Recent content by Ward Thurman

Look for state owned lands in Montana north of the Yellowstone River. Many ranchers will let you shoot as long as you are careful about your shot placement. Bullets go far in the flatish, treeless country there. You must ask first before shooting.

30-06, 180 grain bullet, 59 grains of 4831 in an ancient Enfield. Shoots as good as a lot of very expensive rifles.

Sad news on Nosler availability. The Partitions were the best thing ever for a 243 Win. With the 308's & 30-06 we had trouble with some of the other brands shattering or deflecting upon hitting a bone. Never had an animal get away after a hit from a Partition. Not that we have ever "lost" an...

After that, I think she earned the right to call that rifle hers. Great story. I love stories like this - young people doing it best.

Supply and demand rule whether we like it or not. If the hoarders would stop it, the supply would catch up with demand and prices would drop and the shelves would be full. As others have noted above, that does not take into account the regular inflation going into it. If you consider that...

I bought the original stuff used from a guy that needed money as he just had a baby (no, his wife had the baby - I don't care what KBJ says) and that was $200 about 30 years ago. Since then I bought an electronic powder measurer, dies, had to replace the old RCBS tumbler, and a bunch of misc...

I have found some errors in reloading manuals over the years. One old Lyman manual had a load for a 500 grain bullet that was a "starter" load in a 45-70. I threw some 500 grain jacketed Hornaday bullets in and on first shot, I thought, "Wow, that was some serious recoil for a starter load." It...

Nothing. I have been putting Large Magnum pistol primers in the 308, 356 & 30-06 rounds for some time now as I ran low on large rifle primers. I found no difference in performance, groups. So far, have not had a single miss-fire either. I can't answer for putting a large rifle in a pistol as we...

Nobody has powder. I was lucky to find some IMR4895 locally. As soon as anyone gets any popular powder on the shelf, the hoarders go after it and it disappears. If everyone would stop this stupid hoarding crap, us normal users would be able to get some. Then some of these jokers turn around and...

Yep. Good advice.

Wow! At the beginning of the pandemic shut down in April 2020, I drove to Florida. As I was crossing Georgia, everyone was driving 85 mph in a 70 mph zone. We all were passing stationary cops with their radar out and nary a one moved a finger to slow us down. I think they were looking for the...

Big bump up in hwy fatalities in 2020 over 2019. Me thinks it was due to the fewer people on the road and hence people driving a lot faster than normal. I also think it may have some to do with people moving from Cali that have never had to drive in snow, slop, ice, sleet, etc. With the massive...

I have backpacked alone many times when I was younger. I never backpacked-hunted alone, but the times in the woods by myself were awesome. Now, just so you know, at the time, GPS and all the fancy stuff available today was only a dream in some people's mind. Yes, I would rather pack in with a...

Just for fun, we used to have a 6mmx284 and used 95 gr bullets on dogs. I wished I had not sold that rifle. It was the best PD shooter I have ever seen. A bit expensive on ammo, but really if we shot up a box of 20 in a day, it was a good day. Lots of hits at ranges (no range finder back then)...