Recent content by T.Ranger

Both the sweed and the creed are excellent as they are without overloading them. my experience after years of hunting and shooting many small and large game animals is get a good quality gun that fits you and your not afraid of, use good quality bullets. practice shooting so you can hit a...

I have had the good luck to shoot many bull elk as well as a few cows. some were very close while others were up to 400 yards. When hit well they all fell and stayed down. For the longer range shots I used a 7mm rem, mag with 162 gr Nosler bullets. The rest were shot with 270 win. 338 win mag...

I have taken approximately 28 bull elk and a few cows over the past 40 years. most were taken with the 7mm rem mag. and about a third with a 270 win. 130 gr nosler partition. none ever got away wounded. Merry Christmas from Canada to you all.

I have shot many elk bear and deer plus a few bears in my so far lucky life. My favorite calibers to date are 7 rem. mag, 300 H&H, 270 win and the 270 short mag. 45-70 marlin lever. 280 rem mag. 708 rem and 308 win, and an all time fav. is my full stock 6.5x55 sweed. I have a really hard time...

I have a cz 6.5x55 it is a tack driver with 140 accubonds. I find that there is no need for more speed then the nosler reloading manual shows, actually with max loads on most 6.5's accuracy begins to decrease. One thing about the 6.5 x 55 and 140 grain accubonds is that on most of my elk the...

I am a retired mining manager, I have enjoyed the best of hunting since I was 14 years old. Hunts resulted in numerous bears, over 28 bull elk (they lived next to our farm land in forest reserve land). Also hunted deer and moose. I have shot most of the various magnum rifles 375 H&H down and...

Look at ballistics before you buy a elk gun. Example my x bolt 280 with 160 gr bullets will almost match my 7mm rem mag loads with much less powder and recoil, the difference in speed has little or no effect on the kill. I have dropped elk with everything from 375 H&H to 270 win. I saw that...