Recent content by Country5175

Have you measured the distance to the lands of your rifling now with the same bullets you are using? As the rifling in the lands erodes, the bullet has more “jump” before it contacts the lands which decreases the pressure of your loads and therefore decreases the velocity of your load. If you...

I don’t think you could go wrong with either of those two scopes. If you wanted to save some money though I would give this scope a serious look. The bushnell elite and tactical line of scopes have been known for impeccable tracking and glass quality that hits way above their price tag. I don’t...

I’ve never used the razor spotting scope but I would also recommend the bushnell legend t-series spotting scope. It’s a little heavier than the razor but for the price I don’t think they can be beat. I own 2 legend rifle scopes and 3 or 4 bushell elite rifle scopes and the legend spotting scope...

That’s generally what a spotting scope is for respectfully. I could see though how good binoculars and a higher power scope could serve that purpose as well but personally would rather have a spotting scope to determine if an animal is worth the stalk or not.

I think you're spot on with the 1 in 9" twist rate. My pet load for my 7mm mag is the 162 eld-x with reloader 26. I have a Remington 700 and it has a 1 in 9.25" twist rate and it shoots .5 moa with that load and twist rate.

I would be interested in trying hammer bullets. I'm not trying to be rude and mean no disrespect and I don't feel like I have had my head down in the sand, but I have not heard of hammer bullets and I've been reloading over 20 years now. Where would I buy them and how much are they?

I'm pretty sure O'Connor stated that the 3100fps or faster impact velocities were around the point that he noticed the dramatic lighting bolt type kills seemed to occur, but once velocity dropped below that speed, the drt rate dropped significantly. Interesting that you were able to even get...

No he didn't because he claimed there wasn't a round big enough to produce the kind of velocity and energy needed to kill large dangerous game that a man could shoot from the shoulder. O'Conner was talking about non-dangerous deer sized game animals in the article I referenced.