Recent content by bigairbear

You are in the same situation as me Oregonian. I thought I was being different **** it! And hey, you never know where you will end up in the field. You might have to walk right into the trees for some reason. I think any rifle can double as a brush gun if it needs be. I brought my heavy 7 bear...

That is very true, I'm setting mine up more strictly for a hunting rifle though since I have a heavier 7mag with a 26" barrel. 25" would be unique but I may as well go 24" since it will be noticeably shorter. My muzzle diameter will be .700. I'm gonna put my 4.5-14 A.O. CDS Leupold on it...

Well Shilen called yesterday and it looks like my barrel is on it's way! Hopefully my gunsmith is ready for me soon. They said 3-4 months but it ended up being 3-4 weeks instead. I wasn't quite ready for it but hey. I am just excited to have a winchester action with close to 7 mag ballistics and...

Most definitely

Seems to me everyone is running a 1:9 so I feel pretty safe there, that's good to see. I also handload but will probably save up some nosler ackley brass from the get go by shooting factories for a while. I plan on sticking with the 160 accubond though once I get around to it. I like the...

Well that is always an option since the barrel will be shipped at 26". What kind of velocities are you getting? and what grain bullets are you shooting?

I have a Shilen #5 1:9 .284 barrel on the way(3-4 months). It will be reamed out for the .280 ackley. I am having it put on my model 70 extreme weather .30-06. I plan on having somewhere just short of the velocity of a 7mm rem mag since I have a custom built 7 mag with a 26 inch tube and don't...

I recently purchased a Remington 700 lss in 7mm RUM and was wondering if anyone has any experience with factory ammo or handloaded bullets on big game with either the 150 scirocco or 160 accubond in this caliber. Remington has the 150 scirocco load and I was looking at nosler custom's 160...

I have a Leupold 3.5-10X CDS that I really like. It is good for a hunting rifle if you aren't huge into long range but want something that can reach out there if need be. I feel good out to 500 with it. You won't constantly have to fool with a focus either. I like it cause I can just range...

I was just wondering if there would be any gain from a 24" barrel of a .300 wsm vs. a 26" barrel of a .300 win. mag. on two identical model 70 extreme weather rifles. I am looking to purchase one and my biggest question is. Will the 24" barrel be stiffer?, more accurate because of less...

That is interesting, how long is the barrel on that thing? I definitely don't want to do a custom my self though. We are hunting mostly in the brush so that short barrel is the key factor I'm looking at. The WSM's just aren't drastically shorter than a standard magnum.

Anyone have any experience with the new 20" Ruger Hawkeye in .300 rcm? I have a 3-9x Zeiss and am really interested in the rifle. Probably won't be used past 300 yards so that part isn't a big deal. I like the idea of having magnum power in such a small, tough package and not having to...

Thanks for the replies, I will look into some of these calibers you guys listed. I am most interested in the larger calibers for a light brush type rifle.

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows what caliber options I have on a rebarrel for an a-bolt in 223 wssm in the future? Something other than the existing wssm's and preferably in a larger caliber. I can't figure anything out that has a magnum bolt in that short of a length. Am I missing something?

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