Recent content by VTbluegrass

I guess I have been reloading about 17-18 years and I’ve only had a wrong bullet once. It was a 147gr 9mm in a bulk bag of 2000 124gr 9mm, it was a different profile and everything so it was an easy spot.

If you handload 30-06 with 124gr Hammer Hunter. I had them going 3420fps out of a 24" barrel using a healthy charge of Varget. Zeroed at 250 and let her eat. Fun while I had it.

Knight Revolution Muzzleloader, Knight is normally on their game with the MZ but this attempt was a flop. Kinda rolling block design to load the primers. Great trigger and accurate when it actually went off which was a 50/50 guess. Firing pin would hang sent it back twice with no luck. The third...

I have not done it myself… A guy o used to powerlift with but did not shoot with did the remage on his 7RM. Got everything from northland shooting supply. The thing he told me was getting the factory barrel off was the hardest part, as in he was at the cussing fit, slipping a 4 ft pipe over the...

Proof has a barrel weight chart, 22” 7mm barrel is just shy of 3lbs on its own. Doesn’t leave a lot to play with. That light the gun had better be balanced. If it ends up 6lbs and barrel heavy it will still be a pain to carry on the woods. I’ve only shot one NULA owned by a friend in 7-08, Mr...

You say you hope to run Hammers, I would order some 85gr. You said a 97gr bullet in an earlier post which would be the absolute hammer and that 9 twist barrel is on the edge of stability. Especially with the shorter target range, heck I might even try the 80gr tipped hammer and get some...

Not bad reviews of scopes and rifles. If you fall into categories like American muscle and Rice Rocket, or say new money vs old money. Backfire seems like the new money, rice rocket kinda guy. He kinda dogs anything that’s not modular, carbon, “snipery”.

check out the Demos at RedHawk Rifles for Zeiss.

Wow, I have a new job, second daughter, and been diagnosed with MS since I started this thread 3 Years Ago. I did run the 110 hammers with StaBall and got decent results I think I was around 3050 and groups were around 1”. Life got wild in the summer of ‘21 and I didn’t mess around with loading...

It does have some low volatility but off gases fairly quickly. The day after application I don’t find it noticeable.

Renaissance Wax Its original purpose was use in museums for rust protection. It is an amazing product.

Hunt with a wood stocked rifle and take care of it within reason. I don’t intentionally beat up my truck but it’s gonna get a scratch and dent when you use it for “truck stuff”. Same with the rifle it’s cased, wiped down, oiled, I take the stainless and plastic when it’s pouring rain and guess...

None with ARC and 6 whitetails with a Grendel (40-180yards). My feelings are based on crawling through briars on blood trails tracking deer, yeah the bullet opened and there was a dead deer at the end but the DRT and painted woods blood trail ratio goes will go up when you add velocity and mass...

I was merely saying I wouldn’t shoot a 16inch 308 parent cartridge unsuppressed but I have and would shoot about anything ARC/Grendel with or without a can. This is purely about muzzleblast. A 16” 308 reminds me of the carbine mosin nagant I had in college, straight fire breather. As for the...