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Haha. No pro here. But I have been reloading and shooting seriously for the last 11 years. I practice out to 1500 yards regularly. I just finished reloading my 20,000th precision round today in fact. All reloaded through an old rcbs single stage press.
Yeah pretty close. I was near Taloga.
Yes the bullet did exit. I wish I would have taken a picture. It came out the other side and was just dangling by a burr on the bullet jacket. It probably had 1/3 weight retention. It was wild. I've never seen that before.
I did shoot him right before he was about to breed. But he was literally 2-3 steps away from being over the back side of the dam. From there I would have lost him. There are plenty of good bucks in that area, so I'm pretty sure another good buck got the job done.
They do. They grow wheat, cotton, corn, and a bunch of other things. They also run cattle, which is what that property is used for exclusively. They winter their cows here until they turn them out on the winter wheat.
It's a tikka action, the trigger has been worked to 14 oz, the action is bedded in a McMillan ultralite stock. The barrel is a proof research 26" barrel. It's chambered in 7 saum with an extra .2" of freebore, so I can load them very long to squeeze a lot of 4831sc in the case. Muzzle break is off another rifle temporarily, until I can get a suppressor for it. Atlas bipod. Nightforce nxs 5.5-22, with Nightforce rings. I've shot a 9 1/2" group with it at 1501 yards before. It's very accurate, very lite (7.75 lbs), and has really low recoil (low enough you can watch your hits). I love this rifle. If I had one rifle to grab in a house fire, it would be the one. Lol
I love them. Very accurate, and very efficient.
Dewey County. I am in the next county south of there, Custer County. There are some nice bucks in the area, you just gotta' know where to look!
Taxidermist text me tonight. He taped at 139 1/8 broken. Once he fixes the broken g3 to match the other side, he should be be high 140's, or 150 even. Not too shabby. I'll take it. Now I really really want a 180 muley!! Something to work towards.
It's a saying Iv'e used for years when I see something done right, my basketball teams have heard it a thousand times, along with "you'll get out, what you put in", and "practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect". Your practice definitley paid off. BTW I use an old Herter's press for resizing, same one my dad used for many years.
You should see my plastic powder funnel. After 20,000 rounds of powder through it, it's paper thin. Haha. I didn't think they could wear out.
