Recent content by piper18

Yes,go ahead,the Alaska Dept. of fish and game tested it on real bears,,,,,mildly effective on inqusitive bears ,not effective on angry bears

The 270 and 7mm's with heavy premium bullets will do the job=pick your shots,,,please don't use a 243 on moose, unless you pick only brain shots! I guided hunters here in Alaska over 30 years(many moose kills included). 30 calibers are better,in my opinion. Just because they can be killed with...

Multitudes more moose have been taken with wood stocked rifles than with plastic,composit,fiberglass etc. stocked guns. It helps to linseed oil the raw wood parts of your stock ,if it's not already,glass bed the barreled action, I like to see a generous gap between barrel and forend,just in...

I had one built by McMillan Brothers years ago,26 inch bl. on a M70 action(they said they will not do that again),This was before we all went to high B.C. bullets,so was 1/12 twist for 180 grain bullets.3486 fps av. with 100 gr.R25. have gone to 3540 fps with 103 grains R25,loose primer pockets...