Recent content by coloradohtr

Hi I live in Colorado and have seen many elk shoot with a 7mm Rem Mag. It is a very good elk gun. I have shot bulls with both 160 and 175 Sierra bullets plus 160 Partitions. They all worked very well. In 2010 I shot a large bull with 165 Accubonds at app. 2950 fps. and had to shoot him 5 times...

Hi I have two 300 WSM's a 700 factory short action and a 700 custom long action. The custom allows me to move the bullet out to the lands and gives more powder space. I have killed some elk with it and it is plenty of gun for elk. If it was my gun I would shoot it for a while and make sure the...

Hi Guys I live in Colorado and have killed more than one bull. A long shot for me is 400 yards. I carry a 300 WSM or my old 30-06 that has a few kills. When I lived in Pa for a few years I shot at the Shippensburg 1000 yard range and met a few Williamsport 1000 yard shooters. These guys are...

The photo is of last years bull. Rich I do live in Co. I used 22 kills to pick the data. 90 to 170 yards had the most kills. Broadside shots in the ribs and through the lungs. VEL. 2971 to 3093. all 180 grain bullets. Three kills with each bullet except the solid copper bullets only one bull...

I do have good records of all 8 bullets Did not post all of the info, I can not type. It took a lot of time to write the artical. If you would like more info on one bullet I will give you FPS. yardage, distance traveled, shot placement, engine room damage, exit hole. recovered bullet weight. No...

The two types of bullets I called custom were the solid copper expanding and bonded. These bullets took 8 bulls. The term is used buy the nine hunters when talking about bullets. All bullets used with good shots killed elk. Bullets that have jackets and lead cores with no bonding have worked...

9 hunters, 36 bulls, 8 different bullets. With all the different opinions bad advice from writers who would get fired for a bad review of an advertisers bullets and a hunter from the east who has never killed an elk or the guy who thinks you need a 375 RUM to kill an elk. A few years ago there...

300 WSM superformance I could not find any data for 180 loads so I worked up some of my own. I have two 300 WSM s. A 700 Remington short action and a custom 700 long action. In the short action I started with 68 1/2 grains of superformance with a 180 sst, 180 interlock SP, Sierra BT and a...

61 gr. IMR 4350 shoots 2954 vel. with good groups in my gun. 62 gr. 3035 fps. 1 1/4 in. this is max in my rifle. Start at 60 gr. and work up 1/2 grain at a time.

All rifles are different, I would have to beat the bolt open with 63 gr. IMR 4350. H-1000 is slow in my gun. Retumbo is by far the fastest and it shoots well too.

In my 7mm Rem. 160 Accubonds Imr 4350 shot 3/4 in. but the vel. was only 2954. R 17 shot 1 in. one day and 2 1/4 the next time. 7828 shot well but not at the vel. I wanted. R 22 shot under an inch but only 3012 fps. Imr 4831 7/8 inch at 3032 vel. Mag Pro 1/2 in. but only 2928 vel. Retumbo by far...

I did not go back and look but I ment to say 50% thicker then a interlock jacket. FYI most people do not know that 165 Ballistic Tips are twice as thick as 150s in the rear 1/2 of the jacket and 180 look just like a Accubond jacket. Cut one in half you will see they are very well built.

Sniper The SST will work very well in your 30-06. At a lower Vel. the bullet should have good terminal performance. Custom bullets for the most part are built for mags not 30-06. I have killed more than one bull with the 30-06 and no custom bullets. Choose your shot. Chuck Hawks has a bullet...

I learned years ago from a Williamsport 1000 yd. shooter to float the barrel then glass the action to keep the action from moving with each shot. As soon as I get a new gun before shooting float and glass. This is recommended by most gun smiths.

MY 300 wsm shoots 180 sst. at 3076 fps. 3/4 in. my handloads. In wet phone books they are 3/4 of an inch and 97 to 123 grains. I cut one in half the jacket is 50% more than 180 interlocks. I would not think twice about shooting elk with them. I have been using 190 hornady btsp. for elk the...