Recent content by Heetor

I have shot this caliber for Bear and Moose in Canada for 15 years, it is my favorite caliber for out to 400 yards on heavy game. I used to shoot the 225 grain Barnes with it and have taken a handful of moose and bears over the years, none went too far, which can be important with these big...

Thanks for the feedback guys, this is really good stuff :) Brings back memories of me learning to hunt with my grandfathers old octagon barreled 30-30 lever gun. He used to tell me that it shoots three inches left at any range I should be shooting :) I did mull over the 30-30, and .308 for...

I wanted to run this one up the flag pole after reading some good responses on long range hunting with the .308, ie bullet expansion at low velocities. I am working on a reduced recoil load for my daughters first deer rifle and was hoping to get some feedback on bullet selection. I set her...

I have an Xbolt hunter in 270 WSM, didn't like it much when it was new, but after a little fiddling it is a real shooter. Finally got it to 1/2 MOA after playing with about 8 bullets and 5 powders, but it shoots an inch at 200 with the IMR 4831 and 150 grain Partitions. A couple of notes...

Finally got it put together and took it out, but not much to report yet. Took it to the range twice in the last week, first was for pressure testing and the second was to do some shooting. When I was testing pressure I shot a 3 shot 0.4 MOA with the Berger 185 VLD over 42 grains of Varget...

Starting to get interesting on this build I spoke with Chris at Benchmark a couple of times and decided to go that route over Pac-Nor. I think a lot of it was them offering to let me come down and talk about reamers and look at sample barrels etc, not that the Pac-Nor guys weren't very...

I probably have less experience than most of the people posting replies so you can take my feedback for what it is worth to you, but this is something I battled/battle with over the last four years as I have gotten into precision shooting. Partially I think because I shot wrong for 20 years...

Thanks for the feedback on the reamer, I didn't realize I had options. This is my second custom rifle, the first I bought off a friend so I wasn't involved in building it. It is a 30-378 with the chamber cut without freebore, not sure which reamer was used to cut it. Since I don't know much...

Starting to look a little deeper into some higher quality stocks, I like the Bell and Carlson Medalist Tactical at Stocky's, looks like a nice setup. Adjustable cheek piece and buttstock, nice grip, and a Anchutz rail, seems like a lot of stock for under $500. Anyone have any experiences...

I am hoping this rifle will like the 185 or 210 grain Berger VLD Hunting bullets, these are the two my 30-378 likes the best so i have a lot in the locker. Most likely this rifle will see more long range target time than hunting, but I would definitely like it to be my go-to rifle for coyotes...

Doing some reading and I found a few good articles about building a .308 on a long action. Completely the opposite of what I was thinking, as I started out being interested in the .308 because fo the short action, but sounds interesting. Longer mag box so I can load up the 210 grain...

Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback, exciting project to build exactly what I want. I had a look at that action, looks pretty nice, and $900 isn't bad. Interesting question on the 30-06 vs .308, this might be a big deal as I have access to a few different 30-06 donor actions, where I...

Hey guys, new member to the site though I have been reading for several years. I wanted some feedback on a custom rifle build I was about to get started on. I have been an avid big game hunter for about 20 years, mostly archery and rifle out to 300 yards, (where I can hold over instead of...