Recent content by Ethan Sackett

For me it would be the 270 and the 270 short aka the 6.5 Creedmoor

My first word have to be Jorgensen in 6.5x55 Swedish. Ruger M77. CZ 550 American no longer in production Today it would be a Tikka T3 hunter just bought one for my son. Or a Sako, Winchester 70. Short of that a custom gun with a Mauser action.

I have used AA XMR4350, IMR 7828 and just started using the IMR4166. All of these have worked in my rifle. Different grain weights were tried until one load was picked. Like 7828 that was 77 grains with a 165 grain bullet, fps was around 3050. I load down these days, the start load of IMR4166...

No pictures, no one to share or enjoy it with. Climbed to the top of stand turned and set down, looked up to see a North Fla. 6 point looking at me from 28 yards away in chest high dog fennels. A fast shot from a Rem. 7600 .308 Remington 150 grain corelock on the third jump he went down. The...

Hmm, 243 for whitetails. The right, bullet weight, bullet construction combined with bullet placement it can work. I however will not be using that caliber. I learned the hard way years ago that for me it was a no go. My 13 year old has taken 3 whitetails this season with a .308 / CZ 550...

There is some load data for it in the lee book. I finally got to test some in a newly built AR10 .308. 43.7 gr H380 win large rifle primers R.P. brass 150gr Hornady fmj. Accurate, but a little too hot signs of high pressures, extremely flattened primers. Ejector marks on rim. I am going back the...