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This forum is not my cup of tea. Good hunting!

That looks very much like one of my rifles except for the scope. I have some unsolicited advice concerning the stock. I would bed the recoil lug and make sure the tang has a tiny amount of clearance before shooting a bunch of rounds through the rifle. My first Hawkeye African split the stock...

If you can take some time off before your bull elk adventure, I would highly recommend drawing a cow elk tag and get some DIY exposure to elk country. Cow tags are much less expensive and fairly easy to draw. Even if you do not take a cow on the hunt the learning experience is well worth the...

A quality .223 would be practical with your other rifles.

A .25-06 with a good barrel woud do the trick. There are plenty of bullet choices in .257, and the cases are fairly common.

That would be my pick also if I wanted an aluminum bedding block. I have Medalists on a few rifles and they are very good. I think that this is the stock that Remington's Custom Shop uses now. Even the B&C without the bedding block is a good stock for the price.

I have switched around a fair few Remington stocks, and actually thought that the Walnut stock was better that the standard factory 700 synthethic. I am a big fan of synthethic stocks, but thought that the factory 700 stock had a bit too much flex unless it was stiffened or at least bedded to...

I have been using a Tuffpak for some time. After watching me wrestling with loading and unloading it my wife made a bag to fit inside a few years ago. I finally wore out the bag that she had made, and ordered one from Nalpak to fit inside the case. The new bag is just great. It is nylon with...

I have never hunted the game ranches of South Africa, but I have left boot tracks in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. For me it is all about the hunt, and not always the measurement of the trophy. On a hunt where I expect to bag an average of one a day it is tough to look for all super heads...

I have been stationed near Marines quite a bit. Fun guys, but some of them didn't have what you would call a well developed sense of humor.

That would be me! Many years ago - U.S. Army Ranger (Airborne)

I use a VX III 4.5-14 Duplex without the AO feature on my open country deer/elk rifle (.300WM). Several other rifles that I use have AO, but unless I am target/varmit shooting I end up setting them at 200 and leaving them alone. I get too excited to remember to fool with the AO when there is...

This is the way I bed most rifles. I grind a couple of flats on the sides (at the end) of each bolt after cutting the head off so that the bolts can be moved easily with a wrench. I have bedded quite a few rifles this way with very good results. However, it does not work (at least for me) on...

I am thinking about getting a day room in Frankfurt this year to get some rest during a long layover. Anyone here ever stay at the hotel attached to the airport? How was it?

Deleted - because I was being just a bit harsh, probably for no good reason.

Buying glass and buying hunting scopes are two different things. The criteria for chosing a scope vary according to the user. Some scopes have good glass, but short eye relief. Some scopes are great in the near dark, but are heavy and expensive. Some scopes have a long product history, some...

The difference in eye relief does not bother me at all. I mount my scopes so that my eye is neither at the closest or furthest point from the scope to give a full view. I always carry a rifle with the scope at the lowest setting, and have not noticed any large repositioning issues when a...

Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan. Short, light, stainless/synthethic, CRF, accurate and powerful.

For a general hunting scope the 2.5x8 Leupold is a great scope for $400. They have long eye relief and are tough and dependable. There may be better options in scopes that are just used on pretty days at the range, seeing pretty colors, or for very low light viewing - but for hunting...

Oehler is the best that I have used, but have had fairly good luck with the Pact units (much less expensive). The Pact units can be a pain sometimes on sunny days, but they usually work well. I don't know what they are called, but I would suggest avoiding the unit that has the electronics...