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Just a note about ongoing gun projects around here.
Well,the boy must be getting fed OK... his 510 Mini 20ga now looks ridiculously tiny in his hands. I loved that little gun- perfect youth shotgun. Only he's too big for even the 11.5" LOP spacer now. I'm guessing something like a 13" would work until he's in late teens or so. Probably stick with a pump..maybe an 870 Youth model with a 21" or 24" barrel. I'd likely not bother but he has a lot of interest in wingshooting in the last year or two.
Still thinking about putting the wife a 7-08 together...call me a nut but I love the 7-08 as a low recoil alternative. The boy is loving his. We have a caribou hunt to go on and the wife should be appropriately armed I'd think. She says she'll just take my Scout and very well could but maybe a Kimber 84M or Tikka T3 will find a way home. She played around with an 84M last year and liked it...liked it a lot until she turned over the price tag. Hopefully she'll get amnesia or something.
Still thinking about medium bores....I hate the .338WM but may give it another chance given all the excellent light for caliber bullets out there. I got a writing request and may just take it on. Could be fun getting beaten like I owed it money through load development. Gave some thought to the 338-06, 9.3x62 and the Whelen but ammo supply in Timbuktu AK just make it too impractical to be any fun. .338WM grows on trees up here it seems.
Other than that- sighted in the Nosler 48 .300WSM last weekend... 1" group at 150yds from prone...I clicked it 2 clicks left just for spite then thought better of it and moved it back..... Boring. Just boring. It needs stock paint but I probably won't bother for a while.
Well,the boy must be getting fed OK... his 510 Mini 20ga now looks ridiculously tiny in his hands. I loved that little gun- perfect youth shotgun. Only he's too big for even the 11.5" LOP spacer now. I'm guessing something like a 13" would work until he's in late teens or so. Probably stick with a pump..maybe an 870 Youth model with a 21" or 24" barrel. I'd likely not bother but he has a lot of interest in wingshooting in the last year or two.
Still thinking about putting the wife a 7-08 together...call me a nut but I love the 7-08 as a low recoil alternative. The boy is loving his. We have a caribou hunt to go on and the wife should be appropriately armed I'd think. She says she'll just take my Scout and very well could but maybe a Kimber 84M or Tikka T3 will find a way home. She played around with an 84M last year and liked it...liked it a lot until she turned over the price tag. Hopefully she'll get amnesia or something.
Still thinking about medium bores....I hate the .338WM but may give it another chance given all the excellent light for caliber bullets out there. I got a writing request and may just take it on. Could be fun getting beaten like I owed it money through load development. Gave some thought to the 338-06, 9.3x62 and the Whelen but ammo supply in Timbuktu AK just make it too impractical to be any fun. .338WM grows on trees up here it seems.
Other than that- sighted in the Nosler 48 .300WSM last weekend... 1" group at 150yds from prone...I clicked it 2 clicks left just for spite then thought better of it and moved it back..... Boring. Just boring. It needs stock paint but I probably won't bother for a while.