Recent content by Mesarifle

Agreed! Anything to get us out into the fields and stave off having to clean the garage out! "Not this weekend honey; I've got to go out with the boyz and do some very serious testing. Ballistic science and all; you wouldn't understand it though: very complicated. And boring too. What do...

Re: Shot placement, bear facing hunter? And... a hungry polar bear. I was working up in Churchill, MN in the late '70s, and was out walking, looking for ptarmigan. so, stupidly, I had #6 bird shot loaded into my Rem. 870 Deerstalker. I heard a crunch in the snow behind me, turned to see a polar...

Wow! A great photo, and a truly wonderful shot. I would like to comment however on the cartridge, in the spirit of ebate and discussion: the .284 didn't make too much of a splash back when it first came out (196XX??), probably because of the existing and ballistically hotter 7 Rem Mag, and...

My long-ago background was as a bear biologist. I started out working with polar bears, then went on to study grizz and lots of black bears in B.C., the Yukon, the NWT and finally Alaska. As well as time in Churchill, Manitoba ("The Polar Bear Capitol of the World!" or so it says...). I...

Yep: Mesa RifleWorks, E-Burg. In the book, or PM me. I don't want to be seen as advertising here! (V. excited about this Thursday though: my new Springfield M1A NatMatch is arriving. Then off to teh desert, after I figure it all out!).

Howdy. Great forum; interesting reading. I'm a long-time shooter (started in about 1964, best as I kin 'member, sonneee.... or was it 1864.....). Been building custom rifles since my first commercial one in 1988, and am also a competitive (well, sort of.... if'n I could only see the danged...