Recent content by hitsthemark

Answer and opinion To answer your question before giving an opinion, I think the Remington will be a great choice to build your .260 on....if you have the right guy to build it. It will easily do everything you want. A Savage 110 flp would also be good, although many guys don't like working on...

I second that motion I also would recommend the .308. The venerable 30-06 is also not a bad choice but to get an appreciable difference you might have to get a rifle heavier and more cumbersome than she would be happy with. Using a .308, she will have a very large variety of actions and...

Try to look on the bright side Which can be hard to do...BUT. The average masses read such an article and conclude that an hour at the range, a box of surplus ammo, and a few clicks of the scope will have them all ready to take down Trophy Bulls at 2000-3000 yards......The bright side? I...

I am currently working up loads for my Ruger No.1 in .308 Winny. I intend to primarily use the rifle in hunting of Deer and Elk. I am getting great groups with 168 gr. AND 180 gr. Winchester CT ballistic Silvertips.......and I am getting great groups with 165 gr. and 180 gr. Accubonds. My...

I know it's not too creative or sexy.........but I like rocks. Plain old rocks. There are likely already tons there. You can set-em atop posts and rails.....pick various sizes.....hang them from cords-twine. Old onion and potato bags hold them nicely too. They puff debris......sometimes...

I have a question about the approximate effect of a particular ammo on one of my rifles. I have a Savage 110flp that shoots very well and is quite nice for hunting. It really likes the Federal High Energy Cartridge loaded with partitions at 2740 fps. At least in my rifle, that factory round is...

Your wish to preserve the rug is understandable......but risky. More important is quickly and humanely dispatching the cat. You certainly don't want to wound it and have it escape. Someone else might end up picking up that tab. The recommendations for FMJ bullets that wont expand much...

After using my .308 to bag an Elk, a friend of mine had to have one. He asked me a question that frankly.....I don't know how to answer. I am hoping some of you do. He decided that he was only going to shoot one ammo through this new rifle for all hunting purposes so that accuracy would be...

Perusing this forum and many others always proves that most of us still have views on the old Keith-O'Connor debate of larger-slower bullets VS. smaller-faster ones. I realized that any such lomg standing debate could only be settled through an act of congress.....so.....I wrote my congressman...

I have a recommendation for you that I shall call: "The elk I kinda sorta almost got". My friends and I just returned from Elk camp. I had taken my new ( relatively) .338 win mag. My friends were packing a 7mm, and a 7mmultra mag. I had also taken my Savage .308 sort of as a back-up for all...

Thanks Dave. I wanted to ask what bullet(s) were used. I notice many posters use MatchKings at these ranges. I also womder if you know what bullet your friend used on his elk? I would pose the same question about bullet choice to Ian as well.

I have noticed that while most shooters agree that standard .30 calibres ( .308 win and 30-06) will effectively take deer or elk at 300 yards and under, opinions vary when talking 300-600 yards. I would like to hear views on taking deer or elk with these calibres at these ranges.......assuming...

The Savage is a .308. Never fired and with a brand new scope. This works out well since I already own a beautiful old (1969) Remington 760 Gamemaster pump in .308 that is 95% and a superb brush gun. The Savage will work for longer ranges and accept hotter loads. I will probably invest in a...

How true longreach how true!! I suspect that had I now bought the .308 first...I might not have bought the .338 second!!! Once the Savage answered that part of my need and the desire for "one rifle" was abolished.....the purchase of the .338 was easy!! The great deal on the BAR .338 suddenly...

Congrats on a really nice animal Bud. May I ask at what range this was shot from? It sounds like from what I'm heaing here and other places that the Gameking, despite not being an expensive or "bonded" bullet, holds together very well at most ranges. Again...congrats!