Recent content by sdbm4

Custom is picking parts from vendors that are available to the public and building a rifle from them that is set up to your exact specifications. From bolt knobs to barrel and bolt fluting to metal coatings, stock colors and length of pull all the way down to picking out the chamber reamer specs...

I shoot a marlin, the wife and my oldest shoot savages and my youngest shoots a Henry. All are quite accurate and fun. 17 hmr just seems to be inherently accurate. I love mine suppressed.

You forgot to mention when the animal runs off wounded because joe the attorney gets the shakes from buck fever and his 20,000$ shooting system/ long range class- hunt did little to help. In my opinion all a setup like this does is give false confidence to people who haven’t spent years building...

Gunwerks rifles are notoriously overpriced, many of their rifle and scope combinations reaching around 10,000.00$ It doesn’t take to much research to find that you can build a full blown custom through the best shops for significantly less. I have been around and shot several of the rifles. They...

In my experience shooting the Barnes bullets it doesn’t come down so much to velocity as much as bullet placement. By placement I mean it seems that they worked best when driven through heavy bone. Instead of shooting for the vitals I would hold directly on the front shoulder. In over 14...

Caribou 728 yards 300 ultra mag.

Your literally on a website called long range hunting and you choose to be negative about the practice of shooting game at long distance? Maybe this isn’t the site for you. Many of us spent a lot of time and money learning how to consistently take game at long distance. If you want to keep your...

I think we all know that the gunwerks stuff is overpriced by now. Do they build a decent product, I believe they do but it’s not for everyone. My smith is well know and a hell of a guy that treats people very fair if not too generously. Good components are not cheap but can be had at a far...

The twin falls area has somewhat dried up over the years. I think a lot of it is due to the rockchuck derby that was held for many years in the bliss area. That and like many other areas in Idaho people are expanding and good ground is being covered by subdivisions. There are rockchucks around...

My oldest boy who is 15 recently decided to part with some hard earned cash and decided on a 300 rum in a Remington 700 long range. After sending it down to the fellas at spartan precision rifles in San Jose it received a new Timney trigger, bedding job, and an apa little bastard gen 2 brake. We...

Marc soulie and the crew at spartan precision rifles in San Jose build some phenomenal rifles. I had him build a 300 and 6.5 creed for me over the last couple years. Very knowledgeable, friendly, and affordable.

RAM 38 I NEVER CLAIMED THAT SAVAGE IS THE END ALL BE ALL OF ACCURATE RIFLES I JUST SAID THAT FOR THE MONEY MINE SHOOTS VERY WELL. AND WHERE I COME FROM ITS NOT WHAT YOU SHOOT BUT HOW WELL YOU SHOOT IT. gun)

Not sure about your 280 ai but i have had experience shooting 180 gr swift scirroco and 168 barnes tts out of 300 rum on caribou and both had massive exit wounds even past 350 yards. Thats a lot of gun for yotes but i see your thought about the ranges that it will reach. gun)

My savage 12 fv in 204 shoots great, a little heavy for carrying or off hand shooting but find a good rest and watch the rock chucks fly and the coyotes buckle.