Hopefully it will be my Newly acquired McWhorters 300 PRC if I can get a load worked up before the season starts. If not the old standby 7LRM from Gunwerks with the 180 Hybrids will be the ticket for this year again.
It does. Or they don't know what they are looking at either.It helps that many people don't know what they are looking for.
Browning had a period from 66-71 where they imported a ton of stock wood, some extremely high grade (Olympic grade shotguns, etc) and they cured it by stacking it in piles and dumping a ton of salt on it. The top layers cured fine but the lower layers basically became imbued with a salty brine. Then they used this wood for 5 years to make rifles and shotguns, and many guns were arriving to the showrooms already rusty. You couldn't tell unless you took the gun apart to see if the metal contacting the wood was surface rusting yet or not, but those stocks killed thousands and thousands of shotguns and rifles. Browning had a blanket recall for a long time if you came across a salt wood rifle, but that's long since past. So buying brownings from that era require a thorough inspection and disassembly to make sure it's not a salty boy. And finding an original stocked browning from that era is fairly rare because of this."Salt wood"???
Thanks! Here's a better write up of it if you want more details https://shotgunreport.com/2013/05/22/browning-salt-wood-explained/Great information.
Another great day on LRH
I,ll be after them with .22 Creedmoor, 70 grain Barnes Bullets.I enjoy seeing different set ups used for deer. I'll start with my 1885 high wall 6mm creedmoor using a 88 hammer hunter for field sits. And for drives and foul weather I'll be using my m77 Hawkeye 25-06 running a 90 absolute hammer. View attachment 496617View attachment 496618
Got it backMine's at the smith getting its barrel coated to match the action, but I'll be using my 280 AI with 120gr TTSX for western KS muleys.
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Nice!
You are the man. Send some of them skills my way, sir.Not for deer specific. Checked the cold bore, followed up with 2 more, 500 yards. Mirage R-L.
300WM, 215 Hybrids. 2338 fps terminal velocity at 500, plenty of killing power. On the rest is the 7RM.
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Good grief Bamban! Wow! I'm hoping after hunting season I have a chance to work up a load for my new 300wm. I need a little more trigger time too. I want to use the 185 Berger VLD for deer and 215's for elk. Any tips on the 215's would be greatly appreciated!Not for deer specific. Checked the cold bore, followed up with 2 more, 500 yards. Mirage R-L.
300WM, 215 Hybrids, virgin Peterson L. 2338 fps terminal velocity at 500, plenty of killing power. On the rest is the 7RM.
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