Dooner
Well-Known Member
Greetings all. I'm in the process of moving my hunting from the bow to rifle. It appears I'm going full circle. Initially I shot rifles, then shotguns for bird hunting over my retrievers, then came the bow. I was reloading 30-06 at 12yrs old in my Dad's shop, and later moved on to reloading for shotgun. That was many years ago. At about 24yrs, I got into archery, eventually hunting all over North America, and South Africa. I have harvested Elk, Caribou, Black Bear, Deer, Pronghorn, Javelina, Wild Boar and African Plains Game with the bow. I have decided to move to the rifle, and go for a caliber I've always had a hankering for,... a 264 Win Mag. I know,.. nostalgia
I've picked up a pair of rifles in 264 Win Mag, a Sendero, and Winchester model 70 super grade. I've spent many hours on line studying reloading, taking an on line course, and perusing U-tube. For now, I'm starting out with custom loads from Nosler, and Hendershots. Man, it's expensive now!
There are just an amazing number of great resources for information now. I was on Terminal Ballistics Research's website, and came upon this article regarding controlling the the rifle forend. I thought it was very interesting, especially since it seemed to confirm something that I noticed by chance when I was sighting in a 260 Rem about 10 years ago. In reading this and thinking it over, I was a little amused to see how it was dusting off the cobwebs from brain cells that were left from the marksmanship training that I had using a sling about 5 1/2 decades ago. I hope you enjoy the article that talks about the crossed arm technique vs. controlling the forend with the use of a sling. I'm guessing many, or most of, you are familiar with this topic. I haven't seen it mentioned on this forum, and thought it was interesting. What say you??
Cheers,
Dave
I've picked up a pair of rifles in 264 Win Mag, a Sendero, and Winchester model 70 super grade. I've spent many hours on line studying reloading, taking an on line course, and perusing U-tube. For now, I'm starting out with custom loads from Nosler, and Hendershots. Man, it's expensive now!There are just an amazing number of great resources for information now. I was on Terminal Ballistics Research's website, and came upon this article regarding controlling the the rifle forend. I thought it was very interesting, especially since it seemed to confirm something that I noticed by chance when I was sighting in a 260 Rem about 10 years ago. In reading this and thinking it over, I was a little amused to see how it was dusting off the cobwebs from brain cells that were left from the marksmanship training that I had using a sling about 5 1/2 decades ago. I hope you enjoy the article that talks about the crossed arm technique vs. controlling the forend with the use of a sling. I'm guessing many, or most of, you are familiar with this topic. I haven't seen it mentioned on this forum, and thought it was interesting. What say you??
Cheers,
Dave
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