Recent content by Jbaisley

I have both the Kenetrek mountain extreme 400 and the crispi guide gtx. I personally prefer the Kenetrek, I like the way it fits better and never had hotspots. They take a bit to get broke in unlike the crispi that feels ready to go out of the box. I have also had a light pair of danners but...

After the front breaks off there is not much expansion left. Most are pass throughs with a small wound channel. Most took a second shot, they did not work as well as larger calibers. These are good .280 expansion vs the .243.

My daughters have used a 243 with 85gr tsx for most of their elk in the past. That being said I would shoot the partition, accubond, or something similar. I have recovered a couple of the Barnes and all the petals are broke off. Going to see if the accubonds will shoot out of it. All of the...

I have loaded the 85gr Barnes for both my kids. They have taken several mule deer and a couple cow elk with good placement but some needed a second shot. What I have found on a couple recovered bullets is the petals are breaking breaking off leaving a .243 cylinder. I am going to try some...

I bought my 11 year old daughter a Savage trophy hunter xp youth in .243 and it shoots excellent. We use 85 grain Barnes tsx and have taken deer and elk with it. I moved my 14 year old daughter to a Savage lady hunter in .270 win. Recoil is not too bad and like it better for elk but the recoil...

Thanks for the feedback. The Remington 700 is the direction I have been leaning. I was leaning towards the Sendero because I like the look and know a couple of friends that own them with great results. The vortex scope is probably what I would go with along with a different trigger and a break...

I'm new to the sport and need help deciding on which route to go on a rifle. I have a 300 win mag in an old Ruger m77 MK II ss. Would I be better off to rebuild off this action ( new barrel and stock ) or get a new savage lrh or Remington sendero. I would stay with the 300 win because I already...