Recent content by Mtn Dawg

Petersen does a dedicated thread on another forum that shares quite a bit of information about the how and the why of their company. R&D and upfront investment to produce new cartridge brass is considerable. More goes into that than we imagine out here in fun world. You can bet finance and...

Interesting about the Hornady Custom Grade. I’m a new hand loader and I picked up the hornady lock n load classic press and custom grade dies for my 280 AI. I could not get the full length sizing die with .309 bushing to fully size the neck or set back the shoulder. It always left some of...

Is that a Merkel? I’ve got a K1 Stutzen in 30-06 that my dad left for me when he died. Looks very similar to yours.

Seems like ttsx are designed for 1.5x diameter @ 1500fps vs 2x @ minimum 1700-1800fos is the difference. Lrx I believe are full diameter @1500fps. We’re talking some pretty small differences for sure and I don’t have first hand experience with either @ those velocities to verify. But...

Just remember to put an aftermarket recoil pad on it and you’re golden. Makes all the difference in the world.

Second that. Plus LRX open more reliably at lower velocity than ttsx. It’s designed for longer ranges after all. I would be leary of thinking a ttsx is going to open @ 700 with 1700-1800fps.

I think you both are actually saying the same thing from different perspectives. Gotta change the approach if you hope to win. Doing nothing because you haven’t ever won and leaving it up to providence may contain wisdom but it just isn’t the way most of us are wired. First of all, in...

In Colorado, hunters are largely against wolf reintroduction. I don’t believe the effort to manage our tag allocations to nonresidents is attempting to use wolves as a wedge issue. Any animosity towards nonresidents is mostly due to overcrowding and point creep due to too many people in the...

You’re probably thinking of the TSX. The original X bullet which is a hollow point.

Rhuged ammunition 6.5 creedmoor with a 130 grain controlled chaos mono bullet. Gorilla ammunition also loads same round. You will not have a problem with blood trails. They kill like a lightning bolt and if the do run it won’t be far if the bullet is placed where is should be. Both sub Moa...

Absolutely, for most of the nation he is correct. Increasing hunting pressure is the rule for most of the western states though. Colorado has had no scopes, loose powder only, no sabot’s and 50 caliber minimum for elk since before I started doing it. I would expect other western states to...

Try hunting out here in Colorado and you wouldn’t be talking about hunter numbers dropping. Western hunting has become the new fad. 20k-30k increase in non resident applications following Covid. Huge increase in resident hunter numbers and applications as well. Even my tried and true...

Please explain how a scope doesn’t extend one’s range? Reverse argument: That would mean a guy with a true 300-400 yard capable modern ML would be just as capable at that distance with open sights as a scope. Put another way. I limit myself to 100 yards with my conventional CVA 50 cal open...

I'm a Colorado MZ hunter and I am right there with you. It takes a lot of time, patience and $$ to dial in your setup so you have confidence even to 100 yards that you can make a killing shot. You hit on something that is getting ignored in this conversation. The guys most invested in the...