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I bought a Remington-built 03-A3 here from 6mm Remington a few years ago as the basis for a custom. This past Friday I pick up the finished product from the smith on the way up to trout camp. After I bought the action the first thing I did was buy a milled bottom metal/trigger guard. I had it...

Found pieces an inch or so away from one another right under offside hide. This was a coup de grace double shoulder shot from about 100 yds on a bedded deer. Never chrono'd the load but its 46 gr Hunter & LRM primer are just under max for the Bob so guessing 3k-ish impact speed? Jacket 41.7...

2016 has been a banner year for me! I've never shot two bucks in one season, but this year I had two occasions where I shot a 9 point bigger than any other buck in my life. A gentleman from another site (hint: see my hat) invited me in 2010 to put in for points in an area he knows well in SD. I...

I just got a mini Mauser in 223 w/ 12" twist & hoping I can get something put together for deer w/ 64 gr BSB. I have RL15, CFE223, Benchmark, and IMR-4895. Anyone with experience? Thanks a lot, Efw

Wow some of the easiest bullets I've ever worked with accuracy-wise; Australian Copper Projectiles 155 gr Sidewinder: http://www.auscopperprojectiles.com Here is a link to buy em: http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/pro ... ctId/70185 The rifle is a Weatherby Vangard onto which I put a...

Would anyone be willing to run a quick load on this combination w/ Weatherby brass & Fed LRM primers from a 24" tube? Thanks a lot, Efw

My son & I did some Texas hog hunting, and I was able to put em to excellent use (besides the great food!!) by running a 90 gr GMX through one length-wise. Velocity at muzzle was 3350 fps from my 257 AI, and it impacted the smallish (120 lbs?) pig's skull at approx 100 yds or likely 3000-ish...

As many of you who visit the rifle board know, I just received my finished 280 AI. Yesterday I went to the range to work up a fire forming load. I had a few new RP-7mm Exp cases loaded w/ 174 FMJs & a few 1x that I thought had been chambering tightly (I admit to being a bit of a newbie when it...

Winchester Model 70 PF Lightweight, TLWs & Burris FFII 3-9x 40mm BP 280 AI Was a 30-06 w/ funked-up tube, so I got a take-off from Chet here & had Dave @ IT&D rechamber. He also adjusted the trigger BEAUTIFULLY!! The only complaints I have are: -I don't like its abrupt fore end; the wood is...

My 257 AI has never done well w/ anything longer than a 100 gr Sierra game king. NBTs were ok (1.5-2 MOA) but nothing like the shorter. I just thought it was a preference thing; one of those weird "alchemical" nuances of rifles. Until yesterday. I decided to try kissing some 110s, which in my...

I am in the process of FINALLY building one (thanks for the tube Chet!!). Thinking that 150 NBTs/BSTs will be my choice until 162 AMs come back to shelves near me. I have LC 06 brass and Prvi 174 FMJs for FF'n; will likely use IMR-4350 for that since I have an 8 and am phasing it out (hoping...

For our opener this past Friday I hunted some private land owned by a client of mine. If that camp was any indication it was a pretty slow opener, but we shot a few bucks. I sat in my pop-up blind which has been in place for about a month and a half part way down a steep ridge overlooking a...

That new Bob of mine has a short throat. I've never worked w/ either of these bullets and have a pretty limited supply. How far off the lands do these bullets "like" to be started?

A buddy of mine got a great deal on this almost complete but abandoned custom. Ironically it was exactly as I'd have done it (save perhaps stock & barrel contour) so when he offered it to me for a son I couldn't resist. The Swede BM unit was stock military, the root of the bolt knob needed...

Anyone done anything w/ these combos? I just finished a build and would like to try it out along w/ the 100 gr NBT.

I have a 1-in-8" twisted custom Mauser chambered to Swift on it's way but am having a hard time finding data. Specifically looking for 68 HPBT Horn, 69 SMK, and my intended #1, the 75 gr AMax. I am told the Swift and 22-250 AI have similar enough capacity that data for that cartridge will give...

This weekend my 10 yo son Samuel and I were able to take his new Bob for his first big game hunt! A client of mine was generous enough to allow us to hunt on his gorgeous 350+ acres north of my home for the whole weekend, and even to lodge in his cabin. Here are my 2 boys (Elijah is 7 yo and...

Michigan FINALLY revised their minimum hunting age rules, and my 9 yo son, having taken hunter's safety 2 yrs ago & having handled firearms safely for several years, is excited to be eligible. With his 10th birthday coming I picked up a Turkish '98 in the classifieds & a 257 Roberts barrel in...

I am about to complete a 6.5x55 on a commercial LR action w/ a take-off Apex tube trimmed to 21". Does anyone have modern accuracy loads? I am not a speed freak, but don't want to handicap the rifle w/ overly slow speeds. On the other hand, I'll take accuracy over speed any day of the week. I...

Was out a couple of wks ago w/ Jim D and shot this 110 gr NAB into dry plone books at close range. I'd just chrono'd the load @ 3512 fps & the 'graph was about the same distance from the muzzle as the books. It penetrated through the 4th book, breaking the cover of the 5th. The wound channel...