I also condensed my calibers and cartridges about eight years ago and I am very happy that I did especially with the shortages that we have been dealing with the past few years. I cut pretty drastically but I now have lots of reloading components rather than being spread thin across multiple...
Chad Chapman with Red Desert Rifles here in Rock Springs, WY builds excellent quality custom wood stocks. He could build whatever you have in mind and offer additional suggestions. I don’t know if this is a route that you are interested in but it gives you another option! Here is his website...
I had one that I ordered thru their custom shop. Fit and finish was beautiful, however the magazine was very restrictive for a handloader especially for a .300 Win. To make things even more challenging the chamber was deep throated. Swapping components and finding components is not as simple as...
There is nothing more rewarding than getting a young buck set up for hunting and shooting! Congrats!
Personally when it comes time to set up a young person with a rifle I like the idea of cartridges that are easy to find factory ammo for and relatively inexpensive to purchase that same factory...
Good shooting!
I am a big fan of the 30-06 family of cartridges including the Ackley Improved rounds that have been garnishing well deserved attention lately.
It's pretty impressive to think that the parent case to all these great rounds was developed in 1906 and is still going strong!
Good information. I believe that many good rails and scopes have been unknowingly damaged to various degrees due to improper mounting.
I will take any good info such as this to prevent such a mistake.
Both are great bullets and I have heard of great results on paper and in the field from both. My experience has only been with ELD-X's punching paper and I have had great results.
That being said I believe that in the past Nosler may have slightly overstated their published BC, while Hornady...