Recent content by HawkeyeFan

Thanks for the information fellas. Looks like I will try them after all. I am currently interested in .308 win but hope to soon get a fast 7mm ot 6.5 of some kind. HawkeyeFan

What is the scoop on this? Is it a different bullet? Different Chamberings? Higher cost for higher quality? Or is it anyone's guess until the website gets updated. I also notice the website no longer lists any plans for a rimfire. That is too bad. HawkeyeFan

I have wanted to try Hunting Shack ammo with berger bullets for quite some time. I notice their website no longer lists them in the online store. Does anyone know if this is temporary or permanent? Cabelas and Midway USA still carry them but I hate to buy a couple boxes find they work wonderful...

Does anyone have experience shooting Blackhorn 209 through a T/C omega .45 or any .45 ML for that matter. All data is geared towards .50. I am also interested in trying Precision Rifle Dead Center sabots in the 240gr./.40 caliber persuasion. Any experience with this companies products would...

I have used one for several years with muzzleloader and shotgun slugs with no appreciable change at distances commonly associated with these type of weapons. A friend who sighted his .270 WSM at 200 yds from his bench without the sled then shot from my bench with a sled and saw no change. His...

I know this board is about long range but slugs were for years a close range proposition. The closest kill I ever made was 9 yards. The buck was running right at me and I was going to see how close he would get. He turned broadside when he sensed me and I dropped him with one shot from my...

Once I kill a wallhanger with my Omega I plan on going back to traditional. My dream rifle for this would be the Pedersoli Gibbs .72 with a ghost ring sight. It might be a tad out of my price range. Probably will go with Lyman .54 and add an aperture sight. I always wanted to use a smoothbore...

Anyone have any thoughts on the Gunwerks LRM-500. I would love to be able to reach 500 yards with a smokepole and can think of several bucks that would now be on my wall if I could. Truth be told I will probably never be able to afford one, but one never knows. Maybe a custom fast twist barrel...

I have had this crazy idea after watching a decent buck hang around at about 275 and not come a step closer then prance out to about 350 and trot away never to be seen again. Could 12 gauge 3 inch hulls be loaded with high ballistic coefficient slugs in the .408 to .50 caliber range and be...

Today while driving to cut wood I saw a coyote headed toward a brush pile. Since I had my muzzleloader in case I encountered a deer I decided to take a long poke at the varmint. To my surprise the yote headed to a closer brush pile and didn't seem to notice me at all. Long story short I popped...

I always try to make a list of possibilities when I encounter a problem like this. Several of these are repetitive so I apologize in advance. 1. The scope could be broken but I doubt it if it is a leupold. 2. SLug guns are picky about brand preference. 3. THat being said 2 inches isn't...

I know of one 206 yard kill with these slugs. Not sure what distance they were sighted for. I have read that flyers are common with these slugs and my shotgun bore this out. I could put 2 maybe 3 in a 2 to 2.5 inch cluster and then invariably another shot would open the group up. My gun loves...

I have a leupold vx-II 2-7x on my muzzleloader, a Nikon shotgun 2-7x on my slug gun (purchased because they were out of leupolds at Scheels and I was impatient but couldn't be happier), and my dad replaced a red dot with a leupold shotgun vx-II 2-7x on his slug gun. I don't think you can go...

I am interested in using subsonic loads for deer. I have no idea what bullet to use when a starting velocity for a .308 is down around 1000 fps. I am assuming a soft bullet like an A-max but don't know. With such a mild loads what would be shot limitations. 100 yds?, 150? This is a whole new...

As a southern Iowan I am new to the long range game. I have a stevens 200 .308 win that groups 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches with a couple of different loads. I am thinking of upgrading the trigger to a timney trigger that they make specifically for the stevens model. Does anyone have experience with...