Recent content by bigdog2

Did you find a spark after all ?

Enter Me In The Berger Bullets Contest !!!

Thanks for the interesting article. I've been shooting a 25-06 for 30 years so your preaching to the choir here but more good information is always good to read. I agree with "BillR" that the heavier builts are where I believe the 25-06 really comes into it's own. These longer bullets...

Enter Me In US Optics Rifle Scope Contest Thanks Have a nice Day and Good Shooting

I agree, and I always FL resize my brass----new or once shot However it's my understanding that "NS only" is usually credited with "the adding life to the brass and accuracy", so we disagree on that. But a FL die will both FL and NS. It's all in how you set up the dies; ie, how far you...

"Enter Me In The Olympus/Cameraland Contest"

What state(s) do you hunt big game in most often? Oregon What is your primary long range hunting cartridge? 25-06 -------------------------------------- Regarding your primary long range hunting cartridge choice above: Do you use factory ammunition? NO If so, which brand and load do...

Thanks---that's certainly an option I hadn't considered but should have allowed for. Hope you solved your twist question.

I don't know how you call it a "Browning" when it has a "Sako" Action. Usually the brand of the action, is the brand of the gun, even if it's a custom gun. But as to twist---- Take out your cleaning rod and a couple of patches, and measure the twist rate yourself. Once the rod with patches...

If I was target shooting I'd go the 6.5/284 but for Hunting I'd go with a 35 Whelen

Usually most people get concerned with twist and bullet weight, not number of grooves, it'a nice to see an unusual question. But if your going with a custom barrel, it's nice to have both options, and I don't know till recently that number of grooves could be specified. While I don't have...

There's other programs out there for the PDA platform. Sorry I don't have the site but I've been using a shareware Ballistics program on my PDA and it's great to take to the range with me when I'm sighting in a new round or killing time in a boring meeting. I think I found it through Palm's...

I would have thought that your 22-308 and 243 would have benefited by using a powder other than H4831? Do you still use it in these shells or have you switched to something with a bit faster burn rate.

Maybe not with the same level of experience but I'll make it three---use interchangably with no issue. However, be sure it's Hodgdons not IMR. Hodgdons owns both companies now but H4831 is not IMR4831. The latter is a lot hotter

I just had the reticle in two older leupold scopes changed and both together cost less than $120 and they shipped them back in one week. Went to a single Leupold Dot.