Gearing Up for Mountain Extremes By Mike Duplan, Hunting Editor Originally published in WESTERN HUNTER MAGAZINE It’s An Exciting Time To Be A Mountain Hunter The air was thin and the mountainside...
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By Darrell Holland On a recent hunting trip to South Africa with my Alumni students, I took the opportunity to burn extra rounds of ammunition on distant rocks to gain additional data on...
By John Johnston In October of 2017 Hornady announced the birth of a new cartridge, the 6.5 PRC. PRC stands for Precision Rifle Cartridge. Hornady had this cartridge in mind for many years.
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By Don Bitz - Owner - Stocky's Stocks We get a lot of calls before and after the point of sale debating the relative merits and pitfalls of a stock that does not touch the barrel. The term "free...
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6x55 A.I. questions
I was raised shooting a Rem 788 in 6mm. I love that caliber and have had a few .243 wins since. I am fairly new to the wildcat arena and was thinking a .243 A.I. would be a pretty neat project. So the research began.
6mm A.I. is faster but some say more finiky to load for, and has a longer neck... -
Help with .308 Load SMK not expanding.
I have a lightweight custom built AR-10 that I carry when hunting thick brush. I run it suppressed so I built it with a 16 inch barrel to keep it short. I have been shooting Federal gold medal match 168 grain Sierra match King ammo because it Shot well and I figured it was a cheap way to get... -
How’s this for a reloading bench?
http://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/gun-loading-bench-strength/83543
I need a better bench and came across this idea.
What do y’all think of this?
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NXS vs VX5HD
Need some advice on a scope for my new 6.5 x 300 weatherby. Want to stay close to ~ 20oz range will be taking it sheep hunting next fall. Narrowed it down to a used NXS compact 2.5 x 10 42 vs a VX5HD 3 x 15 44 .
Spent a lot of time reading the forms being new here.
Advantages for NXS
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Custom Winchester Builds lets see them
OK so I’m looking at building another Sherman chambered in a 338SS.
The issue I’m having is mag length and I want to stay short action but also want long throat that a Rem action with Wyatt’s still cannot give me and I’m not a Tikka fan.
What i did find is a custom Model 70 257wsm to use as...
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