Recent content by WyomingShooter

I was down visiting Long Time Long Ranger before Christmas and looked at data on over a hudred 338-300 RUM's that he had built and these velocities all look right in there with all his data. He was the first one to do this cartridge back in the 90's and had put dozens of them in the hands of...

The 338-416 Rigby improved is an excellent round that will easily outperform the Lapua or ultramag case without reaching unsafe pressures. The rigby brass is also much cheaper. The Lapua is a shortenned version and will not approach the full length rigby case in performance in any improved form...

These two are excellentand very accurate cartridges but are not known as speed burners. If you want speed you should get the 270 weatherby mag, 7mm wby or a 7mm stw.

Agree with the last two. This is a no brainer with the 378 case or the 416 Rigby improved necked to 338. Why would you want to go backwards with the Lapua. If you have an action that will hold the big boys then make it shine.

Keep the 340 wby! Why change to something that doesn't improve your situation. I just shot with LTLR and he has 25-30 big 338's of all kinds. I wrote down the numbers. 340 wby with 250 grain bullet=3050 fps. 338 ultra with 250=3050 fps and the 338-300 ultra with 250=3100fps. 338-378 with...

It will definitely kill one with a well placed shot. Is it a good choice, NO!. You need to talk to long time long ranger. There is no person on the planet with more long range elk knowledge. He is like a walking hunting/shooting encyclopedia. Call him up and spend a day with him and you will...

Congratulations and I agree the jerky was good while glassing those huge whitetails. To bad we didn't have a tag! You need to get some pictures up of the huge stuff you been shooting. That mulie is huge! I can't wait for the caribou hunt this fall. Those pics are awesome. A word to the wise, if...

The anti-idiots have until April 28 to file the suit. I am sure they will take most of that time to make sure they have it right when they file and they are going to file a suit in an attemp to tie this up for as long as possible. We can now shoot wolves that are threatening livestock, pets or...

Volumes can easily be written on the horrific kill sights of wolf murders that were just thrill killings and the animals left to rot. I visited a rancher out toward Cody last week who owns and leases thousands of acres that in the past was a wildlife paradise. His family has ranched that land...

I collect all I can find going in gun/pawn shops while I travel around and newspaper/internet adds. I usually find a couple used Mk-5 rifles a year in the $550 range. I love the Mk-5 actions because you save a bunch on a trigger since the Weatherby is very nice. It is the best action to build...

I have backpacked all that cottonwood creek drainage from the Gros Ventre to the main highway on the north side. Wonderful country. I am very concerned about it now though with all the wolf problems on the wintering grounds this winter. Seems to be a lot more wolves and much worse this year. I...

Dirty Steve, I hate to give you more bad info about the wolf problem but a pack of wolves set up residence in the Gros Ventre drainage in late fall and have been hammering the elk at all the feed stations on the Gros Ventre. Not only have there been significant losses from direct predation but...

Cowboy, I like yer thankin, but man you got any idea how many madder'n hell grizzlies there'd be runnin around here with those big snaggin hooks hangin out uf their mouths. And twice as many game wardens tryin to figur out how all us salmon snaggers hooked all those fishin bears. Thanks for the...

I have the 22-250 AI, 220 swift AI and similar 220 wby rocket, 243 AI, 25-06 AI, and I think I still have a 338-06 AI. The Gibbs version in all calibers from 6mm-338 and the JRS versions in two or three calibers. I am a firm believer in blowing out the '06 case. The accuracy and performance is...

Listen to both James's. About recoil, it is not a factor in long range elk hunting with the proper equipment. The best equipment will have a brake on it to control recoil for accurate shooting. If your not shooting a brake then you don't have enough gun for the best long range elk outfit. The 7...