Recent content by axxxel

45 gr of vihtavuori N140 behind nosler cc 155 gr. I'm thinking this poi shift is a bit much, although it is in the realm of possibility that it's ,"just" the air density and powder temperature. The mirage from my suppressor was very noticable after just a single shot. I was shooting at a bunch...

I just came back from the range with my rifle, a 308 winchester. My impact (average over several three shot groups) was unexpectedly about 1MOA low at 300 yards. I usually shoot this exact rifle at this very range, but it's been a while since I took it out. The rifle is zeroed at 60-70 F with...

... or white spirit, I can't quite place it I was helping a relative clear out her old house and I stuck my gloved hands into a jar of "LEATHER GREASE for shoes and saddles". My leather gloves now look and feel great but they smell extremely "chemical". I've kept them out on the balcony for a...

Did I understand correctly that your range is 200 yards from your neighbours house?

Going to bed before an early morning flight! Thank you all for your advice on various topics. Regarding the legal pointer from mr. Ettin, I've googled this Visa Waiver thing, and my home country is a part of it, so we'll be fine. I think our hosts are planning on some kind of great outdoors...

Couldn't you mill the picatinny rail bits that you're not going to be using?

So how about Reno, Nevada? I'm sure the missus and I could find something to eat along the way through Sacramento and someplace to sleep in Reno before we head back to California.

My life and travel partner won't be so keen on driving to Reno, Nevada. Unless of course, perhaps it is also the pottery and handicraft capital of North America.

Hi, This April I'm crossing the Atlantic to go to a wedding in the san francisco/yosemite area. My fiancee and I will stay in California for about a week. I realize that CA might be almost as firearm unfriendly as my home country, but I'd love to spend some time at a rental range. Do you know...

If a soft and fragile bullet is launched at high velocity and then impacts an animal at that high velocity then the bullet might expand too quickly and fail to penetrate deep enough to cause a clean kill. I would not be worried about that with a 150 gr SP bullet launched from a .30-06, however...

It can be quite messy to get the linkage between the bolt and the spring right. Look at rifles like the SVT-40, the CZ Vz. 58 and indeed the AR-15. The bolt is not fixed to anything that moves back and forth ahead of the chamber. Since the spring has to be connected to the bolt carrier, the...

Bobson, yes it does.

Could somebody please post some pics of the magazine? It's always been a mystery to me how the spring works. How wide is the rifle over the mag?

The only game animal that I would not use .300 win mag on, but that I would use .375 on, is buffalo and other large and dangerous game, specifically the african big five, for which the .375 is the minimum required caliber. People hunt brown bears with .308, .270 and similar calibers. A .300 win...

Well I came to think of one! THLR.NO Longrange blog I think it started out being about shooting and marksmanship, but now most videos seem to be about hunting. He doesn't stalk much, but there is plenty of beautiful wildlife pictures in there, and it shows the hunting ethics of northern...