Recent content by Panhandle Pete

I loaned a " friend" a stainless frame Contender with an 12" SSK 45-70 barrel topped with a 2xERL Leupold - neet gun and would flip rabbits- that is all I ever got to shoot with it as the guy said one of his wife's friends must have stolen it during a party. I got the shoulder holster back but...

Do your M8 6's happen to be 6X42 and I am interested in the 12X- PM me please.

Welcome from the GREAT STATE of TEXAS!

I shoot them in my Shilen DGA 243 Win. 1x10 twist, they shoot little bity groups and reek havoc on antelope and feral hogs.

Interesting choice of powder. it is the same I use in my custom 340 Weatherby pushing 225 Nosler Accubonds. I will give it a try. How many grains do you use with this load?

Try 50 grain, the 53 VMAX grain requires a faster twist if I remember correctly. EDIT-Sorry, I looked it up and they recommend 1x12 twist. I had oreded these bullets but my factory Remington guns have a 1x14 twist and will not work in them. You may be just on the border of stable with your 1x12...

I have 5 - 6XC guns- three have Schneider 1 X 7.5 twist ( per D.T. recommendation when I started building 6XC's) two guns likes 41.5 grains of H4350 pushing a Hornady 103 ELDX- another one likes 42 grains of H4350 pushing the same bullet- I use this load on my 105 Berger VLD Hunting bullets...

Welcome aboard from Texas!

I went on a guided hunt in BC in 1985 flown in to a remote lake with 5 tags for GB- moose- caribou - wolverine & mountain goat. My guide had an Airedale Terrier that was with us for all 10 days of my hunt, the dog could smell a porcupine from hundreds of yards away, he would break and go after...

Glad to see you survived Tulsa!

No problem here identifying that gun-I had it built in 1985 - Rem700 ADL - 280 AI barreled by Shilen #4 sporter is and old Brown Precision synthetic stock, not only deer, but elk and antelope also. I might need to thrash some pigs this year with it. My favorite load has been 60 grains of H1000...

I just looked up Ruger American Predator at on one of my wholesalers and list is around $700, you should find a street price of just over $600

Heck ranch bulls have put a lot of people in the hospital or under ground-buffalo are a lot more dangerous.

I only have 5 or 6- 6XC guns including the one you guys built for me, great cartridge and easy to hit accuracy loads, works great on everything from prairie dogs- deer- pigs ect and just a lot of fun to shoot. I can vouch that the Peterson brass is outstanding.

I just ordered a Game Warden for my Stiller- #4 Schneider barreled 22-250 AI, it currently sit in an McMillan Edge stock that is a little too skinny on the forarm for my liking. It will be for sale whe the Game Warden arrives.