Recent content by drahthaars4ever

I'd sell it! I had a Christensen 7 mm Remy and the bolt was stiff as hell, very finicky with ammo. Customer service sucked. Finally, after months of going back n forth, they refunded my money. Rifle would not group at or under MOA

Congratulations! My Montana sow black bear squared 5'6". And weighed approximately 200 pounds. She was 22 years old!!! Berger 180 at 460 yds. Caught the wind a bit and put it thru the liver. We found her about 100 yards away down hill.

What model kestrel do you have?

Everytime we pull the trigger, we take a chance. We take a chance of kill or wound. Anything can happen. If you've never wounded an animal, you haven't hunted enough. All I'm saying is if you feel absolutely confident in your ability, go for it.

If you have 5 rifles in .308, I'd presume you are a better than average shot! The .308 is awesome! Very tolerant of powders and bullet combos, great caliber to reload. My Remington heavy barrel 5R is the most accurate in my gun safe....just like yours. A call to Remington on how accurate it...

I used a remy 7mm mag on a black bear hunt in Montana several years ago. The load was 72 grains of retumbo over a 180 Berger VLD. 1st shot at 560 yards hit too far back, as the bear took a step when I squeezed the trigger. Bullet struck hip area, nocking the bear down. She got up and went...

Outstanding

69 grains of H1000 over 168 berger yielded me I believe 3100 fps with 1/4 " groups at 100 yds. Stock remmy 7mm mag sendaro. I used nosler cases and annealed them. Bullet depth is about 20 tho. Off lands. No issues with high pressure. For berger 180's I use 72 grains of retumbo for sub to moa...

My 1st experience with a .308 150 grain Ballistic Tip was an immediate dead deer! Never took a step and heart / front half of lungs were mush. Distance was about 125 yards

Accurate cutting vs speed is more important to me with my long range loads. Good info! Tks

Thanks for the reply. Yes, very much like the drahthaars!

I had a Lee case trimmer with all the inserts for various calibers and eventually got so disappointed, I threw the **** thing away! It wasn't trimming the cases evenly. I contacted Lee and they sent me another bushing that the trimmer arm rests in. No better. It's just not good enough for...