Recent content by racerngr1

I'm in So. Cal. and am looking for a ranch to go harvest my first 4 legged animal. I would like to get something that tastes really good (boar, deer, bison, etc...). I will be using a 30-06. Also, I'm willing to travel to CO, AZ, and NV for my first hunt.

Do you know how much elevation it has?

As of today I have never killed an animal. My mom is engaged to a hunter who has been to Africa a half dozen times and has many grand slams of all different species mounted on his wall and I have the bug to hunt bad. I currently have 2 deer tags for this year and am anxious to get at it. One...

Enter me in Lapua brass contest.

I'm looking for my new rifle caliber. For the last week, I've been set on getting an 700P in 338 LM but the more homework that I do on this caliber, I'm just not sure if I can afford the ammo even though I do my own reloading. Now I'm thinking of 338 Winchester Mag to go along with my 30-06 and...

Too bad California is no fun :/

So you look at velocity at the POI? That would be interesting to know how much each bullet mfg. needs to do this to an optimum level.

So do you look at how much energy the bullet is going to impact the target with? So for instance if if a bullet impacts the target with 1,200 lt/lb of energy at 500 yards is that enough or do you want something with more? What is that magic number in ft/lb's that you look for?

Do you ever get more technical when selecting a caliber to hunt a specific animal with such as looking at the engergy at 500 yards and determining whether that would be adequate for your goal, or just say "I'll take my 30-06 for my deer that I'm expecting to hunt at 600 yards, should be good."...