Recent content by coych

I recently acquired a sako a7 300 wsm. It has from what I’ve read a fairly common problem ejecting brass nearly 12 o’clock position with the spent casing hitting the scope cap and dropping back into the open action. As a dedicated brush crusher, it’s unacceptable. I’m asking for advice on...

This still available? Will buy

I have a lightly used Ruger RPR for sale in .308/7.62 NATO. It comes with the thread protector, Vortex Viper PST SFP 4-16x50 MRAD with sunshade, warne tactical rings, 2, 10rd mags, 1, 20 rd mag, and a box of 168 Berger handloads, FL die set, 32 berger 168gr hybrid target bullets and some misc...

The scope does have some cosmetic wear, such as a scratch or two. Performance is flawless as can be expected from the toughest scope on the planet. $1800 for the scope, $150 for the rings.

Rifle is Load developed and shoots Berger 300 gr elite hunters very well. The rifle has been well taken care of, properly broken in, and cleaned regularly. Round count, 544. It has some cosmetic wear from taking this thing on elk hunts and anyone who elk hunts knows where elk live. The rifle is...

Thanks for all the support guys. I still have a hard time believing how perfect everything worked out. Steve, unfortunately we didn't get on any bears. We did spot a nice big sow carrying 3 cubs. We took it pretty easy the rest of the week figuring we have until rifle opener for deer to look for...

Opening day and the next 24 hours was the most incredible 2 days in my life. first off, on the evening before opening day, we spotted 20 head of elk with 3 bulls in the heard so obviously we wanted to get in on them first thing in the morning. I let out one single bugle and here he comes...

Wow thanks for all the help guys. I have a lot of thinking to do. That 26 Nosler sounds pretty slick though. If I could get it done for under a grand (without a stock) I'd be more than happy. Having head stamped brass would make me pretty happy (I'm an aesthetics guy) I've been wanting to get...

I have a savage 114 in 300 win mag that's just sitting in the safe collecting dust. I did a semi custom build on a rem 300 RUM and I love it for my long range elk rifle. I'm kicking around the idea to turn my savage into a 6.5x300win. Is this possible? I'm very new to the wildcatting game and...

Wow thanks for all your help guys. I'm heading out of town here soon to get its first long range shots through it. It's calm here today so it should be a great day for shooting!

Thanks mountainman, hopefully this weekend I can get some trigger time to find out.

Hey guys, I am having mixed reactions with today's load development and I am hoping someone can help me figure this out. The gun is a ruger m77 hawkeye, 300 win mag. Shooting winchester brass, berger 185s, retumbo, and federal 215m primers, loaded to 3.400 OAL. After testing 8 different loads...

Well I have some really good news today. I went out to the local range to shoot at steel plates at 300 yards with the chrono. I took 5 shots due to a solid thunderstorm that blew in, but in those 5 shots I turned the center of a 6" black steel plate pure silver. Every shot hit grouping in the...

Yeah should put a brake on it I just don't want to because I don't hunt with earplugs in. But on the other hand I wouldn't develop a flinch. Typically though I left my chrono at home today. With Bergers load data they got about 2910 with 92 gr. I'm guessing I'm getting around 2800 with 90.5 gr...

Thanks for all your input gentlemen, but I can't ignore this load. Hard to believe that's 3 shots at 100 yards but it is. 90.5 gr of retumbo did it seated at 3.620" if I remember correctly. Pretty mild load but I'm amazed at this accuracy. With 91, 91.5, and 92 grains I got all about 1.5 to 2...