Recent content by Dean2

Could have something to do with it. I don't dial my hunting scopes ever. They make MOA and Ballistic reticle for a very good reason. Speed on target is often the difference between meat and no meat.

I have no idea what the heck some of you guys do to your gear. I have hunted all over the world, in some of the harshest conditions possible. I have broken two scopes in bad wrecks in 55 years of hunting and the scopes were far from the only things damaged. In one the gun it was on was a...

A 22 cal air rifle pellet will pass through 1/2" plywood at 20 yards. They usually pass completely through gophers, pigeons or squirrels as they don't expand much. If they will let you use it, I would use a 22RF with CCI long or long rifle Quiet Segmented ammo. They are 40 grain HP that segment...

That should be good for 8 or 10 deer at least; before you need a new barrel.;)

I like the 257 but for point and shoot to 350 or 400 yards, even a 308 will do that. It is all about how the cartridge is sighted in. My 308 spits out a 130 grain TTSX at 3150 Fps, sighted 4.2 high at 100 you are good to nearly 400 yards. Barnes 130 TSX BC 340 3150 FPS Zero at 325 yards...

That is good for a 39. If one of my bolt guns shot like that I would be looking for different ammo, bedding it or checking the barrel. .1 to .2 is what I expect at 50 yards from a good quality bolt gun with the right ammo.

Here is SK Plus, Automatch, Federal Champion and Winchester Xpert. The Xpert is excellent small game round, the big hollow point, 36 grain lead bullet at 1280 fps really smacks gophers, but not as accurate as the other stuff. Anschutz 1710 Rifle. 50 yards with really gusty wind. I did not...

Yes, they are nice rifles but nothing special. Remington made far more accurate, and many far prettier, bolt guns.

Minute of squirrel the 39 is fine. It may well be the most accurate 22 YOU ever own, but after owning a dozen 39s over the years I can guarantee they aren't even the most accurate lever I ever owned, let alone remotely in the accuracy league of bolt action CZ. Love the 39, but they were made...

Yes, but not by a whole lot. .284 or 30 cal is what it is used on and the .006 increase in the radius isn't a big deal. Now if I was using a .375 brake on a .284, that would be material.

Not Witt but a review I wrote of the Kahntrol https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/kahntrol-clamp-on-muzzle-brake-review.256179/ I saw the other two threads about the Witt Machine brake so thought there might be some interest in an alternate version. After looking at a number of Clamp on...

That is a different animal for sure. In this case you are cutting the 30-30 brass down about .3 and then forming a new neck and shoulder into the brass that comprises the actual body brass, which is a lot thicker, while at the same time, trying to neck that brass to 357. That one, I would anneal...

I have formed many, many thousand brass both up and down. (SEE 460 BEE to 338 378 above as one example) I have tried every combination and permutation possible. I have developed my process to the point I no longer need any special forming dies, I can do all of it using just a variety of seating...

You will lose less thickness if you don't anneal them first. They will also form easier. Give one a try not annealed, i think you will be please with how much easier it is. The 2 step expansion is much easier on the brass even though one step will work.

The simple adjustment for the closer distance when I use it indoors is to have the laser dot about 1.75 inches below the crosshairs and aligned dead on left right. That will put you on at 25, about 3 high at 100 and back on about 225 with most cartridges.