Recent content by Varmint Hunter

I was moving some of my mulch pile and found a garden snake and some kind of small lizard buried deep inside the pile. Neither one moved when I picked them up. I read that they will both hibernate when it's cold out. I assume that's why they didn't move. I put them both back in the pile and...

Any competent gunsmith can improve the accuracy of most factory rifles. The basic accuracy job usually includes, truing of the action, installation of a match grade barrel, bedding with or without pillars. You could also opt for a heavy weight recoil lug and a quality trigger to round things...

I don't know the answer to your question, but all of my testing/shooting has been through quality match grade barrels, ie: Broughton, Lilja, Bartlein, Krieger, etc. Many of my barrels have 5C rifling.

It's worth testing to ease your mind but I haven't noticed a loss of accuracy due to switching over without cleaning. I may shoot 5-8 different loads at the range and only clean when I get home. It wouldn't be unusual for me to shoot 5-6 groups with c&c bullets and then test a few Hammer loads...

By far, the best deal I've seen on a LabRadar and accessories. GLWS

I use a 1.5x5 Leupold with an illuminated reticle. I highly recommend using an illuminated reticle when you are trying to put the reticle on a black bear, under the dense canopy of the forest, especially in low light. Most of the bears that I've taken were taken in those conditions. Having 5x...

I also had a 20" 45=70 Katahdin bbl for my Encore rifle. It made a really great and rather handy short rifle package. It was very easy to maneuver around in an elevated box blind. The 45-70 was accurate and tolerable compared to the 500 S&W version.

I put a 500 S&W Katahdin barrel on my Encore rifle. That thing was abusive! I had a hard time getting it to shoot consistently. I came to the conclusion that the mightily 500 may have just been too much for an Encore platform. It literally was a BLAST to shoot when I had it. :rolleyes: 🤣

Nice shooting! 👍

I live in the NE but hunt regularly in the SE. I hunt whitetails in NC each fall and have hunted hogs in NC, SC and Geo many times. I've also taken turkeys in NC and landed plenty of Rockfish on "blast & cast hunts. There is no shortage of game animals in the SE.

Savage is in Westfield Mass. I used to live there when I was attending college. LOL

Ding, ding, ding - you win the prize! I got a Defiance Classic SA. It came with the recoil lug and the 20moa rail. And ....... it is completely nitrided. All for the target price of $995.

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