Recent content by bubbadad

I have 2 98’s custom built rifles. First is in 22-250 with i think a shilian pensil barrel that i made a 1002 yard kill on a parriedog shooting hand loads. Second has a shaw 1 1/4” barrel that is 26 inches long ( barrel alone weighs 9pounds ) in 6.5 creedmoor.

You did not mention the savage 110 in your list of candidates. I love my savages ! Very accurate, easy to reconfigure any way you want or need.

I would sell them cheap.

Where is home for you? I hunted pd for about 7 years in north dakota . Traveling from southern indiana. I used 17 hmr ,204,22-250. My 204 was good to 600 yards. Now 70 years old and lost a leg so no more trips. But still have 700 plus loaded rounds of 32 and 34 grain loads wanting to be shot...

Only use single stage presses anymore for quality control. Tried a progressive one time, had a squib . Never again!

Barrel alone weighs 9 pounds! An no I don’t pack it in field.

Killed my first p-dog with at-15 in 223. Next year I took a 204 and never switched back. I shot 32 grain bullets out to 600 yards . And yes it was windy in southern North Dakota.

My one and only ! Killed opening morning of deer season with my ar15 platform in 6x45 cal. 50 yards thru neck , dropped where he was.

Made my longest kill shot on a prairie dog (1002 yards) on a Mauser 98 action with pencil barrel shooting 40 grain Molly coated bullets. 35 mile per hour wind at my back. Love that gun! Wish I could still go dogging.

I also love my 110’s

I was at an estate auction a couple of years ago and got 7 one pound cans. I had never used it but heard a lot of chatter on sites about pixie dust performance. Cost me a lot about 12.50 to 14.00 a pound.

If I remember correctly I paid 17.00 for out of state license for the year. We would go for a week and burn up 3000 rounds. I used 17 hmr, 204, and 22-250. We put a hurting on them. Lol . But I did make a 1002 yard kill . And I shot. Better then 60%

It’s been a couple of years since I last went but we used to go to southern North Dakota near a little town called marmarth . Hunted grasslands just outside of town. We also hunted a lot of private ranches in the area.

I have hunted most of the animals that I wanted to. Only bucket list is cararabo that I can’t seem to be able to spell today. Just turned 70 and lost a leg this year, so it will remain there for one of you youngun.

SPS had some just last week