Recent content by Boar Barrel

You may want to check your base. I have had scopes that wouldn't zero because the base had too much adjustment in it. If it is a 20 MOA base make sure it needs it. On my more powerful scopes I have had to change to a 0 MOA base on a couple of rifles. If you can't get enough elevation out of a 0...

Well it looks like on this hunt I may be alone. The care taker will be on the property but he won't be hunting with me. But he'll help me if I shoot one.

Well after going back up to the cabin last weekend I did some scouting to check on the deer. Gun season is still 3 weeks away. Anyways I have a field up there that the hogs constantly are rooting up and every time I plant a feed crop the hogs just root up what I plant. I figured that the deer...

I started going to physical therapy and I do back stretches everyday now for about 20 minutes a day and that has helped a lot. Even when I go to the range I do stretches. Some people look at me like I am crazy but the Army guys that go to my range and the middle age guys like me know whats going...

Well I do believe I will be going .308. It has always been a good caliber for me. Actually I will be shooting from a rest and I will have a younger spotter who I have shot with several times for doing precision shooting a long distances. I believe you all have been helpful and I appreciate the...

Steve the Hammer bullets definitely look interesting and I would like to pick some up to play with but due to time constraints I am either going to have to go with one of the loads I have already worked out and know their characteristics or have to go with a factory load and buy a few boxes to...

Thats a good shot. Especially considering that at that distance you are close to going trans sonic. I guess the biggest worry to me was the possibility that I may not be able to track the animal before the sun goes down. All of you have been right in the fact that if I am confident in my shot...

Well in that case maybe I should give the 6.5 a little more consideration. I have 123gr Hornady SST load that is quite effective at putting a deer down.

That is a good question. I have tracked kills before going through that rough terrain and overtime the terrain has been what ultimately killed the animal. A mortally wounded deer or hog can't seem to climb the steep mountain sides. That part of the property is just not easy to access due to...

Honestly for a shot that far I want a good quick kill which means to me a heavier bullet. The 6.5 is fun to shoot and is very accurate but your right it may not yield results as quick as I would like them so I am personally leaning towards the .308 with a 200gr Nossler Bonded load that has...

So this is my question to you all. All opinions are appreciated. I have about a thousand acres that I hunt in the hills of East Tennessee that borders the Cherokee National Forest and North Carolina. For years I have hunted the hogs and deer on the property. Usually I have luck hunting the creek...

Well if you plan on using the Colt lower forget about the 6.5 Creedmoor. The 6.5 Creedmoor would need a new lower so you might as well buy a whole new rifle. I don't have any experience with the 6.5 Grendle but I do with the 6.8 and it has done well for me. It has been a very accurate powerful...

I learned the hard way that .223 is not the best caliber to hunt hogs with. Really where I hunt them they aren't feral hogs but are actually wild boar that are descendants of boar that were imported from Europe in the the early 1900's for a private hunting preserve that borders my property along...

I have to ask what did your neighbor do?

The thing is I never had any physical therapy after the surgery. The doctor didn't prescribe it and said I really didn't need it. I now wish maybe I had gone to a different doctor but he is the same surgeon that many of the the local colleges use and the professional sports teams around here...