Recent content by SilentlySoaring

I'm a 264 Win Mag bigot. That was the first rifle I purchased with my paper route money at 14 yrs of age. I would take it on any hunt but bear. It has been a DRT (dead right there) rifle. I've loaded it for several different bullets, and it loved all but a batch of one manufacturer. (I'll...

I have, or maybe I should say we have, since our family shares a group of Eberlestock packs. We have an old Eberlestock that I don't remember which model, but it's sort of a cross between their X1 Euro and the X1A3 Pack. And we do have the X1A3 pack. We like both of those a lot. Last fall I...

I can appreciate your dilemma. A few years ago we went on my first elk hunt in northern New Mexico. My son came with me to help pack out, and he carried a back-up rifle for me. My rifle of choice was a Win Model 70 Super Grade in 264 Win Mag that I had purchased almost 50 years ago. I knew...

Ok 'huntintoo' and 'bowkill02', you have to give us some details of your wives (age, injuries, defects, physical shape, appetite, etc.). I will talk to my wife. She just might like having another wife around to help with things. And we've got an extra Eberlestock M5 Team Elk pack that might...

I do not see a reply answering this post from 6 years ago. From what little I know about the Winchester 'Sharpshooter', the difference was the bolt. The "Classic" Sporting Sharpshooter had the pre-64 type of Controlled Round Feed. And the other Sporting Sharpshooter had the push-feed bolt.

A few years ago I was finally able to travel out of Oklahoma for my first elk hunt with my son, and his college frat brother as our guide. The safe had plenty of choices for us for an elk hunt...a pair of 300 Wby Mags, 270 WSM, a 30-06, and a 264 Win Mag. There is a long story behind the 264...

Since the late 60's, my Model 70 Safari Grade in .264 Win Mag has been all I've needed. Whitetails are simply DRT when using Accubonds or Partitions at any range out to 500 yards. At over 50 yrs old, the barrel will need to be replaced soon. And I'm not sure whether to go back with the 264...