Recent content by MOA Chaser

Thank you! I have a few pounds of H1000!

Can I ask what powder you are using?

Anyone have any comments concerning Bergers in the smaller calibers? I have a .257 Wby and have considered loading some 115's for testing. I have had good success out to 500 yards with 100 grain NBT's on Whitetail. Just thought it might be fun to see what how the Bergers perform.

After 110 replies I have decided. I'm switching to Partitions! lightbulb:D

I've been shooting Bergers in a 30-378 (210 VLD) and they are very accurate. Yesterday was my first time hunting with them. Kind of a test. I watched a buck (just a spike) cross a field and stop right by my old target at 300 yards so I thought why not. :) Put the crosshair on his shoulder...

All of my non-magnum CF rifles are zeroed at 200 yards. Magnums at 300. Zero at 200 and have her shoot a group at 300. If she has a standard "duplex" reticle use the top of the bottom post and see where it hits at 300 . I have a little cheat sheet for my duplex scopes with my standard handloads...

I don't really have a hunting knife? I have a whole drawer full of knives but I rarely ever use them! Here at the house where I do 90% of my hunting (deer) I drag the carcasses to the skinning rack and I use an Old Timer boning knife for everything. Soft steel, easy to sharpen, great for...

I measured an adult doe the other day and from the top of the back to the belly was 18 inches, just behind the shoulder.

I dated a PhD in college who told me that she was sending a styrofoam ball using some form of a photon gun running above 18,000 mph (26,400 fps). It was cutting holes through steel plates. She moved to Los Alamos and I lost contact with her. Probably a good thing. :D

Wby shot a 30 grain bullet out of a 30-378 back in the '50's that went beyond 5K.

Thank you. That looks like good stuff! :D

Or the exact opposite. Take for example the .300 Blackout that some think is the ultimate hunting round. I recently read an article where the author extolled the virtue of the 110 grain Barnes TAC-TX bullet having wonderful penetration and expansion out to 300 yards. This from a bullet that has...

Thanks Cliff. Were those antelope all taken at the same distance? Using my "rule of thumb", and for the sake of argument...let's say a 30-30 loaded with a 150 grain bullet has a retained energy of about 800 footpounds at 200 yards. Most of us will agree that a 30-30 is basically a 200 yard...

I've always limited my rifle/ammo and effective hunting range based on a minimum of 1,000 foot pounds of energy at that specific range. I remember reading that years ago in several rifle and hunting books and periodicals. I was checking zero on my 257 Bee yesterday (sweet gun, <1 MOA) using 100...

As a side note, your average commercial jetliner flies faster than a .38 Special. :)