Recent content by Big John 50

Cool looking rig! Are you sure that it's an ar15 platform and not an ar10? That case length is awfully long for the -15 action.

I prefer to walk/stalk w/o a call and always use my dad's .22--purchased used in 1946. The scope on top is a 1960 vintage 2.5x 3/4" tubed scope. Some might call this a classic small game rig. It'll print 1.5" groups at 50yd even today. If I see 5 tree climbers four of them make it to the...

You ALL are full of BS. There is nothing out there under $2000 that is worth a bat's turd!! You gotta go AR-10 because it's 'more'; you gotta shoot thicker than 6.5mm because it is 'more'; you gotta stay above 3000fps because it is 'more'. In short, if it ain't the mostest, brutalest on...

Hey folks, I'm not finding very easily a good number of 6.5 Creedmoor threads which are supported by owners. Most threads are comments and opinions by non-owners (who do own other 6.5 chamberings or other calibres altogether). Went to a new-to-me shooting range yesterday. TopGun Shooting...

"There are benefits of keeping a scope low but fit to your face and body are more important. " I agree with this. Getting the scope height to match your facial contour while maintaining a good cheek weld is imperative. Let me take this one step further and put myself at risk of accusations...

Ah know edzakly whut it iz. mah grandaddy had one jist lakk it. Itz a breech-lodin, hammer farred pistol made way bfor good modern guns wuz made. yu got a reel colekters peece there. Looks really interesting! Best of luck learning about it!

Good afternoon all! Let me throw in my 2-cents. As posted elsewhere within LRH forums about shooting on angles the ACI and related eqpt (TBR, etc) all rely on high school geometry and trigonometry. Whether you calculate a shooting distance by multiplying a sighting distance by a cosine or...

Don't want to be accused of arguing, but...... An article in American Rifleman stated the CM round has a SAAMI max of 62,000 psi. Elsewhere, I've read that the -47 is spec'ed at 63,000 max psi. That is so close as to not even enter my radar screen for performance considerations. As it is...

Short answer long, bought two 6.5 Swedes ~20 years ago because my brother's M36 carbine piqued my interest. Loaded lots of boxes and found that both were easy to pinch groups down to 1.5" with iron sights at 100yd. Fast forward to 2012. When I ran onto a Savage M11 in 6.5 CM, having been...

Hey folks!! My 2 cents: When Jim Carmichael designed the 6.5mm cartridge which Remington adopted as the .260 Rem he based it on three conceptual premises. To load it differently than that certainly is possible within SAAMI specs but violates the targeted levels of velocity/ recoil, and his...

D.O.P.E., I gotta remember that one!! Thanks for your service!

Sorry to see no one took up your question before now. At the moment I can't see much advantage over Hornady factory loads for your pursuits. Though you may be a dyed in the wool handloader let me explain before you draw and quarter me for heresy against the gods of accuracy. Bought my Savage...

I've been asked to resign or been fired from four jobs because I call it the way I see it. Same situation here, anecdotal stuff is good to hear, fun to read and can guide another's practice in LR application of their weapon(s). Again, my question, not yet answered, why would any one advocate...

As Farmer Rob says, the 20mm length projectile on a 45 degree angle casts a projection of 15mm length (simple HS geometry points toward that figure, actually it would be 20mm/sq root of 2 = ~14.2mm). Calculating a projection doesn't address my question though. Since we are on the topic of HS...

Gotta chime in on this one! Agreeing that uphill and downhill doping require the same logic and practice to resolve, what I read in the correct and incorrect application examples is curious. The story is about the practice of range doping (on game twice and then on a paper target), bullets...