Recent content by hwy40

What a load of crap. A 7mm Remington is plenty fine for elk. I have personally witnessed elk taken at over 900 yards with one. If you want more punch move up to a 300 magnum. Don't let anyone tell you which one to get. They all work fine. You have to pay for it so you decide. Remember that the...

It's not uncommon here to find that ranchers push the elk onto their property. They get big $$ for hunting leases. As far as it being illegal, if they aren't literally chasing the animals, it isn't considered harassing wildlife. What they are doing is unethincal and makes a guy want to get mad...

Back in late 2005 I bought a Mossberg ATR 100 in 270 win for my wife. The price was right and she likes that caliber. After playing with it for a week or so I determined that it needed bedded. The stock only touched the action in two little places. After it was bedded it grouped .547" with my...

Thanks for the info. That helps me a ton.

7mm, what is your OAL? I am contemplating a build with an intermediate action with a mag length of 3.325". I want to shoot either a 160 grain Accubond or a 168 grain Berger.

I have a custom 30-06 built on a 1909 Argentine mauser. I did all of the work including some custom engraving (that makes it more accurate). I shoot 165gr pills @ 3010 fps and knock the crap out of deer and elk. Every time I fill a tag with it I smile ear to ear. :D

Re: WTS Remington 700 SPS 300 RUM Thanks for the interest. Sorry it has taken me so long to respond, work has been hell. I sold the rifle yesterday morning. I was coming home from work and the neighbor's wife was waiting for me in the driveway. She had heard that I was selling and was standing...

Re: WTS Remington 700 SPS 300 RUM I would consider a trade for a 22-250 or 243.

I have a Rem 700 SPS in 300 RUM that I want to sell. It has been glass bedded and wears a Leupold 1 piece windage adjustable mount with medium rings. I have approximately 75 rounds through it and will include an RCBS 2 die set and some brass. Looking for $600 shipped to your FFL.

Whatever your choice, one thing that I thought of when I saw this thread is an article I read in the May? 2006 issue of Shooting Times. They did a velocity test using a short action rifle in .308 I think. They shot several rounds over the chrony, recording each, and then cut the barrel down one...

I read somewhere that Bill Ruger was heard to brag that he never spent more than $12 on a wilson barrel. That was the standard barrel for most calibers/models. The 220 that I worked over was an early '80s production rifle that shot pretty good until some idiot in Alaska trimmed up the breech...

My worst is an 1893 spanish mauser in 7x57. It shoots 6" groups at 100 with any ammo. The barrel is probably trash since it turned 110 this year. The second worst is my 300 RUM. Rem 700 sps tha shoots 3-4" groups with handloads. That one needs a stock. SBruce, I know what you had with the 220...

This guy is top notch and knows Mausers forward and backward. mccaberiflesmith

This one does it all. It's a 30-06 that I built on a 1909 Argentine Mauser. I have 1 load for it and I use it for everything.

Thanks, but even a blind hog roots up an acorn once in a while.