Recent content by Kevin Ballowe

My former daughter-in-law is shooting her Dad's old 30-30 with the straight stock and it's thumping her a bit. Also, the darned thing isn't very accurate. I thought maybe she could use this .243, instead. It's in a laminated stock with one of those 1" squishy recoil pads, topped it...

I've always used a .25 or 6.5 for deer... and just about everything else. Have had this .243 sitting around here for years and really only used it for the occasional varmint. So I'm wondering.... and thinking.... why not use it for deer? But..... which bullet?

....some of my factory rifles never seem to stop copper-fouling....and I get more copper with Hornady bullets than Sierra bullets..... Removing that copper is the subject of many, many posts. I use Butch's Bore shine mixed 3:1 with Kroil at the range and some Sweets or Barnes CR-10 at home...

What Jerry said. Or - if you want a really heavy bodied bullet you could use the 140 Sierra gameking. I get the best accuracy with these in most of my 6.5's. Used this one in a 6.5x55 on a couple elk. MV was 2725. One @ 100, another about 135 yds. Both went clean thru - no evidence of...

OK, but first send your address to me so that I can send you the money

OK, how about fifty bucks? Thanks Kevin

Am in need of the bottom metal, magazine, spring, and follower for a Remington 700 BDL, long action. Talk about a screw-up. Bought an action and had it rebarreled. Got second-hand McMillan stock and Leupold scope, timney trigger. Went to put it all together and realized that I have a...