Recent content by TerryLamb

Yep, ScopeShield Alaska covers handle them nicely. Goog up scopeshield alaska where you can get them until Len starts offering them here.

For those with whom BC's have presented issues, ScopeShields produce a total solution, and also solve removal issues present with ScopeCoats. ScopeShield Neoprene Scope Covers

Len Backus, John Barsness, and Charles Speck here on Long Range Hunting all are familiar with the ScopeShield(tm) scope covers. Unlike the ScopeCoat, which is excellent for the rack, the ScopeShield is specifically designed for use in the field as well. They simply solve the problems discussed...

It is a gradual event. My old 03-A3 Springfield was a magnificent shooter, less than 1 moa. I had the happy circumstance of receiving 13,200 free rounds of military ammo which I used for extended range work and plinking. Over the years consistency began to wander, until I finally noticed when...

Boy, Southpaw is right about the recoil. Even my 3" is most unpleasant to shoot when magnumned-up. I got my grandson a 20-ga 3-inch in Mossberg pump and it is unpleasant as well. To keep him from developing recoil-reflex, I did not have him practice with turkey loads at all, but did the pattern...

Good choices all. The only thing I might suggest after having taken some 70+ turkeys is to select chambering and loads that will throw all the lead that can be stuffed in them. I started out with my old Browing Light-12 12ga 2 3/4" modified choke. It didn't take long to realize (regrettably...

I grew up in Glasgow, and we did most of our antelope hunting down near Jordan. Roughly where is your area? You are making me homesick.

Hmmm, looks like Idaho is no bargain either: Non-Resident Hunting License $154.75 Deer Tag $301.75 Elk Tag $416.75 Total NR Deer/Elk $873.25

No problem at all edge, as someone pointed out, we are all hunters and shooters here. Did you get out this fall? The only ML season I had available was for spike elk, and all I saw were cows and one little five point. Oh well, maybe Ol' Smokey will do better next year! .50 cal TC Hawken, 370 gr...

You may have misunderstood my point a little, as did edge. I don't lament technology advances, for if I did I might be hunting with a sharp stick. I keep referring to the state where I hunt and live, Idaho, which specifically prohibits many of the technologies in muzzleloading hunts. Among other...

Looks like you are also in North Idaho Doc. I took gobblers #5 and #6..another good year!

A little edgy there edge. My home state does not allow 209 primers, optical sights, sabots, clad projectiles, or pelletized synthetic powders. In return, Fish and Wildlife sets some nice season opportunities. No one expects nor cares if you listen to such sanctimonious crud, it merely being a...

Holy Smoke, I remember when muzzloaders fired #11s or musket caps, used blackpowder and lead balls or maxi's, any scope was prohibited, and those caps (or even flints) had to be exposed to the elements. Actually, in Idaho most of that is still true. The evolution of muzzloaders into in-line...

All those goodies we stuff in there corrode. While at the range I can almost shoot all day using pyrodex, but always load a clean bore for hunting and always clean after unloading. Even the bore lead can start fuzzing up with time, but moisture and consequently rust almost instantly appears if...

Wow, Mike33 already addressed this issue, but in 50 years of reloading, the only primer failures I ever had were in the very beginning, before I had a primer feeder and was handling each primer with the fingers. Presumably oily fingers. If that issue is off the table, these failures are truly...