Recent content by esshup

If they are attacking one of your cats, do you have a cat in distress call on your caller? Go pattern that shotgun with the flight control wad and the buckshot. It might be a way tighter pattern than you expect. Pattern the shotgun at the distance you expect to shoot them. If you don't know...

New Savage 17 HMR, it (well they) were one of the package deals. Scope and bolt action rifle with tupperware stock. First one grouped 3" at 100 yds with the ammo that it "liked". Sold it to a guy I knew that wanted the action and scope. 2nd one was no better, I bought a 17 cal barrel off of...

You can't fight physics. You will just have to deal with the 3-5 shots at a time from the bench with the lightweight barrel. You can't dissipate the heat fast enough so the only option you have is a barrel cooler like what was said above. In the field, a lighter rifle is harder to shoot...

I may be completely mis-understanding the problem, but there was a company making a collet type sizing die for belted magnums (think Weatherby) to size the bottom of the brass without shoving the shoulder back a bunch. If you can't get it figured out maybe call them and see if they can make a...

Reloading for the .22 Hornet is looking better and better.....

It's here already. A local auction that charges 20% buyer premium just sold 2 boxes of .410 shells in one lot for $35/box before the premium and the next lot of 2 boxes sold for $30/each.

I was shooting 175g SMK's out of my 7mm Allen Magnum at 3495 fps. That's where the accuracy node was for it.

Spotter's Signature, a buddy developed a load for his friends 7mm Rem Mag using the 139g Barnes TTSX bullets. I don't want to post the load here because it's considerably hotter than what the book says. His friend took a 380 class bull Elk at 540 yds with it and it didn't go 20 yds, and was a...

Buying used rifles are always a gamble in my book. A buddy bought a used 7 Rem Mag Sendero, and he showed me some of the brass that was fired in it. Primer tried to extrude into the firing pin hole. I thought it could be saved by machining a bushing, but the gunsmith/machinist he took it to said...

That will be a purdy gun!!!!

Nothing wrong with the factory guns, with some work they can be pretty accurate. The majority of my guns are factory guns, but the OP wanted to know about custom guns and builders, not factory guns.

Kirby Allen, https://apsrifles.com/ 7mm Allen Magnum, Nesika Bay Model M, 30" Lilja #7 contour 30" Stainless steel, fluted barrel, Medium Painkiller muzzle brake, Manner MCS-GAT stock, HS Precision DM system. Nightforce NSX 5.5-22x50 NPR-1 reticle. Accuracy nodes are: 175g SMK's @ 3495 fps 180...

I get a set made every year when I go to the Grand American Trapshoot. $75 now for the pair but they work great. You have to sit there and not move or talk. Moving the jaw will screw up the way they fit and they won't work as they are supposed to. Once they set up, they pull them out and leave...

I would go with a .308, light weight bullets for practice and at a reduced velocity. Then do load development work for a 130 grain Barnes TTSX or a 150g Barnes TTSX at a faster velocity for him to hunt with. When he pulls the trigger on a deer he won't notice the increased recoil. The big thing...

For barrel cleaning, I don't use any abrasive paste, for copper just Wipe Out with accelerator, Montana Extreme or Hoppes Elite (for carbon). Nickel plated jag and a nylon brush (if required). I figure if the barrel is broken in properly and the patch goes down smoothly, then I don't need an...