Recent content by benjamin2515101

Dave Manson @ mansonreamers.com will make you a solid pilot for about $100. I also have used pacifictoolandgauge.com for custom reamers. You can usually sell them afterwards for most of what you paid, the smith might even want to buy it.

Thanks for your reply, Rooster, very helpful. I didn't realize the wolf problem had gotten so bad until I started reading posts under this forum. I plan on doing a DIY hunt, because I have some backcountry experience and I enjoy the solitude. That's why my main focus is mulies, so I won't have...

I plan to hunt Montana Region 3 for Elk &/or Mule deer, but my main interest is quality Mulies. I have been trying to figure out Montana's draw results report but the results don't seem to include the districts south of Livingston, MT. If you draw a "B" license, is there also a lottery for a...

I might have missed it, but why didn't anyone mention the .260 Remington (used to be the 6.5-08 A-sqare)? Same thing you want in grains and fps, with a great selection of high BC bullets and commercially available brass. Only 13 thousandths difference, same bullet weights available. 7mm-08 is...

Haha, actually that IS a big *** deer. My grandfather killed it in 1980, it still holds the county typical record @ 173 3/8". I'll have to take a picture and post it. He did kill it with this Model 7. Many people in my area that I consider the best deer hunters have not killed anything as big.

It shouldn't be a problem, as long as the job was done cleanly. How much did you find the action for? I just bought a 700 ADL rifle at a pawn shop for $400, wasn't able to find an action by itself for any less. They had a couple of older Savages for less, I just chose the Remington for...

I am only 25, but am doing my best to learn best gunsmithing practices so I don't develop any bad habits! This is my second rifle I have rebarrelled but the first chamber I have cut. My old ultralight 7-08 Rem Model 7, now with a Shilen #5 contour 26" barrel, Bell & Carlson Medalist stock...

I'm Ben from Georgia, not much long range here but I make the best of it! I'm 25 and have been hunting since my dad started taking me at age 4. Now I enjoy hunting just about everything, rifle shooting being my favorite. I have been to Wyoming twice for prairie dogs, some confirmed kills out...