Recent content by sewoodruff

Remember that a paper target doesn't care if the arriving bullet has 5 ft-lbs of remaining energy or 5000 ft-lbs, but it does make a difference to a game animal. The same is true for velocity. For game the bullet must arrive at the animal with sufficient energy and velocity to work as intended...

What you're seeing is inflation. The $100 bill used to get you five boxes of ammo, now it's only good for four. The range for some unknown reason is following the economy.

Though a long time hunter I am new to this forum. I grew up in Michigan and when I was old enough to buy a rifle I chose a Remington 742 carbine in 30-06 with no scope because I hunted deer mostly in swampy and thickly wooded areas because many deer moved there as soon as the gunfire started on...

I have a Leupold VX II 2x7 on a .375 H&H. It's been there for over 30 years with no problems.