Recent content by JaseinMT

You're welcome to your opinion...mine is that anything under 4 is crappy, and that anything under 5 is not worth the money. Which is why I prefer the 24 cals. I can use a smaller case to push the same weight bullet to have more energy at long range compared to a 25 cal with greater case...

The quarter-bores have always been handicapped by slow standard twist rates, and the resultant low-BC bullets. I blame this on the lack of a past standardized military round in the caliber. There are 22, 6mm, 6.5, 7mm, and 30 cal that were or are designed to shoot long-for-caliber bullets in...

I think the OP made the better choice, but having hunted quite a bit with a Roberts and hot handloads and a 243 with both handloads and factory fodder, I prefer the 243 to the 25 cal, for several reasons. One is the faster twists standard in the 243. Another is the cheap and widely available...

30-06 is my huckleberry, if the shots will be short-to-long.

I'm jealous of all the wildcat guys. I'd love to have more oddballs, like a 35-30 Imp. That one keeps poking at me. I've been thinking about a 450 Bushmaster in a bolt gun for a long time as well...

I love my '06. It's a Remington BDL, and with its preferred load with 185 VLDs I get 2730 and less than 2" groups at 300. I'm completely confident in this setup for deer and elk in the areas I hunt in MT for deer and elk. At some places, the shots can stretch on the long side, and at elevations...

A friend of mine on a tight budget wanted to take up hunting. He got one of these in 30-06 for Christmas a few years ago. I helped him get it set up and shooting. I will say it shot pretty well with the few types of factory ammo he had purchased. The Federal 180gr Powerpoints were consistently...

Re: Physical Training For Mountain Hunts Steve, I wanted to slightly counterpoint your great comments. I'm in my forties, with a work-injured back and arthritic joints all over, I find that lifting weights is essential to staying healthy and mobile. Cross-training has long been proven to...

Steve, I wanted to slightly counterpoint your great comments. I'm in my forties, with a work-injured back and arthritic joints all over, I find that lifting weights is essential to staying healthy and mobile. Cross-training has long been proven to improve athletic performance, and strong, dense...

With a single bullet, in a specific caliber, in guns that are similar, one can simply look at powder charges and velocity, and get relative efficiency comparisons. Short, fat cartridges shooting fat bullets at the maximum pressure allowed in the platform are the most efficient. Small capacity...

I'm surprised no one posting here has been to Buffalo Bore's website and read Tim Sundle's q&a on handguns and bears. According to him, a heavy, flatnosed, non-expanding bullet in 9mm will put down a grizz, but you have to be cool-headed, and shoot it in the head. When I'm in bear/wolf/lion...

Since you load, you can load for whatever recoil level you are comfortable with. Not every shot needs to be blazing. That is the great thing about handloading: tailoring your ammo to your needs. Start at the lighter end, if you're concerned about recoil. You may stay there, or you may move to...

2 years ago, I worked up a load for a gentleman shooting that very bullet at 3150 mv. He has killed a few deer and an elk with it. I didn't get all the details from him, other than that he is utterly pleased. Half-inch groups at 100. He doesn't take shots beyond 400, but as I understood it, his...

I hunt with an '06 for elk. 800 is a serious stretch, particularly with a lighter bullet like the 180 SST. I'm guessing you're a newbie to elk hunting. Most shots are closer to 400, unless you plan for and set up for a LR shot. You can get to 800 and do the job effectively with an '06, but...

I have experience with the 185 and 190 VLDs at 70 to >450 yds on deer and elk at '06 and SAUM velocities (2750-2850mv), forward ribs shots, angles close to broadside, and have had good exits every time, about 1.5" diameter. I know my experience doesn't mesh with others' reports, but with near a...