned this week...

    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...
  8. TNBillyEarl

    A first w/ a GHO...

    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...
  9. TNBillyEarl

    Model 70 Mount and Ring recommendations...

    This is my first Winchester. I have admired them from afar for 40 years, until last week. This is a 2002 7mmWSM; it was made at that time with a sporter barrel placed into a featherweight stock. I'm not a fan of Leupold Standard or Dovetail setups. What do you suggest? For a scope I'm...
  10. TNBillyEarl

    bedding question...

    I picked up a carbon stock from Stocky's. Look at the recesses around the holes for the action screws. How should I go about bedding this? My initial thought is to bed just around the front recoil lug and around both recesses. If I choose to fill them in w/ compound I would need to cut...
  11. TNBillyEarl

    What is this ring at the top of the neck?

    Deer season ended yesterday. Tonight I was cleaning 7mmRM brass (R-P, 5+x fired) and about half the rounds had these small grooves/rings around the top of the neck. What is it? My resizer? A chamber (T3x) that has something odd cut in or out? Please advise... B
  12. TNBillyEarl

    140g Partitions - Factory Seconds... I'm sold

    I've never found a Nosler bullet in any of my game, but I had an experience last week worth commenting on. For various reasons I chose to hunt w/ 140g Partitions this year from my 7mm-08. They were leaving my firearm at 2840 ft/sec and were confidence-buildingly accurate. (43g Varget) I...
  13. TNBillyEarl

    For Sale AG Composites Privateer Rem 700 Short Action Carbon Fiber Stock

    I have taken this to the range 2x, but never had in the woods. My son wanted to go back to his laminate stock. Alas, $600 TYD. Details: Privateer, Right Handed, Short Action for Rem 700 BDL, Bbl channel is Remington Factory Sporter, Mossy Rock Carbon Fiber, Textualized forend and palm swell...
  14. TNBillyEarl

    Nosler Bullet Board

    https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/spo/d/wauconda-nosler-bullet-board/7500959094.html I came across this today and thought someone here might be interested. B
  15. TNBillyEarl

    An expectation of accuracy (and where I landed)...

    Until I started reloading 2 years ago, I never thought much about accuracy. If I thought about it at all it went like this: 1) get some some different Hornady loads and a box of Cor-Lokt for the season, 2) find what shot under 1", 3) set my rifle up one inch high at 100 yards, 4) repeat next...
  16. TNBillyEarl

    Seating depth in a long-throated Tikka...

    All - I have just begun to dial in a new 7mmRM T3x Superlight with 160g Accubonds or Partitions. Thanks to FOTIS and Dr. Mike and others, I found on other posts the QL data and such. I have worked my way up to 66.0g of RL-22 where there was a distinct accuracy node. My last 2 3-shot groups at...
  17. TNBillyEarl

    MPBR off the top of the bottom post?

    Do any of you do this with a duplex reticle? And if you do, can one get overlap between the MPBR of the crosshairs and the MPBR off the top of the bottom post? Is your distance in the small wires close enough or your rifle shooting fast enough for overlap? Context: I have never shot a deer...
  18. TNBillyEarl

    WTB - T3x 7mmRM in OD Green

    All - looking for a used one of these. Thank you in advance. https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/110552/tikka+t3+jrtxgsl70+t3x+superlite+bolt+7mm+rem+mag+243+3%2B1+green+fixed+synthetic+stock+matte+black+receiver
  19. TNBillyEarl

    Expected accuracy off a tripod?

    I picked up a used Pig Tripod, Sunwayfoto ball, and Hog Saddle this week. This morning I went and shot while sitting on my bum. What kind of accuracy should I expect? Off a bag at 200 yards I shoot under .5 MOA. Prone with a bipod I shoot the same. This morning I was 1.5 MOA seated shooting...
  20. TNBillyEarl

    the ogive on a 175g Partition (new to reloading)...

    I just started reloading, 7mm RM. I was making all my cartridges 3.290 inches, but could not get consistent groups (sub MOA) with 175 Partitions. Accubonds, yes. 140g Partitions, yes. So I bought an OAL gauge and started measuring the ogive. It appears to me that the ogive on 175g...
Back
Top