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Yeah, Them stop, look, listen, blink three times and impact shots and bullets have no business in the hunting world!:cool:

Long story but the short version is Christmas 1965, 8 years old and my grandfather gave me a winchester single shot 22 lr bolt action used gun he had bought. 100 rounds of 22 lr ammo. that afternoon he takes me out behind the barn and teaches me to shoot. He would never let me have a BB gun...

One of my fondest memories is sitting on my grandfathers knee in front of a fireplace with a pot of lead sitting in the coals, a dipper in one of his hands and a 25 caliber mold in his other hand. I was fascinated that something liquid would turn into something hard and be able to shoot it thru...

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Hands down the 30-338 Custom built. Kills everything and is fun stuff for the 1000 yd range.

I find it very relaxing actually. I do hundreds and hundreds of rounds per year. I do things one step at a time. I have 223 brass sitting in boxes all trimmed that are polished and ready to load that have been sitting for a year or two. Many other calibers the same way. These stormy winter days...

You can always use a carbide drill bit and if you have a drill press drill a vent hole in the die if you want. But if you use light coating and clean the die ever so often it should be fine Exactly what I had to do to a Redding 7mm Mag die to correct this exact problem.

Congratulants to the little lady.

Dang... You guys are making me jealous. That is a mighty fine deer, sir!

That is not only a good deer it is a great one. Congratulations sir!

I am a guide in Maine and would NEVER allow a client to try that shot! Even hitting a moose in the vitals they can cover a lot of ground. A bad shot and there is He** to pay for yourself and worse for the moose.

I have a 22-243 with a 1-8 and when I did all the work ups on it the Barnes 53 TSX solid copper was what shined above 3800 for me. went all the way to 4400 with them but had to back it down to just under 4000 for the best accuracy. actually found a couple of jackets that had been shed about...