Recent content by revvystroke

Good old thread revival idahoelk....I enjoyed reading the opinions and such of the other posters. I just wanted to update you guys, I haven't yet made the jump to anything other then the trusty 30-06 and 7.62 rifles I own. I did take a young grizzly last year with my 7.62x54, it was only about...

Looking for some glass to top a .50 interested in a leopold mark 4 with a bors system. Anyone out there have experience with this? Is it just a fancy ballistics computer? I won't use it for anything but long range paper punching on the .50 but I would like to try it on my AR's for hunting, can...

Re: For all you people thinking of getting started but are intimidated by the dollars I figure once I find myself a good combo I like I will pay however much it costs. Reasoning is I don't want to be stuck with mid range when I decide I really enjoy shooting from afar and sell the old setup at...

Whats the BC on that? Mustn't be pretty good I thought birch was all the rage nowadays.

Whats the BC on that? Mustn't be pretty good I thought birch was all the rage nowadays.

Thanks guys I'll read up on the 338 mag. I lost a couple brown bears this season, that were a couple miles away, I stalked them to within 1000 yards but the wind shifted and they turned tail.

I am from Northern Alaska, I hunt brown and black bears, caribou and moose on the open tundra. Sitting on the tundra you have 5+ miles visibility. My only rifles are chambered in 7.62x54 and .30-06. I want a rifle that I can use to reach out a little farther then my .30-06. I want something that...