Recent content by Orange Dust

This is why I have been preaching this for years now. When you buy or build a new gun, buy enough brass and components to last the life of the barrel. Used to just be brass, but times change. If you cannot get the right ones, choose a different cartridge. Yes, It adds to the costs. It also will...

This has been years ago when the Game and Fish flatly denied Mt Lions existed in the wild in Arkansas. I was hunting in a box stand with my youngest daughter. Since I wasn't allowed to shoot a deer when with her (those were hers) I developed the habit of hunting Bobcats with my .17 Remington...

I can't go there and say anything that won't get me banned, so no comment.

I always wanted a Coonan in 10mm Magnum. Everything would work but the barrel. I started to buy a 357 and have one made, but they went belly up and now the price of a used one is stupid. They could have made a 6" 10 and what if??

They are the real deal. I have 2 on squared uppers. Both shoot really well with factory loads. About 3/4" average. 1/2 that with good handloads. Another real sleeper for a hunting gun is AR Performance. They make the 6 8 into a whole nuther cat. Put a good brake on one of their 18" barrel and it...

Go for it then

Now, having said all I have, please consider one more thing. The big guns we have been telling you need(and you do) to pull off a 1000 yd bull are incredibly intimidating to shoot in a hunting weight rifle. Recoil and blast will teach you to flinch in a hurry. You have to work up to them and...

Here is another reason for very big guns at long range in the mountains that those who haven't been there done that don't realize. I shot a big ram one time across a canyon. He was on the mountain on the other side. Took the shot at about 9am. He went down and slid maybe 50 yds and piled up on a...

For a whole bunch of reasons, I would not choose less than 30cal or a case that would hold 100grs. Bullets need to be heavy for cal with high bc and not bonded. 1000 is a long poke. There is a huge difference between 6-700 and 1000-1100 shooting big game. There is no such thing as too much gun...

Almost everyone here is giving you good advise. Here is mine. First, buy enough brass and and now unfortunately primers to last the life of the barrel. If you cannot get these, choose something else. Then work up your load with powder and bullets that are available. Then quickly buy enough of...

If you get a 1911, I would get a 6". More velocity, sight radius, and just run better with the lower slide velocity. I still would shoot a .41 or .44 mag revolver if hunting deer as a primary weapon and not a backup.

Depends on how it's stocked and how it fits you

Whatever you get, get a 6". Get adj sights or a way to mount a dot. Just like rifles the more accurate the better. But, while I have both, if actually hunting with it and not backup, I'll choose my 44 every time.

Midsouth has them on sale for a grand with a free bullet feeder. That's a good price for a 10 station press with a case feeder and a bullet feeder. Anyone have one? Would love to hear from someone who has or has run a Dillon, and has one of these that can compare. I have a Dillon now for high...

I use mandrels and turned necks. some use bushings. In load development it is after bullet jump for me. Don't know about others.