Recent content by Jack300WSM

the Fatboy site shows the 3section Elevate has 42.5mm legs, 26.5” collapsed length, 150lb capacity and around 6lb weight. Nearly all of my shots will be within 650yds.

Been thinking about getting a tripod. After researching I came across a local guy who is a Two vets and Fatboy dealer. I’ve always shot off bags. Any experience with this style of hunting/shooting, are they worth it and are they really as stable as the dealers claim? I’m currently thinking...

Marlin 1895 loaded with 300g Barnes or Speer I’ve had great accuracy with N120 (1st) and not far behind H4198

Good choice on the Zeiss V4. I have one that has the graduated crosshairs with MOA adjustments with an illuminated center cross only. I hate when the whole tree illuminates like on my Vortex PST’s. Next time see if you can look through a Meopta Optika 6. Don’t get me wrong I love my Leupolds too...

Sliced bread in the Christensen. 6.5PRC in the Rem 700. Happy with both. Both hold 1/2” or better all day @100yds. I’ve settled on 185 VLDH in the wsm with no issues in mag utilizing .007” off lands. So she’s good for shooting well past my capabilities. The PRC I did have bolt face work done...

“Short action” is relative to what you’re shooting in them. I’ve had three 300wsm’s. My CA in 300wsm is shooting 185 Berger VLD-H .007” off the lands and capable of feeding reliably out of the standard setup. My Remington 700 I converted from 308 to 300wsm I could never get to shoot the Bergers...

EP Integrations is definitely worth a look. Love mine. Simple and reliable. Great people to work with without killing your pockets

I’m leaning towards 300gr projectiles in my Marlin 1895. 300g Speer HP w/47.0g H4198 gets roughly 1800fps and is a mild load but accurate. My go to hunting load is 300g Barnes TSX FN with 47.2g N120 (1st choice) or 52.5g H4198 both accurate. I mainly hunt white tails which the Barnes has proven...

I’ve owned CA Ridgeline, a Browning X Bolt, several Savage 10’s and 12’s, and several Rem 700’s. I’ve always enjoyed modifying and tinkering with the 700’s but I will say out of all the rifles I’ve owned the savage is the roughest tooling, least attractive but most accurate across the board (no...

If you like to tinker and reload the 20VT is sweet. I’ve had 204, 20VT, 223, 22-250 and 220 swift. If I had only one it would probably be 223 just due to sheer availability. My two favorites are 20VT and 22-250 as they cover all bases for everything from coyote down

In the woods Marlin 1895 in 45/70. Field hunting gotta be the CA 300wsm.

I need someone to school me on Remington 700 firing pin springs. I currently have four Remington 700 SA (300wsm, 6mm REM, 7-08, and 22-250), one Christensen Arms Ridgeline in 300wsm and a Remington 40x in 223. I was going to change all the firing pin springs as I've never done so for the life of...

Good stuff right there. I’ve been reloading for around 30yrs. I’ve pretty much always gone Norma, Lapua and recently ADG as far as brass goes. So I’ve never thought the effort was worth it to be honest. Just interested incase I was missing out on another variable that would be worth doing.

Just wanted to know thoughts on brass sorting. Do you, have you noticed a difference and when sorting what would your weight perameters be as far as range from what to keep in this batch as opposed to a separate batch? I’ve never personally done it but just need one more thing to drive me crazy..😆

My bolt has the old style extractor btw. I’m going to call PTG and see what they’ve come across and recommend