Recent content by Kaptoe

Pins and cleaner. Lyman primer hand tool after cases are dry. Works great

As a vertical hunter I have moved on from thinking x bows should be banned. Whatever gets people in the woods is ok by me and yes xbows are easier but you still have to get close and hunt to kill

Lots of good stuff here. Keep practicing shooting from different positions. Living in Colorado and hunting 8k and up elevations the 5k terrain of Wyoming is pretty mild. Per other posters it will still be a big step up from SE whitetail hunting. Not knowing anything about your rifle set up if...

I have used RL26 and H100v with good success but have settled on H4350 as the best in mine. Even with a 1/9 twist I top out at 162gr eldx as heaviest I can stabilize. 150gr accubonds shoot great as well. awesome caliber, probably my favorite

Imr4064 works quite well for lighter bullet weights. Otherwise go with the slower burners

I have killed more deer and pigs with 125gr nosler ballistic tips out of a 308 than anything. That combo on mid sized game is flat out awesome. No need for apologies for 3000 fps nosler BT on deer

I have had outstanding performance from the 162 eldx out of a 280AI. At 110 yards a chunk of lung 1/3 the size of a tennis ball fell out of the exit wound. Seen some dramatic wounding before but never that much tissue on the ground. Buck made it 30 yards which was impressive For lower impact...

280ai but I am very interested in the 6.5rpm. Like the case design and had good luck with 6.5x284

I give them credit for developing the rifle. Interested to look one over and unless there is something really not to like can see buying one

They have corrected their site. Initial publish was 11 All good

Got the email as a savage email subscriber and was very interested in the impulse. Clicked the link and the weight was listed at 11lbs on their website. Sounds like they might have fixed an error which is good news. 8lb range puts it into "very interested" again.

They need to fix that on the web asap 8.5 lbs isn't light but would definitely have me take a look

So your not surprised it weighs 11lbs?

For clarity this is not a savage is ugly thread. Just questioning the weights

I am a long time savage fan and currently own 6 savage rifles. They are an innovative company so of course was not surprised to see them launch a line of straight pull rifles All excitement ended when I saw the 22" barreled straight pull rifle weighing in at 11lbs. This follows the launch of...