Recent content by Bruce Hanson

Same here also. I first purchased a Glock model 40 then added a lone wolf complete inside and barrel. I put a Holosun solar charged green dot on it for hunting. However for bear protection I didn't want to be looking for the dot. Ill fall back on law enforcement training and concentrate on...

I know he really liked the 338 Caliber. He was always pushing the performance of the 44 Special and is probably remembered most in pushing Remington to develope the 44mag. After years of 44 mag 310g pushed to 1350 and surgery on my wrist I finally bought a couple 10mm. The 200 g at 1400fps...

I remember reading Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith going at the velocity vs large caliber debate. Jack shot everything in North America with a 270 Winchester and his favorite load was a 130g over 60g od H4831. Keith didn't think you shoukd shoot a deer with anything under 338 caliber. Both...

I have had good luck and bad luck with match bullets. The 75g Hornady match I have excellent results with my 223 on Coyotes. Look at the bullets before you purchase. I called and asked Hornady why some look like the tip has been swaged. The tech said when they test and the bullets don't meet...

Lengthwise through a whitetail doe at 500 yards. Lapua 155 g Silver Scenar started at 2850 fps. My son found it on the ground behind her, and within two feet.

I have had over a dozen ranfinders. The first four or five were Bushnell, then two Lieca, at least three Nikons, a Swarovski, and now my third Sig and a Vortex Razor 4000. I Sent my Sig 2200 in because it was failing. They sent back a Sig Kilo5K. Of all the rangefinders the Swarovski still...

I have often wondered if the moly even makes it to the barrel muzzle, much less lengthwise through a deer. It sure was hyped for years. Now all my moly coating equipment sets in a closet. The bullet in the picture was factory coated

It's been so long I don't remember the Scenars ballistics coefficient to calculate it. It was shot out of a Remington 700P with a 26 inch barrel that I pushed it to 2940 fps.

This is the 155 gr Silver Scenar from a 308 shot lengthwise through a doe at 550 yards. Not sure what I hit, but she dropped on the spot. Getting to her we needed to dispatch her because something paralyzed her, but did not kill her. Normally if a bullet exits they are off to never never...

Welcome from North Dakota where there is 90 inches of snow still on the ground and 12 new inches yesterday. I was here 10 or 12 years ago, but became to busy administering an outdoor site. Now since Facebook its nearly dead so there is more time to talk firearms.

I have been reading information on this site for a couple of years. As a matter of fact because of some information on here I switched from R17 to Retumbo in my 6.5x284. I gained only about 50fos, but it cut my group from .6 to .25 which is great. I don't know what I bumped to make the last...

Ooops big fingers on small phone created post accidentally.

Contact Longshot 300, he has a Savage heavy barrel for sale that groups .25 inch at 100. He purchased a Winchester Coyote that is a little lighter and he really likes it. He want some other rifles so doesn’t want to keep more than a couple .223’s. I know he was asking under $500 for it with...

It is kind of like tree stand hunting, but as you notice without the trees. I had some new loads that needed testing so four rifles for four deer. My first curiosity was the 175 gr SMK out of my 308 at 2650 fps. I have read that SMK’s are not good for deer because they shoot through like full...

I have shot a few deer in the head. I shot one in the head last year and remember why I quit. I like the meat and when you head shoot a deer everything shuts down fast. This leaves a lot of blood in the meat. Compare a steak from a bow shot and a rifle shot deer. The bow shot venison is...