Recent content by Silverdoctor

I also just ordered an adjustment for shooting at steep angles in the mountains... cosign indicator... I think it will work well at longer distances where I don't trust my range finder to do the job... has anyone tried one?

Yes... I recently decided to put one on my new Ruger Precision rifle...

That is an interesting observation... it certainly is reasonable to think that your bullet is slowing as it travels a longer distance... the most deformation of the tip should happen at shorter distances and not longer ones... A good question for them to address. Thanks

No... I went by the charts on the Hornaday website... the drop for the ELD appears to be what a regular Hornady cartridge is and the Supreformance is significantly less. It would be nice to get the higher velocity and flatter trajectory and the more stable tip for tighter groups at the same...

I think the new ELD bullets are an improvement regardless of how the melting takes place... what I want to know is when will they put the new tip on the Superformance cartridge... When you compare the Superformance sst against the new ELDX, the Superformance still shoots flatter because of its...

I am mounting a new long range scope on a Savage 116, 300 Win. Mag. for my son. The question I have is: should I put any adhesive between the bases and the barrel? When I removed the old scope, there was residue from an adhesive a gunsmith had apparently placed between the mounts and stainless...

I have been reading these posts on sight levels for months... all I have to say is if a sight level helps you put your rifle in a more consistent position when you shoot, you should have one. I don't use one because I practice on the range so much that my muscle memory puts me in the same...

Well, I have spent a lot of money on custom rifles and I have to say, if I was buying a new rifle, I would probably buy a Savage given the price... where can you get a machined to print rifle with a good trigger and bedding for that kind of money? I have become a Savage convert... I think they...

Crazy... I tightened everything up and brought it back to the range this morning... moved it to the left about 8 clicks and it was right on the money... very strange... I just hope it doesn't move on me unexpectedly again... especially when I am hunting this fall!

Thanks for your suggestion... The scope has been on that rifle for 3 years and has always worked very well at the range and in the field... it was put on the rifle by a gunsmith who has a good reputation... I think it is plumb, but that is a possibility.

I was at the range today sighting in my son's 300 win mag for an upcoming elk hunting trip... I was trying out the new Hornaday Superformance 180 grain SST cartridges. The rifle has a Nikon Monarch scope that has always been reliable. When I fired the first group of 3 at 200 yards, the group...

I bought a new Savage 25-06 last year... it was one of first available with the accutrigger and accustock and button rifling ... put a Nikon Monarch scope on it and went to the range to break it is... I was amazed at how accurate it was and it was not expensive. These new Savage rifles are...

I am hunting in unit 41 in Wyoming this fall. I have been told that wolves are not a problem there at this time and elk numbers are very good. Can anyone confirm that or know anything about north central Wyoming elk hunting?

I hunted elk in Montana last year in the mountains northeast of Bozeman. My partner and I hunted every day for a week and I never saw an elk... lots of sign, but that was it. My partner saw one small herd at daybreak one morning but couldn't get a good shot and he saw one cow one evening and...

I hunted Wyoming last year and took a trophy mule deer and an antelope... your advice about getting a preference point right now is important. It will almost guarantee tags for 2013. I have elk tags for me and my son for this fall in Wyoming and we hope to fill both of them. Love it out there!