Recent content by cabelasken

If you decide on a Shilen and the first few groups look like a shotgun load, don't give up on it. I had a 300 WSM Shilen that wouldn't group under 1 1/2" for the first 80 or so shots so I took it back to Mark Brown at Brown Precision. He inspected it and said he couldn't find anything wrong with...

Is that a .22??

I bought an x bolt three years ago in 280m AI. Performance was so good that I bought 2 more. Accuracy was under 1 MOA for most loads and with a little tuning I got 1/2 MOA with Barnes and Hammer bullets. Found that dropping 100 FPS from max loads was generally the right recipe. Still getting...

There are many new hunter access areas that hold lots of animals. The new maps from wyoming game and fish show them and where and how to check in. I believe these areas are much better than the blm spots as they are mostly private land.

4 of us are going there next year!!

I found a 7MM bullet in a box of 300 WSM factory loaded cartridges. The crimp held it in place firm enough that I couldn't pull it out.

At scheels they are under $15 per box right now. 2 1/2"

R-19 has worked well for me with the Barnes 145 LRX bullet at over 3100 FPS. I only have a little of this powder left and am waiting for it to become available again

I have two and in the snow they work even better!!!

Was at Cabelas yesterday - still no 410 field loads on the shelf, but they had plenty of 28's for $17 a box. I believe the price for those a month ago was over $20

I took my first 6x6 bull 22 years ago when I was 48 years old. It fell between two dead falls and I turned that bull over and had the head pointed uphill, field dressed and propped open for cooling fairly quickly. Now, I need help just to turn the **** thing over to field dress, much less get...

I try to encourage one of the younger folks in our group to hunt nearby - even to just field dress an elk out!!! Our entire group is aging as the youngest male member is well over 50 and half of us are over 70. The original members have all passed on as they started hunting this property over 45...

I met a bowhunter in Wyoming a few years back that bow hunted a rugged area south of yellowstone. He hiked in 7 or 8 miles alone and camped for 10 to 12 days at a time. I believe the bow season was about 20 days at that time. I asked him about his success rate and he said he averaged taking a...

My gunsmith laps the rings and then put a small dab of permatex on the rings before putting the scope in place and aligning it. He also uses blue lock tite on the mounting screws. I missed three bucks in succession about 25 years ago and took the 284 win a-bolt to him to replace the barrel as it...

It used to be legal to exchange your deer tag for a lion tag in Idaho and once I saw one pass the trail in front of me and I took a shot and the lion leaped about 6 ft in the air and continued on its way. I looked for a couple of hours but could find no blood or sign of a hit. Back in town, I...