Recent content by Brimm

Just did muzzleloader there, more bulls than I have ever seen(been hunting there over 25 years), almost every day....but I was hunting bucks, poor deer, deer moved down 3-4 thousand feet due to poor feed, but elk remained up high. I predict a good season for you!

6.5 WSM--due to the fact that vel. X bullet weight X powder burnt = highest ratio for all things combined All other things considered--Savage(due to out of box accuracy vs. cost of custom )w/ a 26 in. barrel(everyone has an opinion about the best barrel maker) Is truely a fine killen'...

did a lot of long range in the Corps.....after I got out I continued, have loved the challenge of 80 yards better now for hunting....have a place in Idaho, so I need to get back into the long range thing again...wolves make a nice target in canyon country!

I was thinking I made a mistake by posting this...lol.....I forget, flintlock(short range), 300 wizzbanger(long range)......not many folks into flinters here!! LOL

Great to hear, my son is 15 and has the same plan.... I would advise you to maybe look in to millitary police or a field you can use when you get out.....my boy is looking at a helicopter mec. I asked him about maybe another branch(daughter is in airforce) and he said "but dad....then I...

So....the age old question, bevel edge up or down, and why do you think your way is right?

Been a while since you posted, but....have owned and hunted with both, have a custom I built now but out of the two I liked the Lyman the best. a far as shooting 150 yards......the round ball loses too much energy past about 80 to 90 yards to reliably kill. Unless you use a conical??

bought the same one you want this year and am tickled with it. Accurate, smooth, decent trigger and overall a great gun for the money.....good choice, do not regret buying it.....and gonna get another Tikka(243 maybe) Brimm

as LouBoyd stated....published data is just part of the over all scheme of everything. We can run numbers till we are blue in the face(too many factors) but when it comes down to brass tacks......we shoot....and we weigh the results with the evidence we gain. Brimm

the longer the bullet, the more contact with the barrel , the more need for faster twist. Hard to over stabilize a short bullet....easy to understabilize a long bullet. Brim

weight has only a little to do with stability....contact with the bullet to barrel ratio is where it is at. Best program for this is the Sierra Infinity V6 program by Sierra bullets, was written by two aerospace guys, will give you the minimum twist rate you need for any bullet(probaby why your...

choose the bullet you want to shoot, 10 thousands off rifling, load 5 shells with five different powders(2 grains under max.), changing only the powders, shoot groups(if one powder shoots 1-1.5),then you can increase/decrease powder(then shoot groups)find if it opens or tightens, and then play...

a 260, 7mm-08 or 308 are all great choices, especialy if you are going to handload. Of all three rounds the .308 is the most verstile with the widest range of bullet weights(110 to 200) so you could duplicate anything the other rounds will do and more, and since your not shooting long range...

Welcome to a world of knowledge! Spent some time down under myself while in the millitary, enjoy this site, and don't be afraid to ask questions, but lots of folks with good information.....just make sure that you research the information they give you before you take it as gospel! WELCOME!!

have a buddy who owns a gun store and he sent a kimber 260 back because it would not group. When he got a call from Kimber they said it would not send the 260 back but would send another cal. to replace it. not sure what is up with that but it did'nt sound good for a kimber in 260......