Recent content by ltrmc02

I bought an inexpensive 2-6x32 pistol scope a few years ago and used in on a .357 mag awhile, took a couple deer with that setup. I've since bought a .44 mag and put that scope on it and it lasted maybe 30 rounds before something internally came loose. I understand that a fixed power is more...

I've got a touch of that gun fever again and am kind of wanting a 7mm-08. I'd like a 24" (#2 or medium sporter contour or whatever size comes on the typical Rem 700 ADL/BDL) and a decent stock. I've always liked the feel of a HS Precision but never had one. I wish Hogue would make a copy of...

:( Such ugly surprises can occur quickly, glad the shooter came out unscathed.

I also had another friend that went to his local gun shop to buy a brand new Ruger LCP then bought a box of .380ACP to go along with his new pistol. He went out and shot it, not sure with what accuracy success but later that day I came by to check out his new pistol and noticed it wasn't a LCP...

A friend of mine took his son deer hunting a couple years back and was toting some loose rounds for both his and his son's rifle in his coat pocket :(. After his son shot a deer with his .243 Winchester then dad tried finishing the deer off at less than 20 yards away and missed twice with his...

I definitely love the Remington 700, currently have three of them and have owned many others that I now wish I had never sold. Other than the sorry trigger on the first gen Vanguard I think I like it about as good as the 700. I'm just trying to talk myself into another rifle that I really...

Thanks for all the statements about the Howa Mini Action, lots of good points to consider there. I think I'll limit my search to the Vanguard S2 and bed my B&C stock to it. I kind of been wanting a .223 bolt action off and on for awhile now but have kept talking myself out of it as the safe is...

I've got an older Vanguard .308, not the newer S2 version, with a Bell & Carlson stock that I like and am thinking about buying a newer .223 Vanguard S2 or maybe a Howa .223, short action, and wondering if my B&C stock will fit the newer models and if there's any external differences in the .223...

I'm changing the name of this new wild cat as I measured it's NO NECK diameter after posting, it'll be the .338-243 NO NECK. I'll probably do like Remington did with the .280 and change it's name three times to keep the confusion going and popularity down. 7mm-06, 7mm Express, .280 Remington.

A co-worker of mine designed a new cartridge over the Thanksgiving weekend that I'll call the .358-243 NO NECK. This is formed by firing a .243 Winchester cartridge out of a .270 Winchester chamber. Of course this was not intentional, it was the event of carrying two different cartridges in a...

I ordered a Leupold VX-6 scope with the CDS-ZL elevation dial and was a bit disappointed when pulling it out of the box and finding out that it would only go up around 18 MOA in elevation from where ever the zero setting will be set at. The scope is capable of 70 MOA of adjustment internally...

I just picked up some IMR 7977 to try in a .280 Remington. For now I plan on shooting 154gr SST and 162gr Amax pills. What do you guys think I should start with standard or magnum primers?

Thanks, I did see the orange stickers on them and the though crossed my mind of that being the lot number but then I thought that the lot number would be important enough to be a more permanent fixture of the label and figured the orange sticker was an inspection designation or something...

I just order some H4895 in 8lb jugs and was going to compare lot #'s between them and a 1lb bottle I have but I can't find a lot # on any of them. I saw a 5 or 6 digit # starting with a T near the bar code. On the 1lb bottle I have there's a much longer sequence of numbers that I assume is the...

I didn't state my freezer was at -32F, I said it was at least below 32F the freezing mark or 0 Celsius. There are some freezers where I work that are set at -30C which is around -22F and that is one cold place to have to go in and work. That kind of cold will freeze your eye lashes and start...