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Iron Worker, Thanks for the kind words. When you compare scopes whether rifle or spotting scopes, the magnification if stated equally or 20 power in your examples, should be exactly that. Some brands will quote on their technical specs that the actual magnification may be slightly off, such as...

When looking at scope tube diameter, you can't mess with "fact" and opinions are invalidated by the "fact" that the human eye has a maximum exit pupil or light gathering ability, to 7mm only. As long as the scope has the ability to create a 7mm exit pupil and nearly all 1 inch tubes will do...

Some additional Info for you. New brass ( factory ammo) measured .545" in front of the case head. After firing, the cases miked .549" Full length resizing went bak to .548" and second firing opened the dimension only .001" Overall length in the Remington's was 3.361" OAL in the Winchester was...

G'Day Blokes, I am on my 3rd .300 RUM. The first 2 were Remington Stainless 700's and the new one is a Model 70 Stainless. In the Remington's, (both) Best performance and .5 MOA accuracy was with H 1000 and Woodleigh Weldcore bullets. In both rifles, they liked 102 grains with the 165 grainers...

TASCO. Not a misprint either. What you won't know about this "el cheapo" brand is that they have essentially two product lines and one is made in Taiwan and the other in Japan. The "Tasco World Class Plus" as opposed to the "World Class" is made in Japan and has lenses and Turrets made to...

I am fortunate in that I have killed hundreds of animals using Barnes X bullets since they came out in 1989. I have used them in most cartridges from .223 up to the world's most powerful varmint rifle, the .460 Weatherby. The triple shocks I have used in .25/06, 7X57, .30/06, .300 RUM, .340...

As a gun writer, I have tested countless scopes over the last 42 years and all manufacturers fear me becuase I do 2 things no other writer does. Firstly, I actually test the scope, instead of taking pretty pictures and regurgitating the sales brochure. Secondly, I wind the scope around the...

Gents, There is no guarantee of success in primers. The only thing you can do is batch buy and buy more than you will ever need. In the 1970's. I had 3 miss fires in 3 differencet rifles on the one hunting trip. All primers were Remington and two on the rifles were using factory loads. Not one...