Recent content by stephenthesuave

Follow up- here’s my info. I only pulled one “1st” but there are 3 blems. All 4 bullets are .3065” diameter. Weight- 1st- 149.8 B1- 149.2 B2- 149.3 B3- 149.2 Bullet Length- 1st- 1.311” B1- 1.303” B2- *1.299” (I deformed this one by dropping it just now.) B3- 1.302” Bullet Base to ogive W/...

I bought some 150 e-tips (.308) last year to shoot in my .300wm. I couldn’t see blemishes on them and they shot sub-MOA without much drama so I was very happy. Fast forward to a few months before a trip to Wyoming this past October and I needed some more but couldn’t wait for the blems to...

This is where the semantics of it all can trip people up. I wouldn't call a .75 group at 200 tighter than a .5 group at 100. It would be assigned a smaller MOA figure, though. We are on the same page as to what is actually happening, but we are using different words to describe it.

Alot of people smarter than me think the bullet can go to sleep and be more accurate at longer ranges than shorter ranges. One distinction that some folks miss is that being more accurate does not mean smaller groups. In the example a few posts back, the guy was shooting 5/8 MOA at 100 but .43...

Thanks for everyone's thoughts. I think I'm gonna search up some threads about those two savages in .338LM. Go big or go home I guess.

I know the non-sexy solution is often the wise solution. Is there money to be saved by going .338 RUM vs LM? When I've compared the two it looks like brass cost is the only savings (offset by the quality and durability of the lapua brass). Will a donor action in .300WM take the big RUMs...

Little background... I'm deployed and have been eyeballing a new rifle for long range target shooting, with the intention of being comfortable shooting deer/caribou/moose (I'm stationed in Alaska) out to 500+. Not a monster shot, but not a chip shot for a lot of rounds/rifles/shooters. I had...

tsmiller, you have a PM Tikka Lover, thanks for the heads up.

I need a NF for a .338 build I'm working on. I am in Afghanistan, so paypal will have to be the payment method. I am looking for either a 15 or 22.5 power and I'm not ultra picky about ZS or reticle. Thanks for the time.