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Going out on the San Carlos Indian Reservation next month hunting javelina. Taking the Winchester Model 88 .308 with open sights. Ballistic tip, combined technology or partition?

I've been hunting with a Ruger M77 7mm RM for coming up on 30 years. I'd say about 80% hand loads over its life. Who knows how many rounds? It started getting a little squirrely a few years back so I bought a Browning A-Bolt in 7mm STW which has been as accurate as can be. Last year I cleaned...

Went on our sixth Vermejo Park cow elk hunt last week. I love that ranch. Had to hunt a little harder this year as the temps were unseasonably warm and the elk hadn't come off of the rimrock completely. 7mm STW, 160gr NAB, 80grs H1000, 3,400fps, 380yds Nice young cow--maybe 2 1/2 years...

September is turning out great. Took a doe antelope last weekend SE of Mountainair, NM. Best shot of my life. I have never shot at moving game, but it was clear this weekend that my only opportunity would be a shot to 225 yds at an antelope running 25 mph. The 160 gr Accubond out of the 7MM STW...

Just got back from a Northern NM cow elk hunt on the Vermejo Park ranch. Took a nice mature cow with a 7MM STW and had the rare occurrence of recovering the bullet. 160gr 7mm Accubond 80gr H1000 3255fps chrono measured Shot was 440 yards (laser measured) with the animal slightly elevated and...

Does anyone have a recommendation for an anti-fog coating or spray for rifle scope lens? I was hunting last week in northern New Mexico in 0-5 degree clear, cold weather. Came up on some elk at 40 yds. Knelt down to scope them but was breathing a little hard from the climb. Got a good look for...

Ended the hunting season this week with a 300 lb yearling bull taken off the Vermejo Park Ranch in northern NM. One shot with the 7mmSTW, 160gr AB, 78gr RL25 at 175 yds. That's 4 for 4 clean kills this year with the accubonds--antelope, whitetail, wild hog, and elk. Little did I know that a box...

Took the 7mmSTW out to Louisiana for a whitetail hunt. Killed a 3-point at 160 yds through the shoulders both of which were broken by the 160gr AB. No sign of bullet fragmentation. Both shoulders had useable meat. Also, killed a small wild hog at 40yds with the same round. Took out a vertabrae...

I'm going on a whitetail hunt in central Louisiana mid-November. Not only have I never hunted whitetail, I've never hunted east of the New Mexican plains. I'm told we'll be hunting from ground blinds with shooting lanes up to a couple of hundred yards. I would like opinions on which gun to take...

I recently purchased a pair of Brunton Eterna 8X45 binoculars. Spectacular optics! My hunting parner has Swarovski which are great but certainly no better than the Bruntons at less than half the price. FYI, jd

I recently bought a new to me barely used Browning A-Bolt 7mmSTW that has on it a Leupold Vari-XIIc 4X12X40AO scope. I've always had Weaver optics but appreciate the reputation of Leupold which, by the way, has been further enhanced by discussions in this forum. I have two questions, though...

For those with an academic interest, I've only recovered two bullets from game in my 25 years hunting with the 7mmremmag. Both were from antelope. One was a 120 gr solid base loaded to 3,350 with IMR4350. Hit the animal at 125 yds at the center of the base of the neck as it stood directly facing...