Recent content by coyotecrazy

I load 28.0 gr of H4895 in a CZ rifle for my brother. 32gr V-Max will shoot into .5in group or less everytime if you do your part.

I am getting just under 1 in at 100 yards. I really like the way the SST's shoot and more importanly the way they perform on antelope. I may tweak this load some just to see if i can make it shoot any better before next season. I may also try some different bullets and powders just to see if i...

The gun is a Ruger M77 Mark II in 280 Rem. I'm shooting a 139gr Hornady SST with 45.5gr of IMR 4064. Shot was ranged at 303 yards. Wind was a very light breeze from left to right.

I was lucky enough to draw an antelope tag for area 72 my first year applying. I went out knowing that there were a lot of goats in that area and I saw plenty of nice ones. This one caught my eye saturday night the 24 of September but couldn't get a good shot on him. Went out again sunday...

I also drew tags for that unit this year but nonresident. Never hunted over there but my cousin owns a ranch over there and talking to him there are some nice antelope and plenty of them.

Drew my first year applying for Area 73. Excited for my first out of state hunt!

Why do smiths tend to stay away from a M77 action?

Thanks for the help. My next question would be is this cartridge worth the build or would you stay away from it?

I stumbled across this site on accident but visit daily now. There is great info. I am very interested in wildcats and although i have never built one I hope to someday. I found a wildcat in a book called the 6mm swift that interested me. I was wondering if anyone out there has one or has ever...