Recent content by Mark Hilburger

I would do a Ruger American Hunter in 6.5CM or 308. The stock is amazing. Put more money in the glass than the rifle. A great scope can make the difference of shoot/no-shoot and almost any new rifle will work for a deer at those ranges. Also put in for a suppressor if its legal to hunt with...

I would go for head or neck. I thinking your asking a lot of that little bullet to go through two lungs, and if you hit a rib on the way in who knows what will happen?

I need to upgrade my spotting scope and a new 500 yard range opened by me. I am thinking of buying the Diamondback 20-60x80. Has anyone used one that far out? I am trying to keep it in the $500 range. Any other suggestions? I have a diamondback 4-16 and I am way impressed. I was able to...

I don't know. I tried calling it just rang. He has done that before. He has done a number of trigger jobs for me in the past, I will be bummed if he closed his shop.

I had one made by Smokeless Muzzle Loaders in Indiana and would highly recommend it. I have done a 5 round 7/8" group at 100 yards with it. I have also shot a woodchuck at 200 yards with it --he was standing up daring me so I had to. You send him a H&R or Thompson lower half, and he sends it...

What Caliber?

Get a Silencerco Hunter in 308 if you can. Its a muzzle break and can all put together. Its best thing since scopes.

I would never use a muzzle break in the woods. The sound will travel a lot farther and spook way more animals. You will never notice the recoil when hunting.

I think you can get the accuracy you looking for in a factory rifle these days. Save the money on the rifle and put it into a better scope than you might be planning. I have two Ruger Americans 308 and 6.5 in Magpul Stocks and they shoot 0.5 MOA. My 6.5 will bang steel at 950 yards with the...

I normally hunt with a Ruger American 308 in a Magpul stock. I recently got bit by the long range shooting bug, and I would like to keep a rifle close to my 308. I have a Ruger American 6.5 CM in a magpul stock. I am able to bang steel at 950 yards, but the hornady 140 start flying all over...