Recent content by frednaz

Cob, My friends and I hunted elk in the third rifle season of 2008 with H&H outfitters out of Meeker, CO. We hunted public land in what I remember was the White River National Forest. We paid the outfitters $1400 each. For that we rode their horses guided back 6 miles into a base camp...

Thanks for all the input. I tried several primers as suggested and they all worked fine. I loaded a few light rounds and fired them from .308 and some from 7mm-08 and they both performed as new ones would. Thanks again, Fred

I have just gotten back to reloading after 5 years or so. I found a box of 210M Federal primers in the basement, 1000 of them. The basement is not wet but high humidity. The primers have been there for 5 years, are dry, and in unopened boxes. My question is: Will these primers be worth...

Thanks for all the replies. I was concerned about those who have had experience with shooting elk with these bullets. I'm going to load some partitions and if they shoot accurately, I will probably use the 180 grain for elk. It sounds as if they would be hard to beat and the last thing I'd...

I checked some test loads I've been making while working up a .308 150 grain Nosler BT load. I chronographed the loads using the same powder weight, bullet, primer, and the same resizing dies. The winchester cases averaged 77fps slower than the Federal cases. I would not have thought there...

I am planning on hunting elk next year, and not wanting to buy a heavier rifle caliber, intend to use my .308 Winchester. I am trying to decide whether or not to use the Nolser accubond or the partition, either in 180 grain. Do you have any experience with either in a .308 ?

Vern, I don't own many centerfires, as I live in Ohio, but I:) :) like to shoot and hunt deer mainly in Pa, and some in W Va. I've just not gotten around to doing much with this .308 because I have such a liking for a Remington Mtn Rifle in 7mm-08. I did take a deer last season...

Thank you for your quick responses. Your advise, Vern, sounds like my late father-in-law, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I like this rifle a lot. It has a great "feel" to me, if you know what I mean. It is a .308 that I've decided more or less to shoot 165 grain loads with and not...

I have taken some advice I received some time ago on this forum about having my Ruger Mk II glass bedded. It has improved the accuracy. The trigger was smoothed and stoned to a 3 1/2 pound pull. The rifle now shoots an honest 1 inch @ 100 yards. I'm still working on reloads, however...

I intend to primarily hunt deer and am thinking that probably the 357 would be the minimum with which to do so. For me, target shooting would be one thing, but hunting would probably require a scope. I no longer see things close. Iron sights are a blurr. Thanks

I am not a pistol man, I shoot and reload for my rifles. My wife was interested in a pistol, if you can believe that. I bought her a Taurus ultra light model 85 in 38 special. She likes it. She has shot several boxes of ammo through it. I want to buy a pistol to shoot with her. (It's not...

Thanks for all the replies. I still believe the 130 grain would make a great deer round, especially where I do most of my deer hunting, in PA. As far as I know, only "Speer" makes a 130 soft point that would be acceptable as the typical hunting bullet. I have been given several hundred...

You might want to check your local hunting regulations. Where I live, it is strictly against the law to carry more than one firearm while hunting. Just to be on the safe side, I'd ccheck.

I am toying with an idea. I have not reloaded in a while, but am about to begin again. I believe that the .270 winchester, with 130gr bullet, is as close to perfect performance on deer at reasonable distances (out to 300) as anything. I do not now own a .270. But in my estimation my 7mm-08...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" Charles Dickens My hunt couldn't have begun better on opening morning several years ago in PA. I made a 110 yard shot at 7:45 AM on an 8 point buck (Rare in those parts) The 140 grain silvertip from the 7mm-08 went through both...