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I would get the dog if you already have a shotgun. Here is my new pup, the old one she is replacing is not in the pic....

A good or even great dog is much harder to come by than the latest shotgun!

I used a Nightforce 2.5-10x42 for many years. It worked on marmots out to 800 yards.

NL Pure's will smoke any rifle scope known to man, personal experience proves it. High mag simply tricks the brain into thinking it's...

I'd use Hornady, used a lot of Whiddens and just won't again, the upper end Hornady is an outstanding die without a bunch of gimmicks!

I have a Sako S20 300 win. I am feeding it 208gr Berger LRTH and 208gr Hornady ELDM. It likes them over H1000 and IMR7827SSC. Nosler...

I'm still shooting a ruger m77 stainless and a ruger #1 in 300wm.

Your son is very fortunate to have a father like you. He has grown up with support for pursuing the wonderful world of hunting, and I’m...

When he was first starting to shoot, he wanted a 6.5 Creedmoor so I bought him a Browning AB3 and loaded it with 120 Nosler BT. It was...

The 280 AI cult following really started with Kenny Jarrett and the “Beanfield Rifle” craze of the 90s. One of the early “accuracy”...

Give the 90-grain hammer hunter a look. I've run it as high as 4000 fps in my 280AI, but best accuracy was a just over 3800 fps...

Honestly, Guides are about the worst for knowing anything about ballistics etc. If a guide has a problem with the 6.5 CM for deer/lopes...

Side note, a 119 or 120 Hammer would be kick butt as well!

Boom........this Real world in close to 60 years of shooting I've never thought of the 140's as being "Light" in a 280:0 Guess the...

The 140 ballistic tip is a great bullet. I would also look at the 120 BT. Don’t let it’s weight fool you it will penetrate with the 140...